Kung Fu Panda 3
CAST: (voice over): Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, JK Simmons, James Hong, Jackie Chan, lucy liu
Rated: 6/10
This third edition in the Kung Fu Panda series comes after a gap of nearly six years but is a tad too long. People lose interest when the wait is too long.
Those who have watched all the parts would be disappointed because it may have plenty of kung fu but it is unable to hold your interest as the first one did wherein a panda via various stumblings manages to become the Dragon Warrior. The original film was cute and sweet as the viewers were treated to a fat panda going through the motion and various routines.
In Kung Fu Panda 3, there is no surprise element including the meeting with the panda’s (Po) father; the second one ended on the note that the father will search for his son. Though the fights are snazzier and larger on the 70 mm screen it is low on the entertainment. Also, the entire backdrop has two colours reen and pink and it is an assault on your senses; more so since the movie is in 3D. Of course, there is bound to be plenty of white and brown-black the panda colours.
But then animation movies are basically for children and they are bound to love this one too. The fact that exams are over and so is the tension of the results, parents can treat their wards to this American-Chinese computer-animated action-comedy martial arts film which is the last in the trilogy.