Kung Fu Panda 2 is a good sequel, it's not amazing but it definitely good and you should watch it if you enjoyed the first. Gary Oldman is great as the new villain and here's some lovely cinematography shown off in the film, as well as good music. The characters are developed some more which adds weight to the film and emotion but there's perhaps too much going on which makes it a bit less fun to watch, the action is there but not as exciting as the first. The animation is just as good as its predecessor.

The film gains lots of marks for going with a darker plotline and trying something unique, Lord Shen is a good villain and rivals Tai Lung. The contrasting red and black colours with the colourful ones in some scenes is very creative and also gets cinematic points from me, but I felt like the scenes eventually got repetitive due to lack of environment change.

7/10: Tries to do more than the original and succeeds on many levels on creating a darker sequel that thrills but losses some of the humour that made the first so lovable