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Kung Fu Panda 4
2024 94 min United States of America PG 6+
★6.5
Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Director: Mike Mitchell, Stephanie Stine
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Description
Po is gearing up to become the spiritual leader of his Valley of Peace, but also needs someone to take his place as Dragon Warrior. As such, he will train a new kung fu practitioner for the spot and will encounter a villain called the Chameleon who conjures villains from the past.
Budget:
$80M
US Gross:
$193.59M
Worldwide:
$548.04M
Starring
Jack Black
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Awkwafina
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Viola Davis
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Awards
Saturn Awards 2025
— Best Animated Feature
Key opinion
Kung Fu Panda 4 is widely regarded as a visually competent but narratively redundant addition to the franchise. While Jack Black’s performance and the film's familiar humor provide a degree of entertainment, it suffers from a lack of emotional stakes and a sense that it exists primarily for commercial rather than artistic reasons.
| Acting | Jack Black delivers a consistently engaging and charismatic vocal performance that remains a franchise highlight. | |
| Originality | The narrative relies heavily on recycled plot points and a predictable structure, failing to evolve the series beyond its previous entries. | |
| Screenplay | The character of Zhen is frequently criticized as being a bland, unsympathetic archetype that fails to resonate with the audience. | |
| Humor | Opinions on the humor are divided; some viewers find the jokes charming and a successful return to form, while others find the delivery forced, thin, or cringe-worthy. | |
| Pacing | The film's pacing is polarizing; critics appreciate the high-energy, non-stop momentum, whereas others find it frantic, chaotic, and lacking in necessary narrative pauses. |