The first Panda was probably DreamWorks' best-loved effort since the first two Shrek films.
Po's partners in kung fu, the admired Furious Five - consisting of Tigress (Angelina Jolie), Mantis (Seth Rogen), Crane (David Cross), Viper (Lucy Liu) and Monkey (Jackie Chan) - join him on a trek to rid Gongmen City of Lord Shen's tyrannical rule and save kung fu in the process. Meanwhile, prologue peacock Shen (Gary Oldman) has returned to Gongmen City and made it his with the unrivaled force of a newly-invented cannon. Ping (undersung octogenarian big/small screen legend James Hong, getting a lot of great material here), Po learns that - gasp! - he is adopted and that his origins have always been a mystery. Upon telling his father, noodle restaurateur crane Mr. In the midst of a battle with bandits, the panda gets a stirring glimpse of his youth. For Po, the secret to unlocking such potent tranquility seems to lie in him rediscovering his tumultuous infancy. Po (voiced by Jack Black), the portly panda improbably named the Dragon Warrior, is instructed by his mentor, the wise Shifu (Dustin Hoffman), on the importance of inner peace. This may seem random and unrelated to the first movie, but you can bet it will hold significance. Young Shen's efforts to defy a soothsayer's prophecy brought shame to his parents and exile upon himself. The sequel opens with a prologue that tells us of a family of peacocks, whose son Lord Shen sees the destructive capabilities of fireworks as his path to power. It arrived without the working subtitle it had held ( The Kaboom of Doom), but with almost the entire principal cast of animals and their original voice actors back on board. Adhering to the usual three-year production schedule, Kung Fu Panda 2 opened in theaters around the globe during the industry's summer season, starting with a Memorial Day Weekend debut in the States and parts of Asia. E at the worldwide box office, an achievement significant enough to ensure that DreamWorks would do what they did for all their hits: make a sequel.E, one of the most acclaimed animated films ever.But it had the misfortune of opening just three weeks before Pixar's WALL
In a weaker year, it might have entered best-of discussions and had a shot at winning the animated feature Oscar. Panda would cross the $200 million mark domestically and the $600 million mark worldwide, while proudly wearing the badge of overwhelming critical approval. Sure, the studio had earned good reviews and sold plenty of tickets before, but the 2008 film reached new heights by each of those standards for something outside the signature Shrek franchise, which had already started its decline. Kung Fu Panda seemed to ring in a new commitment to quality at DreamWorks Animation.
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