Sentences with phrase «by kung»

Quentin Tarantino presents THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS, an action - adventure inspired by kung - fu classics as interpreted by his longtime collaborators RZA and Eli Roth.

Turns out Po was the last survivor of an attack on his panda family, brought about by a peacock warlord (Gary Oldman) mindful of a prophecy that he will be defeated by a kung fu warrior in black and white.

Not exact matches

Yes, you can own exercise equipment that was once exercised with by one of the great kung fu stars of all time.

Flamini is on the bench and no doubt that he will be spending most of his time warming up by the touch line; Practicing his kung - fu — kicks!..

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic warmed up for PSG's crunch Champions League tie with Chelsea this week by hitting a stunning, kung - fu like volley to put his side 1 - 0 up over Caen in their Ligue 1 match.

The former Manchester United left - back is currently without a club after being released by Marseille following an incident in which he kung - fu kicked a fan.

The incident immediately brought back memories of another act of kung - fu kick madness by a French footballer.

By now Po has learned enough about the Tao of kung fu that, when panic crosses his mind, he says, «I'm not freakin» out.

But Po's new life of awesomeness is threatened by the emergence of a formidable villain, who plans to use a secret, unstoppable weapon to conquer China and destroy kung fu.

Now a kung fu master, Po (voiced by Jack Black) is thrilled to be given a chance to protect his homeland, fighting evil alongside Tigress (Angelina Jolie), Mantis (Seth Rogen), Crane (David Cross), Snake (Lucy Liu), and Monkey (Jackie Chan), while seeking wisdom from teacher Master Shifu (Dustin Hoffman).

In Kung Fu Panda 2, a tad more mature Po and his Furious Five kung fu masters Tigress (voiced by Angelina Jolie), Monkey (voiced by Jackie Chan), Mantis (voiced by Seth Rogen), Viper (voiced by Lucy Liu), and Crane (voiced by David Cross) feel ready to take on those out for control of the Valley.

A richer plot, life lessons and loving Chinese cultural references rendered by turns sweet, scary and charming, with yet more fantastical kung fu, make this an engaging winner.

We've got gravity - free virtual - reality kung fu, choreographed by Hong Kong wizard Woo - ping Yuen.

His dastardly aim is to corner the nation's iron and take over China by building cannons and obliterating kung fu.

When he's threatened by the intimidating peacock Lord Shen (voiced by Gary Oldman) and his secret weapon to conquer China and destroy kung fu, Po is confident at first.

Shifu (Dustin Hoffman, right) teaches Po (Jack Black, left) the value of inner peace in DreamWorks Animation's KUNG FU PANDA 2 to be released by Paramount on Thursday, May 26, 2011.

Kung Fu Panda 2 the video game begins where the movie leaves off, as Po and the Furious Five venture out to save kung fu from a new evil threat. Only with Kinect will Po teach players key kung fu moves and train them for impending battles against new, never - before - seen enemies, co-created by THQ and DreamWorks Animation. Utilizing Kinect, players will then seemingly transform into Po as they block, dodge, duck, punch and kick, no controller required. Onscreen, Po follows their every move as the game takes them into some new terrains and environments.

In fact, so much has been lifted by future films and other forms of media, that when one looks back at it from a modern perspective, it seems like just another typical kung fu movie, rather unfairly.

In the former, Chan plays Chien Fu, an orphan who works as a janitor in a kung fu school run by tyrannical teachers who literally and figuratively use him as a punching bag.

Through his training with an old beggar named Pai Cheng - Tien (Yuen), he gains confidence, bests the abusive teachers, invents a new style of martial arts, and defeats a wicked clan of fighters dedicated to the eradication of practitioners of Snake - style kung fu — the very same style taught by Cheng - Tien.

Obviously, it's not as if Kaufman did a complete overhaul, so don't expect Po to be kung fu fighting villains within his memories, only to realize that those memories are just part of an elaborate play being directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman (or maybe in this case Dustin Hoffman, since he voices a character in these films) which features himself directing a sequel to Kung Fu Panda.

The advanced techniques of the Hong Kong action cinema translated from the period kung fu and wuxia film to the modern world of cops and robbers, from swordplay to gunplay, not for the first time (it was preceded into the present by Jackie Chan's Police Story from the previous year, as well as Cinema City's highly profitable Aces Go Places series of comic adventures and a whole host of films from the Hong Kong New Wave like Tsui Hark's own Dangerous Encounters - First Kind, not to mention earlier films like Chang Cheh's Ti Lung - starring Dead End, from 1969), but better than anything before it.

Rapper - turned - actor - turned - filmmaker RZA is clearly influenced by cohorts Quentin Tarantino and Eli Roth as he indulges in this crazed pastiche of 1970s kung fu action romps.

Remarking therein that anyone who'd seen a few examples of this relentlessly formalized genre could write one himself, Schrader spoke from experience: his own The Yakuza, touched up a smidge by Robert Towne and formally permissive enough to incorporate some double - dealing American gangsters along with its Japanese pro- and antagonists, looked a likely enough successor to the kung - fu cycle in popularity that Warner Brothers paid a hefty price for the screenplay ($ 300,000, according to Newsweek).

He is confronted by a legendary Shaolin monk named Wong Jack Man, played by Yu Xia, who is upset that he is sullying the art and spirituality of kung fu.

Some impressive Terminator - type special effects, various plot holes, kung - fu derring - do and action as well as some wooden acting by the muscles from Brussels make for Saturday matinee entertainment, but little else.

Now, 60 years later (a 36 year quiet period, followed by 24 years of the New Era, the numbers mean... something) the world is divided into 72 clans at war, jockeying for position amongst each other as kung fu magic begins to reappear on the outskirts of society.

This team of kung fu masters is comprised of Tigress (voiced by Angelina Jolie), Monkey (voiced by Jackie Chan), Mantis (voiced by Seth Rogen), Viper (voiced by Lucy Liu), Crane (voiced by David Cross) and is led by their master, Shifu (voiced by Dustin Hoffman).

The mother, saddened by the loss of her son, adopts a young girl of the same age, training her in the ways of kung fu.

In fact, the story of Po (voiced by Jack Black), a clumsy, overweight panda and kung - fu fanatic, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and is currently the 49th highest - grossing film of all time.

While bonding with his long lost father, the valley is attacked by Kai and jade statues resembling past kung fu masters that Kai now controls through their chi.

The film then cuts to the mortal world where Po, voiced again by Jack Black (Goosebumps, 2015) has become a kung fu teacher although he is not finding it to be easy as his friends, the Furious Five, become injured in the process.

Voiced by its cast of well - known Hollywood heavyweights, this action - adventure flick delights audiences with another fun chapter in the life of our favorite affable, animated, kung fu - fighting panda bear.

This team of kung fu masters is comprised of Tigress (voiced by Angelina Jolie), Monkey (voiced by Jackie Chan), Mantis (voiced by Seth Rogen), Viper (voiced...

Po (voiced by Jack Black), a clumsy panda and the son of a noodle vendor, dreams of becoming a great kung fu fighter and meeting «The Ferocious Furious Five».

The latest is Taichi Zero, starring Yuan Xiaochao as a bumbling kung fu prodigy who moves to a remote village renowned for its special «Chen - style» technique, named for a mysterious master who by law is forbidden to teach his methods to outsiders.

So when Po and his fellow kung fu masters The Furious Five go on a mission to liberate Gongmen City from the evil peacock Lord Shen (voiced by Gary Oldman), the theoretically opposing aspects of Po's character are given full flight to deliver a spectacular computer animated adventure that is both hilarious and exhilarating.

He sets the stage for Mayhem by showing us how the oppressive world of big business runs, piece by piece, and sets about dismantling it using tropes from scary movies, video games, kung fu films and workplace sitcoms.

But Po's life of awesomeness is threatened by the emergence of a formidable villain, who plans to use a secret, unstoppable weapon to conquer China and destroy kung fu.

The joke is that they're remaking Enter the Dragon while replacing the kung - fu by ping - pong.

«The Grandmaster», inspired by the life of Yip Man — the mentor of legendary kung - fu star Bruce Lee — has won a string of prizes including at the Hong Kong and Asian film awards.

In 1998, when the other superhero movies starred known entities like Batman, New Line Cinema made a film about a leather - clad, kung - fu vampire, played by Wesley Snipes, who fought other vampires at underground raves, and barely concealed sex dungeons.

Perpetually plump and bulky around the belly, Po the panda (voice by Jack Black) secretly dreams of being a kung fu fighter like his idols, the Furious Five.

Still, families of younger children (or those prone to mimicking movies) need to be aware that the kung fu moves are almost constant in this script, with characters being kicked, punched, singed by flames and pushed down stairs.

But there's no time for wallowing in their disbelief when the kung fu fighters and Master Shifu (voice by Dustin Hoffman) discover that Tai Lung, the snow leopard (voice by Ian McShane), has escaped from the high security prison controlled by Commander Vichar (voice by Michael Clarke Duncan).

The biggest twist comes when Lu Yan learns [seconds before being attacked by the jade Warlord's men] that Jason doesn't know any kung fu!

Directed by Wong Kar - wai, the film is an biographical one based on the story of kung fu star Bruce Lee's master, Yip Man.

But Po will need everyone's help — including a clan of pandas who've long been living in a mystical, mountaintop land — to fight the power - hungry Kai (Simmons), who seeks to rule all by stealing the chi of kung fu masters across China.

Next, there is a filmmakers» audio commentary by director Jennifer Yuh Nelson, producer Melissa Cobb, production designer Raymond Zibach, and supervising animator / kung fu choreographer / story artist Rodolphe Guenoden.