Jet Li finally makes it to the big time playing a role with the likes of Brendon Fraser. Which is great because plenty of these Asian martial artists have a very limited place in the world of films in my opinion. They’re second rated, and over looked because the people would rather see untalented martial artists pretending to know the art, because they look good in a set of boobs like we have seen in the Kill Bill movies. A cycle that has started in the 70s when David Carradine played Kung Fu. It’s entertainment either way. Jet Li takes a huge role as the evil dominator of China who has come back to life after hundreds of years to seek true immortality. Brendon Fraser comes back out of retirement to battle archeological mummies and his son finally grows up to follow in the footsteps of dad. It’s a fun movie.
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Kung Fu Panda is definately one for the martial arts film industry. Martial art movies have been exploding in creativity and humor, a nice addition to the vicious martial art movies kicking ass like Steven Segal, Jet Li, Bruce Lee type action. Movies like Beverly Hills Ninja, Kung Fu Hustle create an innovation in humor churning a funny style of kung fu. Much like how Drunken Master did. Of course no martial arts film is without the student who finds martial arts as a path towards overcoming the present into the future by learning martial arts. Starting from the Karate Kid to recent movie the Forbidden Kingdom. It’s not much of a parody, rather than a iconic representation of various animal chinese kung fu styles and throwing in a panda as the humorous element much like throwing in Chris Farley and putting a ninja suit on him. The movie is authenthic to the Chinese culture and is a good hearted movie to be enjoyed by all.
