Hollywood reviews : Kung Fu Panda 2 vs 13 Assassins

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epic action in Japan and 13 murderers speak Sockeye Comedy Dreamworks kung Fu Panda 2 is more common than you might imagine, especially when dealing with offenders. In Takashi Miike is a period piece ultra-violent, Shogun lascivious, hungry for blood-brother, Lord Naritsugu (Inagaki Goro) is going to undermine the feudal Japan, where it accumulates more power. Depending on the family DreamWorks ; CGI, Mr. Shen (Gary Oldman), he feels betrayed by his birthright as heir to the glittering Gongmen City and is planning to conquer ancient China with force. Both of these villains reveal a sadistic love shooting. Lord Naritsugu shoot arrows trussed-up wife and children of rebel samurai. Mr. Shen explosions Gongmen City defender to pieces in his new explosive weapon. Their main difference is that Mr. Shen also happens to be an albino peacock, with shovels of its plumage, although the man is a sociopath Naritsugu swords are mostly ceremonial.Both movies trade on long, honorable traditions of Asian action genres. 13 Assassins remakes Jûsan-nin no shikaku, a black-and-white Japanese film from 1963, and shows a deep fondness for the classic Seven Samurai. Free of beheadings, Kung Fu Panda's sequel aims for a broader audience but embraces the dazzling fight moves of wuxia martial arts films that star lethal leading men such as Jackie Chan, who reprises his voice role here as a battling monkey.

Kung Fu Panda 2's script doesn't live up to its predecessor, one of DreamWorks' best animated features. Plush kung fu prodigy Po (Jack Black) is not only charged with stopping Lord Shen, but he also tries to unravel the secret of his birth family, since it's revealed the goose who raised him was not his biological father. Kung Fu Panda 2 delivers repetitive jokes and a perfunctory theme about the importance of "inner peace," and deliberately evokes Pac-Man in aerial shots of Po and company in a parade dragon, "eating" bad guys while rushing through the city streets.

But Kung Fu Panda 2 proves to be the rare film that is reinforced, not least with 3-D effects. The film is inspired by great fight scenes, including fighting between the forces and followers Po Shen overturn a massive tower. A final game against Shen induced armada battles nautical John Woo's Red Cliff. Overall, Kung Fu Panda 2 shows that the choreography of the martial arts can still surprise even when transferred to a computer-generated world of talking animals. 13 Assassin looks like one of the most action movies intoxicating exciting arrive from Hong Kong Woo peak. Ironically, the film begins with a series of chamber pieces discrete, unlike the usual atrocity or ritual suicide samurai Shinzaemon retirement (Koji Yakusho captain) accept the murder he did not need Naritsugu brought death and dishonor to the entire kingdom.13 Assassins doesn't always distinguish between the title characters, but articulates the nature of the samurai code. For Naritsugu's head samurai Hanbei (Masachika Ichimura), honor demands he protect his mad master to the end, even though Hanbei has far more in common with his old classmate, and new enemy, Shinzaemon.

Shinzaemon ultimately buys out a rural village and sets up a breathtaking ambush: "We'll transform it into a town of death." In 13 Assassins' final 40 minutes, Shinzaemon, his 11 samurai and an earthy hunter use explosives, burn livestock, and employ other booby traps to take on Naritsugu's 200 guards. Miike delivers remarkable stuntwork without lingering too long on the gore. 13 Assassins has already become the stuff of legend among action movie addicts. Today's kids weaned on the Kung Fu Panda films will be all the more appreciative of 13 Assassins — when they're old enough.