Kung Fu Panda (2008)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2008
	Director:  Mark Osborne, John Stevenson
	Actors (voices): Jack Black (King Kong), Ian McShane (Death Race), Angelina Jolie (Beowulf), Dustin Hoffman (All the President's Men), Jackie Chan (Rush Hour), Seth Rogen (Knocked Up), Lucy Liu (Kill Bill)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Adventure
	Conditions of visioning: 22.03.2015, SD VOD, Home cinema
Synopsis: The Panda Po (Black) is dreaming about Kung Fu but is stuck with cooking noodles. When great peril approaches, he can't miss the event of selecting the Dragon Warrior that will protect the Valley.
Review: Quite a voice cast on this Dreamworks production. I like the topic of the movie and the fact that it respected all the codes of the Martial Arts Genre: the Master, the selection of an apprentice, the unexpected hero, his initiatory journey (like in the excellent The 36th Chamber of Shaolin with Gordon Liu). The animation is colorful and fast and fits very well that Genre. As I wrote in the post about Megamind, the quality of the Dreamworks animated productions has been catching up with the one of Pixar's, and even exceeding them with those two movies. Recommended for kids and adults alike.
Rating: 7 /10