Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) movie poster

Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)

"The future of Kung Fu hangs in balance."
ThumbScore
👍 85%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 74%
AnimationFamilyComedy

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Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
PG
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.1/10 (7,766 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
82%
Metacritic
67

Cast

Jack Black as Po (voice) · 73% avg
Angelina Jolie as Tigress (voice) · 70% avg
Dustin Hoffman as Shifu (voice) · 75% avg
Gary Oldman as Lord Shen (voice) · 73% avg
Jackie Chan as Monkey (voice) · 79% avg
Lucy Liu as Viper (voice) · 72% avg
Seth Rogen as Mantis (voice) · 70% avg
David Cross as Crane (voice) · 74% avg

Is Kung Fu Panda 2 good?

Yes. 85% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 74%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#171 / 661 · Animation
Rank in its year
#20 / 241 · 2011

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

Po is finally living the dream as the Dragon Warrior—until a dark presence from his past comes roaring back. When the ruthless peacock lord Shen unleashes a terrifying new weapon to wipe out kung fu itself, Po and the Furious Five race across China to put an end to his plans. But if Po is to have any hope of stopping him, he must first confront the truth of his origins—and find inner peace before his past tears him apart. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

Kung Fu Panda 2 is a 2011 American animated martial arts comedy produced by DreamWorks Animation and directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson, the first animated studio film solely directed by a woman. Po and the Furious Five face a new threat: Lord Shen, a peacock voiced by Gary Oldman, who has developed a weapon that can destroy kung fu itself — a massive cannon forged from metal. As Po fights to stop Shen's conquest of China, he discovers that Shen was responsible for the massacre of the panda village where Po was born, triggering memories of a traumatic past that Po must confront to achieve inner peace and unlock the full potential of his kung fu abilities.

Kung Fu Panda 2 elevated the franchise with genuinely stunning animation — the flashback sequences depicting the panda massacre, rendered in a traditional Chinese shadow-puppet style, were hauntingly beautiful, and the action choreography, influenced by classic wuxia cinema, reached new heights of fluidity and creativity. Gary Oldman's Lord Shen brought Shakespearean villainy — a peacock consumed by prophecy-driven paranoia and an almost childlike need for validation. The film earned $665 million worldwide.

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