Whenever matters threaten to turn grave, however, “Kung Fu Panda 3” always has a mood-puncturing quip or sight gag at the ready, a tactic that would grate more if its sense of humor weren’t so buoyant and disarming (a few repetitive yuks aside). Meanwhile, Po’s faithful friends Master Shifu (Dustin Hoffman) and the Furious Five - aka Tigress (Angelina Jolie), Monkey (Jackie Chan), Mantis (Seth Rogen), Viper (Lucy Liu) and Crane (David Cross) - stay behind to hold down the fort against Kai, though they succumb almost immediately to the warlord’s brutal chi spree. Knowing he must master his own chi to have a shot at defeating Kai, Po decides to return with Li to the secret mountain village where members of their species now reside, having taken refuge after the terrible panda genocide recounted in the second film. It’s a joyous reunion, and Po, finally coming belly-to-belly with another panda for the first time, feels a powerful longing to be among his own kind.
Ping (James Hong), and his long-lost biological dad, Li (Bryan Cranston), who turns up in the Valley of Peace looking for his missing son.
Kai’s campaign of destruction couldn’t come at a worse possible time for Po, who finds himself torn between his adoptive father, the noodle-peddling goose Mr.
Once he defeats Oogway, Kai harnesses enough power to escape back into the mortal world, where he becomes determined to hunt down the one fated to overthrow him: Po, the Dragon Warrior. Simmons), a blade-wielding yak who has challenged thousands of kung fu masters and stolen their chi, which he stores in jade amulets and uses to raise a powerful supernatural army. Last seen vanishing into a vortex of flower petals in the first “Kung Fu Panda,” the wise old tortoise Master Oogway (Randall Duk Kim) is settling down for a few centuries of well-earned rest when he’s attacked by his ancient frenemy, Kai (J.K. Beginning in the surreal Spirit Realm, through fluid graphics recalling manga comics and Asian paintings, through battles with the splendidly realised "jombies" (jade zombies) and finally ending in homage to Seven Samurai, the inventive visual side is stirring, dazzling and vibrant, an exemplar of creative grandeur and finesse.Happily, under the fluid direction of Jennifer Yuh Nelson (who helmed “Kung Fu Panda 2”) and Alessandro Carloni, the new film never seems in danger of falling under that description, pulling us in with an otherworldly prologue set in the eternal Spirit Realm. All this happens alongside the emotional backdrop of Po's long-lost biological father (Bryan Cranston) taking him to the Shangri-la style village of his youth. But too many favourite characters are sidelined and past themes reproduced (discovering the potential within, the meaning of family) in the reheated narrative that pits the panda Po (voiced by Jack Black) against a supernatural warrior (JK Simmons) collecting the chi energy of China's greatest martial artists to extend his powers. The latest chapter in the affable animation saga is as antic and fleet of foot as ever, with the tonal mix of life-lessons, energetic action, sharp repartee and zany humour right on the money.
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