A thunderous success

Kung Fu Panda is an animated film from DreamWorks Animation studios, directed by Mark Osborne and John Stevenson in 2008. This film did very well internationally with $631,744,560 in international box office revenue, for a budget initial $130,000,000. In France, there are 3,231,982 entries, including 753,074 entries in the Parisian region alone. To see the filmography of the directors, click here.

Po, the 5 cyclones and Master Shifu

Po, the sixth cyclones

In ancient China lives Po, a panda raised by a cook goose in his own noodle restaurant. Po dreams of becoming a great kung fu master, a bit like the 5 cyclones, Master Monkey, Mantis, Crane, Mistress Viper and Tigress, students of Master Shifu, himself a disciple of Master Oogway. One day Oogway announces to Shifu that a terrible event will soon happen, the escape of Taï Lung.

Tai Lung, a former disciple of Shifu who considered him his son, has such powerful kung fu that no one in the valley can stop him. Nobody except the dragon warrior, a legendary warrior whom Oogway will designate when he is present among them. This warrior will finally be chosen, and it will turn out to be Po, who had only come to see which of the 5 cyclones will be chosen.

Po and Tigress training at night on a roof

Of course, at first neither the 5 cyclones nor Shifu will accept it. But eventually, thanks to Oogway's words and Po's determination, Shifu will succeed in teaching Po Kung fu using his abilities. Po will therefore fight with Taï Lung and will end up defeating him thanks to his "fat flaccid and soft panda body" and the "Wuxi finger grip", a Kung fu technique that literally disintegrates his opponent. Following his fight, all the people who did not believe in him accept him and recognize his value as a dragon warrior.