Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2011
	Director: Jennifer Yuh Nelson (Kung Fu Panda 3)
	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), Gary Oldman (The Fifth Element)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Adventure
	Conditions of visioning: 16.08.2018, VOD, 10" tablet screen.
Synopsis: Now master of his powers, Po (Black) and his Furious Five will have once again to save China from a terrible enemy. But while memories of his past come back to him, Po will have to master Inner Peace to complete this challenge.
Review: After the successful Kung Fu Panda that I loved, this sequel uses the same ingredients and I liked to see awesome Kung-Fu masters, super-fast animation, Jack Black's brilliant impersonation of Po, colorful landscapes, and a story that follows again the rules of the Kung Fu genre. But that's not enough to make a good sequel that could rival the original, and when trying to compare both I can't help but thinking about this excellent YouTube episode of Movies with Mikey - Making the Perfect Sequel. Kung Fu Panda 2 gives us more of what we loved in the first one which may be good enough for a junior audience, but unfortunately fails short on expanding the Universe originally created. I know, the difference may be hard to catch, and in fact it is more of a feeling when watching the movie that no surprise was coming. The one attempt at opening up is the backstory of Po's parents, which sadly in the end appeared to be there only to tease a third movie already in production at the time. Still fun to watch as an extension of the first movie.
Rating: 5 /10