Kung Fu Panda has a familiar message, but the pleasing mix of humor, swift martial arts action, and colorful animation makes for winning Summer entertainment.
Story: A clumsy panda bear becomes
an unlikely kung fu hero when a treacherous enemy spreads chao
s throughout the countryside in this
animated martial arts adventure
featuring the voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, and Jackie Chan. On the surface, Po (voice of Black) may look like just another portly panda bear, but beneath his fur he bears the ma
rk of the chosen one. By day, Po works faithfully in his family's noodle shop, but by night he dreams of becoming a true master of the martial arts.
Now an ancient pr
ophecy has come to pass, and Po realizes
that he is the only one who can save his people from certain destruction. With time running short and
malevolent snow leopard Tai Lung (Ian McShane ) closing in, Furious Five leg
ends
Tigress (Jolie), Crane (David Cross ), Man
tis (Seth Rogen), Viper (Lucy Liu), Monkey (Chan)
, and their wise sensei, Master Shifu (Hof
fman), all draw on their vast knowledge of fighting skills in order to transform a lumbering pa
nda bear into a lethal fighting machine. Now, if the noble Po can master the martial arts and somehow transform his greatest weaknesses into his greatest strengths, he will fulfill his destiny as
the hero who saved his people duri
ng their darkest hour.
