Kung Fu Panda 4

"The “Dragon” returns."

2024 1h 34m EN

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7.0

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71%

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6.3

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★7.0TMDB · 3,708🍅71%Rotten Tomatoes●54Metacritic★6.3IMDB · 78,494

AnimationComedyAdventureActionFamily

Synopsis

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Po is gearing up to become the spiritual leader of his Valley of Peace, but also needs someone to take his place as Dragon Warrior. As such, he will train a new kung fu practitioner for the spot and will encounter a villain called the Chameleon who conjures villains from the past.

“The “Dragon” returns.”

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Cast

Jack Black
Po (voice)
Awkwafina
Zhen (voice)
Viola Davis
The Chameleon (voice)
Dustin Hoffman
Shifu (voice)
Bryan Cranston
Li (voice)
James Hong
Mr. Ping (voice)
Ian McShane
Tai Lung (voice)
Ke Huy Quan
Han (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mike Mitchell
Writers: Glenn Berger, Jonathan Aibel, Darren Lemke
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $80M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 6.9× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 2 years ago.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Kung Fu Panda Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

CAST

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229+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Hans Zimmer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Christopher Knights shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Jack Black and Awkwafina and Viola Davis carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Mike Mitchell directs. Hans Zimmer scores. Christopher Knights cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Mid-budget at $80M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Made its money back 6.9× over at the box office.
3Released 2 years ago.
4Part of the "Kung Fu Panda Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5229+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Original score by Hans Zimmer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Christopher Knights shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Jack Black and Awkwafina and Viola Davis carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "The “Dragon” returns.".
10IMDB entry: tt21692408 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 14 themes, including "martial arts", "kung fu", "china", "villain".

The technical file

Original score: Hans Zimmer
Editing: Christopher Knights
Production design: Paul Duncan
VFX supervisor: Betsy Nofsinger
Sound: Julian Slater
Runtime: 94 min · 1h 34m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.78:1 (16:9)
Status: Released
Budget: $80,000,000
Box office: $548,040,835
Return: 685% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)
Rotten Tomatoes: 71% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 54/100
IMDB rating: 6.3/10 · 78,494 votes
MPAA: PG

Awards

12 nominations total

Part of

Kung Fu Panda Collection

The Kung Fu Panda series are computer-animated action comedy films set in a version of China populated by humanoid talking animals, the plot revolves around a bumbling humanoid panda named Po who aspires to be a kung fu master.

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Chris Sawin2024-03-13
★ 6/10
Kung Fu Panda 4 isn’t the best Kung Fu Panda film, or even the best of the series’ three sequels. However, as a fourth film in a franchise, it’s a ton of fun. And though it’s action isn’t quite as entertaining as its predecessors and it’s unfortunate to see Awkwafina playing yet another thief (Jumanji: The Next Level says hello), for the most part, Kung Fu Panda 4 happily skadooshes its way to animated greatness. Full review: https://bit.ly/KuFuPa4
CinemaSerf2024-03-29
★ 6/10
This is probably my favourite of the franchised animated action-comedies, but I think we are now clearly running out of conceptual steam. With "Po" being told by "Master Shifu" that it is now time for him to move onwards and upwards - much to his chagrin - he must recruit a new dragon warrior so he can retreat to more cerebral pastimes. Luckily, though, the "Chameleon" has designs on obtaining all the powers from those now consigned to the nether realm and using the powers of Kung Fu to take over the world. "Po" has to be put his promotion on hold and along with his new-found, and useful, foxy friend "Zhen" try to thwart these heinous ambitions. Though there's plenty of action and self-deprecating dialogue the storyline really is too much of a recycled affair. Even the panda has been drawn into the multi-verse and to be frank, I'm a bit bored with that theme now - especially as it's never really accompanied by much in the way of jeopardy. Yes, this is an entirely predicable story that, in this case, misses out on the characterisations of his pals from the "Furious Five". It's watchable and the story well paced; there's some fun to be had in the wobbly, mountain-top, tavern but I think I've already forgotten most of it.
dumasori2024-04-13
★ 2/10
Written by kindergartners using AI Even after more than 10 years, I still miss the first Kung Fu Panda movie as it was genuinely a masterpiece. The story, action, dialogues, character building, the tension between Tai Lung and Shifu, everything was fabulous. Well, I can go on and on about the first Kung Fu Panda, but this is about this unbearable trash Kung Fu Panda 4. This movie is so bad that calling it boring would be a compliment. Out of nowhere, this Zhen character manifests. All the formula film scenes replicated, unnecessary fights, moving around without any purpose, cracking jokes (painfully unfunny) out of nowhere, and so on. I wanted to leave the movie after 20 minutes but then I thought maybe something good would happen. However, I was wrong till the end. Pathetic direction, dialogue delivery and unfunny jokes started feeling irritating. No chemistry between Po and Zhen, and somehow they both are ready to die for each other. The Zhen character was uninteresting and annoying. Just like contemporary movies where people get everything without any sacrifice or struggle, they managed to "Mary Sue" Zhen by making her the next dragon warrior. I am glad that this movie ended this way. At least now I know I won’t be watching any more trash from this franchise. If you loved the first Kung Fu panda, please stay away from this. Please save and cherish your good memories. You have been warned. *I wanted to give it 1.5, but the sliding scale couldn’t select it, so I gave it 2/10.