Raymond Yip – Heroic Cinema https://www.heroic-cinema.com The guide to Asian movies in Australia Mon, 29 Dec 2003 21:22:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.8 18894642 Anna in Kungfu Land (2003) https://www.heroic-cinema.com/reviews/anna-in-kungfu-land-2003/ Mon, 29 Dec 2003 21:22:32 +0000 http://www.heroic-cinema.com/reviews/anna-in-kungfu-land-2003/ The opening sequence held so much promise. Cheesy animation evocative of Powerpuff Girls with all the various participants in their computer-generated alter egos in a five second animation that pretty told you all you really needed to know about the characters, aka their schticks. With the title Anna in Kungfu Land, there was the hope of a mindless but enjoyable farce of a live action cartoon.

Thankfully, a significant chunk of the film plays on this and milks it … (read more)

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