Kung Fu Panda 2

Part two is even more gorgeous to behold, and deeper in substance. more

It all moves along briskly, with a degree of visual grace and a solid feel for 3D. more

Once again, the DreamWorks team demonstrates that humor is the primary weapon in its arsenal. more

The animation is elegant, the story is much more involving than in the original, and there's boundless energy. more

At times, Kung Fu Panda 2 suggests "Bambi" redone as an episode of Oprah. Yet it's a more-than-worthy sequel. more

A richer plot, life lessons and loving Chinese cultural references rendered by turns sweet, scary and charming, with yet more fantastical kung fu, make this an engaging winner. Stunning visuals make it real art as well. more

Kung Fu Panda 2 plunks down squarely in the spot marked for "chop-socky action with heart." more

The big action pieces, particularly the final face-off, are masterful both for their cleverness in bringing down the house and the detail jammed into every frame. Even composers Hans Zimmer, who's scored a zillion movies, and John Powell seem to be having more fun than usual. more

A fun and surprisingly affecting little adventure, Kung Fu Panda 2 ranks among the best films DreamWorks has ever done. more

A precisely calibrated crowd-pleasing machine, balancing action, comedy and just the bare minimum of pathos. more

The first film was good and visually stunning, this sequel is just as good and just as visually stunning :) Dreamworks have had a rather inconsistant run of cgi animated films in my opinion with the best up till now being 'Over The Hedge', 'Monsters Vs Aliens' and 'How to Train Your Dragon' but Kung Fu Panda for me is the clear winner in their roster by far. My love of the East of course makes me slightly biased towards the subject matter but no one can deny the beautiful visual display this film offers from start to finish, every frame is luscious, crisp, sharp, full of energy and... more

The sequel to the animated hit with the clumsy martial arts panda easily tops the original film with an endless flow of beautifully animated action, a great sense of humor and breath-taking sceneries. The long list of great voice actors fill their characters with life, making it easy to cheer for them. Jack Black turns out to be the perfect choice for Po once again. Interestingly enough, the film also plays with different kinds of animation, in the opening sequence, dreams, flashbacks and the end titles. The plot does not even pretend to have branches but goes right for the kill, making... more

After watching the first installment i was really surprised on how much better the second was. I swore up and down that i had no interest seeing it as i didnt really fancy the first part. However this one has way more action and better storyline to boot! The 5 are back, as the star of the show Poe, has gotten wayy more martial arts training and is now living his dream out as the dragon warrior. A new villain in the form of a peacock....A peacock!!! anyhow he is threatening to put a stop to both martial arts and China in general. This leads Poe, along with the furious 5 to help him dive... more

Oh, it's so on. After a less than spectacular beginning to animation and still having the occasional misstep, Dreamworks has put themselves in direct competition with Pixar. While Fox Animation Studios continues to be unsuccessful in their attempts, and with Blue Sky Studios being even worse (they insist on hanging onto the irksome Ice Age franchise), Dreamworks animation has put itself on pace to being nearly as good as Pixar. Kung Fu Panda 2 is just the latest in a string of great movies from this production studio. With Jack Black leading the cast as Po, the Kung Fu Panda, it was going... more

When the first Kung-Fu Panda came out, Dreamworks surprised me. After the drivel of the Shrek franchise and the constant rubbish they had churned out, Kung Fu panda wasn't half bad, Of course my cynical mind groaned when news of a sequel came, but this is a prime case of not to judge a book by it's cover. Kung Fu panda 2 manages to take the story to new places. It has so much heart behind it, I am almost embarrassed to say I shed a little tear. While only a few jokes float away in the wind, most are decent chuckles, and as much as I was entertained, so were the kids in the screen. All the... more