Kung fu kid Jay seems destined for a life of perfecting his ancient skills in the local ... more
martial arts school. But when he displeases his four crazy masters by not pretending to be hurt by their feeble punches, he is expelled. Out on his own, he quickly realises that his lightning fast reflexes and super-human eye are good for more than just fighting - they are tailor made for shooting amazing aerial hoops. It is not long before he's starting in the college team and helping them home-in on the championship. But despite his incredible abilities, he faces a challenge to fit in with his envious team-mates, impress the girl of his dreams and defeat his cheating, backboard abusing arch enemies. From the action director of Shaolin Soccer, Curse of the Golden Flower and House of Flying Daggers, Kung Fu Dunk is breathless, non-stop kung fu style B-Ball from start to finish!
Hot on the heels of Shaolin Soccer, Kung Fu Dunk is a dazzling collision of hi-impact ... more
martial arts and red-hot sports action from the action-director of Hero and House of the Flying Daggers.Orphaned from birth, Jay (Jay Chow) is raised in a martial arts school, and becomes a prodigious master in the ancient art of Kung Fu. When he is expelled for overshadowing his teachers in an epic bone-crunching showdown, he hits the streets in search of a new challenge.Adopted by a local street-hustler (Eric Tsang), he soon discovers that lightning fast reflexes and a super-human eye are good for more than just fighting, and accepts the challenge to play for the college basketball team in exchange for information that may lead to his long-lost family.After a dazzling display of backboard-breaking slam-dunks, alley-oops and gravity-defying circus-shots, he quickly becomes the team’s new star-player. Now, with one eye on the championships and the other on girl of his dreams, he must call upon all his training to survive a headlong race to the finals against a team whose trademark brutality is legendary. However, when most of his team-mates end up benched or broken, skill alone will not bring home the gold…A three-pointer of explosive kung fu, gymnastic basketball and crowd-pleasing humour, Kung Fu Dunk delivers a high-velocity, hoop-tastic thrill-ride that will have you cheering for overtime!
Kung fu kid Jay seems destined for a life of perfecting his ancient skills in the local ... more
martial arts school. But when he displeases his four crazy masters by not pretending to be hurt by their feeble punches he is expelled. Out on his own he quickly realises that his lightning fast reflexes and super-human eye are good for more than just fighting - they are tailor made for shooting amazing aerial hoops. It is not long before he's starting in the college team and helping them home-in on the championship. But despite his incredible abilities he faces a challenge to fit in with his envious team-mates impress the girl of his dreams and defeat his cheating backboard abusing arch enemies. From the action director of Shaolin Soccer Curse of the Golden Flower and House of Flying Daggers Kung Fu Dunk is breathless non-stop kung fu style B-Ball from start to finish!
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Film Starring Jay Chou, Charlene Choi, Bo-lin Chen, EricTsang Shi-Jie (Jay Chou), grew up ... more
withwell-trained kung-fu skill in a martial arts school. Wang-Li(Eric Tsang)in hope of making some money with Shi-Jie's kung-fuskills and good reflexes,by usinga reason of trying tolocate Shi-Jie's real family andinvites him to join theuniversity's basketball team. Shi-Jie faceswith a problem ofjoin inwith the basketball team members Ting-Wei (ChenBo-Lin) and Xiao-Lan (Baron Chen). Will they set aside theirdifferences for the upcoming basketball championship? Special Features: Interviews of Director and Actors Trailers Gallery Behind-the-scenes
Production Year: 1975 - Martial Arts - Director: John Woo - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Yuen Biao, James Tien, Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan
Martial Arts - Director: Prachya Pinkaew - Original Language: English\Vietnamese\Thai\Mandarin - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Tony Jaa, Bongkoj Khongmalai, Petchtai Wongkamlao
Advantages: A fabulous animated film for all ages Disadvantages: None
KungFu Panda is an American animated comedy film which was first released in 2008. It was directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne and runs for 92 minutes. It features the voices of many famous actors and actresses and is set in ancient China.
~The Plot~
I won't give too much away about the plot as it spoils it for those reviewers who have not yet had the pleasure of seeing the movie. The film centres around Po - an overweight, unfit panda who works in the noodle business with his father but dreams of better things. He aspires to be a kung-fu expert but doesn't stand a chance in hell of ever becoming that.
A chance encounter sees Po chosen as the dragon warrior and the movie follows him being trained by kung-fu expert Master Shifu in order to defeat the much feared Tai Lung (a snow leapord) who is descending on the town in ...
Advantages: Great animation, story, message, funny Disadvantages: None
This past weekend my husband and I went to see KungFu Panda at the cinema. I had been looking forward to this for months as we had seen trailers for it in America weeks ago and so when it finally came out in England we were excited to go see it and we were not let down.
I really enjoyed this movie. It's an animated movie made by Dreamworks Animation and distributed by Paramount. This is definitely a cartoon for kids and unlike some cartoons does not really include any "adult" jokes like some do but it is still a great film for adults as it is not childish in any way. The film has grossed $356,286,453 worldwide so it is definitely a favourite among movie goers and has now been made into various computer games and merchandising items.
The basic premise of the story is this. The film is set in China, the home of martial arts ...
Well i must say my family and I had been waiting a while to see this film as it looked so good on the trailer we saw when i took them to watch another film at the local cinema.
KungFu Panda was out to watch at the cinema on 4th July 2008.It was finally released on dvd on the 17th November.
First of all for those who have not seen it yet and are debating about it let me tell you the general jist of the story.
Po is a fat,very unfit panda who works in a noodle restaurant owned by his goose father Mr. Ping , who hopes that Po will one day take over the restaurant. Po is a kungfu fanatic with secret dreams of becoming a great master in the art. However, his weight and clumsiness make his goal difficult to attain.
The tortoise Master Oogway has a premonition that the evil snow leopard warrior Tai Lung , the former student of his ...
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Languages
Main Language
English
Subtitle Language
English
Technical information
Special Features
Interview Gallery: 16 Interviews, Behind the Scenes: Five Featurettes, Storyboards, Lost Scenes, Just For Fun, Trailer Gallery
Aspect Ratio
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound
Dolby Digital
DVD Description
An orphan at birth, Jay grows up in a school for martial arts, becoming a prestigious master of kung fu. But when Jay clashes with his superiors, he's forced to leave the academy and live on the streets, leading him on a quest to seek out his long lost family.
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