The Telegraph
It’s Marvel doing what Marvel does, but getting almost everything right this time - and that’s rare.
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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Simu 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.
2021Rating: M, Fantasy themes and violence132 minsUSA, ChinaMarvel Studios
AdventureFantasyMartial ArtsBlockbuster
- Director:
- Destin Daniel Cretton ('Just Mercy', 'The Glass Castle', 'Short Term 12')
- Writer:
- Dave Callaham
- Cast:
- Simu LiuTony Chiu Wai LeungAwkwafinaMichelle YeohRosalind Chao
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Reviews
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.
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South China Morning Post
If 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...
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San Francisco Chronicle
At 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.
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The Washington Post
It's a kick to watch - often literally - and the kind of popcorn movie summer is made for.
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Empire Magazine
Featuring 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.
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Slant Magazine
On screen, Shang-Chi is rotely defined by the same "gifted kid" impostor syndrome as so many other self-doubting MCU heroes before him.
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Los Angeles Times
A hero's origin story that tries, with some success, to rise above Marvel business-as-usual.
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A.V. Club
Shang-Chi’s hero is on a journey to become himself, but the movie is lost inside of the machine.
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RogerEbert.com
(Shang-Chi) has an immense soulfulness that other MCU movies, superhero movies, and action movies in general should take notes from.
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Variety
Shang-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.
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IndieWire
More often than not, (Shang-Chi) is wildly entertaining and a wholly energising entry into the cookie-cutter world of the MCU.
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