Saturday morning cartoon stretched to one and a half hours

Rating: 4/10 (3 July 2011)

What a terrible movie.
Every single line of dialogue was cringe worthy. If it wasn't trying too hard to be funny it was shoehorning kungfu into the plot every chance the writers could get.
The plot, themes, twist and moral were all clichéd and predictable. It is a Saturday morning cartoon stretched to one and a half hours.
The Chinese accents were grating. Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman and Gary Oldman's voices did not seem out of place, so why the director felt the need to give all the minor characters Chinese voice actors or Chinese accents to make the movie more authentic when it actually detracts from the experience is beyond me.
The worst aspect of the movie is the fact that Po didn't need to do any hard work or make any effort whatsoever to become stronger; he just got an instant power-up to God mode. It's the antithesis to every single kung-fu movie ever made, where effort and hard work pay off. It's basically telling the audience you can do nothing and still achieve greatness.
The film must've been written by kung-fu fanboys who have no idea about the subject matter beyond the flashy wire-fu.
The very last scene at the end just confirms that this is nothing but a quick and easy cash grab, and that more quick and easy cash grabs are to come.