Friday, October 18, 2024
Panda Plan
It’s “Die Hard” meets “Jurassic Park” meets “Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls” when legendary Kung Fu action movie star Jackie Chan (playing himself) is invited to adopt a beloved Noah Zoo panda cub named Big Babe. However, a notorious international crime syndicate has plans to kidnap the panda offering a huge reward. Jackie, like John McClane, is the fly in the ointment who mucks up the kidnap scheme. It becomes a game of hide & seek on this huge animal park. This is an action comedy featuring all of those Jackie Chan theatrics we all love… crazy action stunts with his sense of humor. It’s a silly romp not to be taken seriously as this outrageous plot plays out… but it is entertaining & family friendly fun. The storyline with a surprise twist leans more to comedy than action drama. This film is spoken in part Mandarin & in part English with subtitles. Even if you are slow in reading subtitles, it is still easy to catch the drift of what’s happening. The story relies more on the action occurring. With Jackie Chan & a cute baby panda… what could go wrong? They are both adorable. This movie is targeting younger kids.
Alien gives it 2½ “forklifts & rhinos… oh my!” stars out of 4.
