I have been waiting for this film to come out for ages! I saw the trailer (here) a while ago and just loved it, but then I love animated films.

The story is of a Panda, played by Jack Black, who is a fanatic for Kung Fu but finds himself working, for his Dad, in a noodle restaurant. One day the prophesy names him as the Dragon Warrior and the resedent master needs all the patience he can muster as he tries to turn this lazy, out of shape slacker into a Kung Fu fighter ready to save the day.

This film isn’t just funny, there’s loads of action in it too and it really keeps your attention. This is helped by the freedom given to the directors through the medium of animation which allows the fight sequences to be quite impressive. I hope there’s some little overweight kid out there who sees it and is made believe a little in his/her ability.

The bad guy of the piece is a snow leopard by the name of Tai Lung, played by Ian McShane, and he really is a great character. From the get go he is painted as a really scary guy and this really ads to the piece.

If I was to find a fault with the film it’s that there are a good few characters who get very little screen time and I don’t think that ads anything to the film as a whole. All in all though it’s well worth a look.