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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.

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Film Cast:

Po (voice): Jack Black
Zhen (voice): Awkwafina
The Chameleon (voice): Viola Davis
Shifu (voice): Dustin Hoffman
Li (voice): Bryan Cranston
Mr. Ping (voice): James Hong
Tai Lung (voice): Ian McShane
Han (voice): Ke Huy Quan
Fish (voice): Ronny Chieng
Granny Boar (voice): Lori Tan Chinn
Mantis (voice): Seth Rogen
Panda Pig (voice): Jimmy Donaldson
Various (voice): James Murray
Bull Officer #2 / Ram Worker / Master Villain #1 (voice): James Sie
Bull Officer #1 / Ram Foreman / Questioned Boar (voice): Cedric Yarbrough
Bear Crime Boss / Last Ram / Tavern Patron #2 (voice): Vic Chao
Various (voice): Audrey Brooke
Various (voice): Lincoln Nakamura
Den Bunny #1 / Restaurant Bunny #1 (voice): Cece Valentina
Pig Patron #2 (voice): April Hong
Autograph-Seeking Fan #1 (voice): Suzanne Buirgy
Autograph-Seeking Fan #2 (voice): Logan Kim
Adoring Fan (voice): Reyn Doi
Old Bunny Patron (voice): Mick Wingert
Pig Patron #1 / Questioned Croc (voice): Peggy Etra
Badger Crime Boss (voice): Gedde Watanabe
Various (voice): Karen Maruyama
Croc Crime Boss (voice): Tom McGrath
Disheveled Bunny / Pig Thief / Questioned Bull (voice): Phil LaMarr
Tavern Patron #3 / Citizen #4 (voice): Mike Mitchell
Various (voice): Colleen Smith
Questioned Antelope / Citizen #3 (voice): Sarah Sarang Oh
Transforming Rhino (voice): Paul Pape
Transforming Wolf (voice): James Taku Leung
Transforming Croc (voice): Steve Alterman
Annoyed Komodo (voice): Christopher Knights
Fire-Breathing Croc (voice): Harry Shum Jr.

Film Crew:

Associate Editor: Natalia Cronembold
Co-Director: Stephanie Ma Stine
Producer: Rebecca Huntley
Animation: Frank E. Abney III
Executive Producer: Mike Mitchell
Editor: Christopher Knights
Original Music Composer: Hans Zimmer
Animation: Justin Weg
Production Design: Paul Duncan
Original Music Composer: Steve Mazzaro
Casting: Christi Soper Hilt
Art Direction: Peter Maynez
Associate Producer: Mary M. Quinn
Visual Effects Supervisor: Betsy Nofsinger
Co-Producer: Jonathan Aibel
Co-Producer: Glenn Berger
Writer: Darren Lemke
Co-Producer: Steven Schweickart
Head of Animation: Sean Sexton
Head of Story: Calvin Tsang
Head of Layout: Joshua Gunther
Animation Supervisor: Julien Bocabeille
Animation Supervisor: Ludovic Bouancheau
Animation Supervisor: Brooke Shay Bradford
Animation Supervisor: Laurent Caneiro
Animation Supervisor: Hans Dastrup
Animation Supervisor: Patrick Giusiano
Animation Supervisor: Antony Gray
Animation Supervisor: Mark Roennigke
Lighting Supervisor: Max Bruce
Lighting Supervisor: Ariel Chisholm
Lighting Supervisor: Jonathan Ciscon
Lighting Supervisor: C. Jin Im
Lighting Supervisor: John J. Lee
Effects Supervisor: Zachary Glynn
Effects Supervisor: Carl Hooper
Effects Supervisor: Alex Timchenko
Effects Supervisor: Andrew Wheeler
Sound Designer: Ethan Van der Ryn
Sound Designer: Erik Aadahl
Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Julian Slater
Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Greg P. Russell
Associate Editor: Mark A. Hester
Visual Development: Chelsea Blecha
Visual Development: Felicia Chen
Visual Development: Vahe Yefremian
Visual Development: Young-Ji Cha
Visual Development: Natalia Corsie
Visual Development: Hewrin Yoou
Visual Development: Wayne Tsay
Production Assistant: Sabina Vafina
Lead Character Designer: Euni Cho
Character Designer: Seth St. Pierre
Lead Animator: Jorge García
Lead Animator: Tyler Phillips
Animation: Kitty Fung
Animation: Steven Hornby
Animation: Prasanjib Nag
Animation: Ryan Page
Animation: Geoff Wheeler
Animation: Steven R.V. Johnson
Animation: Carlos F. Puertolas
Animation: Nideep Varghese
Animation: Janel Drewis
Animation: Philippe Le Brun
Animation: Daniel Edwards
Animation: Maarten Lemmens
Animation: Kelly Vawter
Animation: Chadd Ferron
Animation: David Lisbe
Animation: Ryan Vicik
Animation: Alex Flesig
Animation: Boris Maras
Animation: Richard A. Fournier
Animation: Brian Menz
Animation: Alvaro Michelena
Animation: Jeff Williams
Animation: Christopher Gonzalez
Animation: Bob Wilson
Animation: David Guo
Animation: Garrett O’Neal
Animation: John Wong
Animation: Bruno Hamzagic
Animation: Ivan Oviedo
Animation: Mikey Wong
Animation: John Han
Animation: Pete Paquette
Animation: Manar Al Tawam
Animation: Andrew Harkins
Animation: Yung Pham
Animation: Michael Berardini
Animation: Ryan Hobbiebrunken
Animation: David Polk
Animation: Guillermo Careaga
Animation: Anthony Hodgson
Animation: Reece Porter
Animation: Joseph Chong
Animation: Robyne Powell
Animation: David Couchariere
Animation: Guillaume Jallon
Animation: Nicolas Prothais
Animation: Michelle Cowart
Animation: Tom Davis
Animation: Aly Killian
Animation: Cory Rogers
Animation: Ares Deveaux
Animation: Kyle Kim
Animation: Matt Shepherd
Animation: Bill Diaz
Animation: Marek Kochout
Animation: Timothy Suarez
Animation: Paul Downs
Animation: André Lacroix
Animation: Liron Topaz
Music Editor: Ryan Rubin
Orchestrator: Nacho Cantalejo
Orchestrator: Joan Martorell
Conductor: Gavin Greenaway
Orchestrator: Òscar Senén
Story Artist: Simon Wells
Story Artist: Carder Scholin
Story Artist: Gary Graham
Story Artist: Johane Matte
Story Artist: Michelle Ku
Story Artist: Paulene Phouybanhdyt
Story Artist: Sam Szymanski
Story Artist: Travis Chen
Story Artist: Trey Buongiorno
Story Artist: Young Ki Yoon
Production Coordinator: Anna Beatrice Carlos
First Assistant Editor: Katie Parody
Assistant Editor: Keith Bodmer
Associate Editor: Mark Gillins
Associate Editor: Brian Hopkins
Character Designer: Lucy Feng
Character Designer: Borja Montoro
Production Coordinator: Sara Elenen
Production Coordinator: Avery Stevens
Additional Production Assistant: Charlotte Ruth Tobias
Score Engineer: Geoff Foster
Scoring Mixer: Alan Meyerson
Other: John Prestage
Other: Chris Barrett
Post Production Supervisor: Brynne Orloski
Sound Designer: Dan Gamache
ADR Editor: David V. Butler
Sound Effects Editor: Xiao’ou Olivia Zhang
Sound Effects Editor: Jon Greasley
Sound Effects Editor: Malte Bieler
Assistant Sound Editor: Jesse Rosenman
Assistant Sound Editor: Veronica Li
Foley Editor: Jonathan Klein
Foley Artist: Dan O’Connell
Foley Artist: John T. Cucci
Foley Mixer: Tavish Grade
Foley Mixer: Jack Cucci
Foley Mixer: Mikel Parraga-Wills
Other: Ken Gombos
Sound Designer: Rick Hromadka
Mixing Engineer: Matt Brandseth
Other: Brianna Rivera
Post Production Coordinator: Kristal Santos Pagan
Production Coordinator: Yvonne Ontiveros Slobin
Production Assistant: Hadley Roslyn
3D Modeller: Erin Caswell
3D Modeller: Catherin Cubillan Reyes
3D Modeller: Chelle Mill
3D Modeller: Kull Shin
3D Modeller: James E. Stapp
3D Modeller: Sarah Vawter
Production Assistant: Christen Rangel
Casting Associate: Lara Boushehri
Casting Assistant: Chloe Joy Schneider
Production Accountant: Alexander Hunt

Movie Reviews:

Chris Sawin: _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:**
CinemaSerf: 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.
dumasori: **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.
Chandler Danier: I’m into movies that simulate the ‘watching a video game’ experience. Classic Shang Tsung end boss. Shadow of the Colossus gameplay. Maybe a diss to Dune? It’s predictable and full of dumb shit but I found myself enjoying it. Jables does good. I found abrasion to be front-loaded and maybe he mellows out but… a muted, yet powerful performance. I did smoke weed during the first few minutes.
I love Awkwafina.
Sejian: Out of nowhere, this fox character manifests! Out of nowhere, this panda character manifests! Out of nowhere, these villain characters manifest! We have got some top notch reviewers on this website, Souljaboytellem!
Dialog writers need to remove certain words from their joke book, like “method”, as in method acting. When I hear method acting, I think Jared Leto. Associating Jared Leto’s “method acting” with your movie probably isn’t a good thing. Method acting and Jared Leto occupied real estate rent free for the entirety of this movie. It didn’t help that they couldn’t stop themselves from thinking “it’s so nice, we’ll say it twice”.
The story is predictable, made worse by the spoon feeding. To add insult to injury, the back and forth between Po and Zhen up until the “big stink” is good enough to maybe throw you off if you haven’t seen it a dozen times already or if they hadn’t spelled it out.
Po’s dads are fine. He has a biological widowed father and an adopted father. We know these characters. Their subplot is kinda unnecessary but the “two dad’s” thing isn’t rocket science.