It tries to create a link between the first film and it and it feels cumbersome and rushed. Furthermore, this film feels an unnecessary need to try to connect everything. They’ve completely robbed the character of all the hard work and fortitude that made him memorable in the first case. We’ve gone from Po being a badass, self-made Kung Fu hero to him just being a piece in a game of fate. It’s already been foretold so all you have to do is stand where you’re supposed to stand and the prophecy will work itself out. There’s no hard work that needs to be put in or sacrifice. Someone is prophecised to do something so all they have to do is show up. Look I don’t mind prophecies, they can be really mystical and add layers to a story but when you overuse them then they dilute the quality of a character, as happens in this film. In this film, Po could have been a brain-dead zombie and he would have won because he’s reduced to nothing but a pawn in yet another prophecy. In the second film it became about Po just being a part of a prophecy and, therefore, having to work less to actually achieve his goals. It was an extremely character-specific journey and only one that he could walk in order to defeat his villain. In the first film we saw how Po’s unique attributes such as his insatiable hunger and rotund physique could be turned into a kung fu style. Over the course of the Kung Fu Panda Trilogy the focus has moved away from martial arts to straight out magic. Po must now fulfill his true destiny as The Dragon Warrior and complete the journey that Master Oogway set him on.

Simmons) – an ancient warrior who is hellbent on stealing the chi of the world’s most powerful kung fu masters – arises. Po has little time to process his father’s arrival as a new threat in the form of Kai (J.K. Po’s crisis is further escalated when his biological father – Li Shan (Bryan Cranston) comes back into Po’s life. Po is, however, not a natural teacher and his failure in teaching The Five leads to a crisis of self.

Okay, basic plot: When Master Shifu (Dustin Hoffman) announces his plans to retire, it becomes the responsibility of The Dragon Warrior – Po (Jack Black) – to become the teacher of The Furious Five. I guess I was obligated not to watch this one in cinemas since I had missed out on seeing the first and second Kung Fu Panda movies at theatres.

This film is yet another addition to the ever-growing list of movies I missed out seeing in cinemas. I know I’ve been saying this constantly over my last few posts but the beginning of this year really was a horrible time for me in terms of regular movie watching.

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