It is a very pretty film to look at (the 3D was excellent), but this is a shell of Po's previous adventures. It's a little too simplified as the Furious Five only appear in the end credits, and Master Shifu's appearances are limited. The majority of the film is Po (Jack Black) and Zhen (voiced by Awkwafina), traveling to meet and defeat the villain, the Chameleon (Viola Davis, who is having fun and trying to make the character's nonsensical backstory interesting). There is a secondary subplot that has Po's biological and adoptive fathers on their own adventure tracking just behind Po, for a reason I can not remember or care about - it just pads the time. This does lead to a very funny scene that had me and the audience howling in laughter. It involved Po's biological father, a bar, and Mahjong tiles. It's not a painful movie to watch, but the time sitting through it is felt. Still, the intended audience, non-discriminating youngsters under 10, should be fine with the end result. I am very surprised this has grossed 500 million (worldwide) so far.
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