I liked the first movie Kung Fu Panda (2008) which was one of DreamWorks's best movies, with its great voice acting, well-done 3D animation, fun action, and likable characters; with the sequel you hope it is as good or better than the first movie, and after watching it, you can say that it is a great sequel that expands on the world it built in the first movie and dives more into the main character's backstory. The sequel Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) is as good if not better than the first movie, with great character development of the main character, fun action, great 3D animation, a threatening villain, and great voice acting; this movie makes the main character Po more interesting with where he came from, and makes the backstory connects to the villain in some great way that is investing to watch.

Jack Black is once again great as the character Po, with him getting a very interesting backstory that connects to the main villain that he is learning throughout the movie, and having character development when it comes to accepting it and finding inner peace; he was funny, interesting, and cool to watch now used to being in the Dragon Warrior role but also learning new things. The group the Furious Five once Tigress, Monkey, Viper, Crane, and Mantis played great again by Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, David Cross, and Seth Rogen going on the journey with Po to stop the villain, with there being lots of scenes where they work great together as a team in lots of big action sequences; there are also great moments between Po and Tigress with many interactions between them as friends. Lastly, you have some nice appearances of Shifu again voiced by Dustin Hoffman, telling Po about inner peace and how he can you use it to his advantage and just overall how to keep being the Dragon Warrior.

The villain Shen voiced great by Gary Oldman was an intimidating but funny villain that has an interesting backstory to him on why he is trying to take over China, and he has some kind of connection to Po's backstory and where he came from, making a great hero villain dynamic between them when they are both in the same scene interacting off each other. The action sequences are fun, fast paced, and cool to watch with the great 3D animation that gets you invested in what is happening and great visuals, along with the many details on the characters and the pretty looking backgrounds/locations; though the movie is very funny to watch, the movie has quite a few emotional/heartfelt moments that are well-done and can make you tear up when watching.

The sequel Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) was a worthy second movie to the first, making this movie good if not better than the first movie, because of the great voice acting, well-done character development, a great villain, fun action sequences, nice looking 3D animation, and an interesting way to flesh out the Po character by giving him an interesting backstory; if you liked the first Kung Fu Panda (2008), then you will have a great time with this sequel. Lastly, DreamWorks made a great sequel to an already great first movie, which leads to the third movie; I am going to remember this movie and want to watch it repeatedly like the first.