Po is back! Bringing more of his SKA-DOOSH!

Rating: 9/10 (7 July 2011)

In 2008, Dreamworks brought us the marvelous tale of a giant panda who dream nothing more but to do kung fu with his heroes, The Furious Five, and was now accidentally chosen to be the dragon warrior and save china. Since then, everyone love the film. But the question remains; where did Po come from? Why was his dad a goose? Well 3 years later, we finally got our answer in Kung Fu Panda 2. In the latest news of the sequel, a peacock named Lord Shen (voiced by Gary Oldman) wanted nothing more but to make his parents proud (much like Tai Lung wanted to please Master Shifu in the first film.) but when a Soothsayer confirmed to his folks that he would be defeated by a warrior of black and white (remind you of anyone?) Shen did all that he can to make sure his future would not happen to him, but as he done the deed of getting rid all of the pandas he could find, Lord Shen was banished, but vow his revenge that he would return.
Now many years later, Po finally gets the chance to learn about his past and finds out why he's at where he is right now as he faces his greatest fear; battling Lord Shen.
I haven't really review that many sequels expect for a couple of bad ones (like Open Season 2 and Open Season 3) but this? This one was very promising! New bad guy means more new action, which means more challenges Po has to take care of (even if he's by his own or not.) It almost stood up as much as the first film did, but it also delivers a very special message; and that message was to let go of the past; no matter how bad it might of been. The flashback scenes were done incredibly beautifully as it brings out much a lot of tear-jerking scenes (think of the ending from Toy Story 3. Did that one made you cry? Cause it did for me.) The music is set wonderfully (though I think it's almost the same similar ones in the original, if you have listen to the soundtrack, but just only half of the tracks don't always sound like they're alike.) And the direction where it took us brought us to an unforgettable adventure.
If you love Kung Fu Panda 1, then don't miss out on seeing the second one because more stories will be told very soon into the future as the years for us passed.