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Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024) Full Movie Download Hindi Dubbed Full HD
Directors: Mike MitchellStephanie Stine
Writers: Jonathan Aibel; Glenn Berger; Darren Lemke
Stars: Jack Black; Awkwafina; Viola Davis
Story: After Po is tapped to become the Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace, he needs to find and train a new Dragon Warrior, while a wicked sorceress plans to re-summon all the master villains whom Po has vanquished to the spirit realm.
Kung Fu Panda 4 Movie Review: Kung Fu Panda 4 is the fourth entry to the Kung Fu Panda film franchise, the first installment since 2016. This time around, Po is now preparing to become the new spiritual leader of the valley, meaning that his time as the Dragon Warrior is coming to an end and that he must now choose his successor to be the new Dragon Warrior. All while this is happening, a new shape-shifting villain, the Chameleon is planning to steal the kung fu abilities from all of Po’s former enemies, thereby making her an all powerful kung fu master whom Po now has to confront.
The first three films make for a surprise trilogy if ever there was one. What could’ve been a goofy animated series made strictly for kids ended up being a quality trilogy with heartfelt stories, important life lessons, engaging characters, and a good look at the cultural side of kung fu and how it’s more than just a bunch of fancy fighting moves. I really enjoy all three prior entries and found that they made for a solid trilogy. But with Hollywood being Hollywood, the cash cow needed a good milking and now we have a forced, unnecessary sequel. That said, a movie being superfluous doesn’t automatically make it bad. Toy Story 4 is a prime example of a completely unnecessary film that’s still an overall enjoyable movie in its own right, so now we see if Kung Fu Panda 4 can pull that off as well.
What worked in this movie, first and foremost, is the voice acting. Jack Black is back in the role of Po and he hasn’t lost a step. He’s clearly enjoying himself in the role and he’s a big part in what makes Po so likable and enduring despite his bumbling and awkward self. Other supporting roles include Bryan Cranston, Dustin Hoffman, Viola Davis, and James Hong, all of them doing good jobs with the work they’re given. There’s really only one weak link when it comes to the voice acting and I’m sure you already know what it is, but we’ll get to that later. I still want to focus on the positives here.
This movie also has a good message regarding change and how you can open some great doors in your life if you’re willing to get out of your comfort zone and just go for whatever big change you want to make in life. It’s a good message on paper and this movie has one scene where the message is laid out front and center and it makes for one effective moment in the story. Granted, the story as a whole doesn’t fully lend itself to said message, but it’s still an overall important message for a younger generation and I appreciate the movie’s attempts at conveying it.
The animation, for the most part, is good. Or at least, it’s good enough given the movie having a relatively low budget compared to its predecessors. The animation is at its very best when you’re seeing a big wide shot of a landscape in China or when Chameleon is shape-shifting in some really creative ways. That said, the animation does have some weak spots in my mind’s eye. There are times when the skin and textures on characters looks a little too smooth and not fully rendered. It’s slightly noticeable in some close up shots of Po’s face and even background extras have the issue of looking unfinished. I won’t go so far as to say that it’s straight to streaming levels of bad, but it was noticeable for me, especially having rewatched the first three films right before seeing this one.
The movie’s problems come into play once we really get the plot rolling and the big issue is that of Awkwafina and her character of Zhen, Po’s new sidekick on this journey. At this point, I’m really starting to get annoyed with Awkwafina and her typecasting as the smartass sidekick. The truth is that she’s not even all that bad in this role, but it’s just more of the same of what we’ve seen from her in other roles. And from a character standpoint, she’s not given enough development for us to really care about the predictable emotional payoff that the movie has with her. The Furious Five are mostly absent from this movie and Master Shifu is basically only in the movie for the opening and third act, which is what I also didn’t like about Kung Fu Panda 2. I’ll die on the hill that the first film is every bit Shifu’s story as it is Po’s and Zhen just isn’t a compelling enough side character to make up for the absence of series regulars.
There’s also a side story involving Po’s two fathers, played by Cranston and Hong, as they also partake in their own adventure in Po’s wake. This whole subplot reeks of something that exists only to pad time and give the actors something to do since they have the actors back. There’s a half-baked attempt at an arc with Po’s biological father, Li Shan, learning how to be brave, but it goes nowhere and it just feels redundant.
For the villain, I feel confident in saying that Chameleon is easily the franchise’s weakest villain so far. Viola Davis is honestly quite good purely from a voice acting point of view, but the character is thinly written with a very tired motivation and a backstory that doesn’t even make sense the more you start to think about it. She feels like an afterthought when all is said and done and I think her name of just “The Chameleon” is just lazy. Po’s other enemies from the previous films won’t go down as some of the best antagonists in film history, but they at least fit with the themes of their respective films and they had their own identities. Hell, even Tai Lung makes an appearance in this movie for the sake of nostalgia bait and I wanted to see more of him than Chameleon.
When it all comes down to things, the movie just feels tired and it’s clearly following a formula that doesn’t take any big risks. Po’s journey with Zhen to fight the Chameleon is a very straightforward, predictable adventure and it makes for an animated film that I found to be a little boring in some scenes. The pace doesn’t move nearly as quick as any of the other three films and there came a point where I checked the time on my phone expecting to see that we were nearing the end of the 90 minute runtime, only to see that the movie had just barely made it past the half hour mark. For a movie that’s exact runtime is an hour and thirty-four minutes, that’s borderline unforgivable.
Overall, Kung Fu Panda 4 is a low point for this film series. While not a truly bad movie, it still just suffers from feeling like a generic animated adventure of the week with a story and jokes that feel as if they were marketed mostly for kids. The first three movies are animated films that can be enjoyed by anyone of any age, but this movie doesn’t have that broad appeal. It’s a forced sequel that can’t justify its existence and now I have to live in my own little headspace where I pretend that this story was neatly wrapped up in just three films.
