Review of Kung Fu Panda 4

I watched this movie on the theaters, and although it has its flaws, it is still really enjoyable. When you compare this movie to the rest of the franchise, its definetely the worst out of all of them, but if you like the franchise you should probably watch it because it is still a very fun experience.

Qualities:

• As a consequence of the evolution of cgi and special effects, this movie has by far the best animation in the series, with visually stunning characters and environments and the evolution can be easily noticed in comparison to the first entries of this franchise
• It has some of the best action sequences we had so far in all four movies, considering the animations and movements of each character became more complex in this entry
• Zhen and Po have a very good dinamic as a duo and Zhen is a very good character with an interesting backstory
• The dinamic between Po's fathers is amazing, and gave us some of the funniest moments in this film
• The voice actors did an amazing job here, especially Jack Black as usual
• It was really nice to see the return of Tai Lung and it actually made sense for the story

Flaws:

• The absence of the Furious Five is easily noticed in this movie, and the explanation for it felt very lazy
• The Chameleon, although a nice villain, is not even compared to the three amazing villains from the previous movies, and her backstory+motivation feels really stupid
• The plot itself overall is not that great, and the themes and messages of this entry feel really weak in comparison to the other movies
• Shen and Kai are done very dirty, and the comeback of the previous villains along with the kung fu masters is really disappointing and not very well polished

Overall, this movie can be really disappointing for many people, but it still is a very good movie and is worth the watch, for sure.