
The Telegraph
It’s Marvel doing what Marvel does, but getting almost everything right this time - and that’s rare.
Full reviewSimu Liu (TV's Kim's Convenience) is Shang-Chi, Master of Kung-Fu, in this Marvel actioner helmed by Destin Daniel Cretton (Short Term 12) and co-starring Tony Chiu-Wai Leung (Infernal Affairs) and Golden Globe winner Awkwafina.
Lesser-known Marvel hero gets the origin story treatment in a colourful celebration of Asian talent, combat and culture. Lends an excited freshness to what can feel like a familiar genre entry - helped too by the presence of legends Michelle Yeoh and Tony Leung.
It’s Marvel doing what Marvel does, but getting almost everything right this time - and that’s rare.
Full reviewIf the final act suffers from the usual excess of CG that most comic-book movies can’t seem to resist... it’s not enough to derail this highly enjoyable tale...
Full reviewAt some point during one of the best car chase scenes in San Francisco movie history, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings makes at least one thing gloriously clear: Today, you will be getting your money’s worth at the movies.
Full reviewIt's a kick to watch - often literally - and the kind of popcorn movie summer is made for.
Full reviewFeaturing funny and endearing moments amid beautifully choreographed action sequences, Shang-Chi excels as a story about family and how it can be twisted by grief.
Full reviewOn screen, Shang-Chi is rotely defined by the same "gifted kid" impostor syndrome as so many other self-doubting MCU heroes before him.
Full reviewA hero's origin story that tries, with some success, to rise above Marvel business-as-usual.
Full reviewShang-Chi’s hero is on a journey to become himself, but the movie is lost inside of the machine.
Full review(Shang-Chi) has an immense soulfulness that other MCU movies, superhero movies, and action movies in general should take notes from.
Full reviewShang-Chi does a fine job of presenting its hero as a relatable everyman... before spiraling off into bombastic, brain-numbing supernatural mayhem for the final act.
Full reviewMore often than not, (Shang-Chi) is wildly entertaining and a wholly energising entry into the cookie-cutter world of the MCU.
Full reviewShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is available to stream in Australia now on Google Play and Apple TV and Disney+ and Prime Video Store.
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