Series Details & Credits
| The CW | Release Date: April 7, 2021 |
Summary:
Nicky Shen (Olivia Liang) drops out of college to go to a Shaolin monastery in China. When she returns home to San Francisco, she finds crime running rampant and begins using her skills to help her community in this reimagining of the 1970s series of the same name.
Genre(s):
Drama, Action & Adventure
Recent Episodes
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S4:E1. Shifu
Air Date: October 5, 2022
Positive:
5
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
RogerEbert.com
Apr 7, 2021
Season 1 Review:
In a premiere brimming with melodrama, the visceral fights are imbued with grounded emotion. ... Liang, the relative newcomer, holds together the odd mix of modernity, mysticism, soapy arcs, and acute action with intuitive ease. Indeed, she and Kim make a formidable creator-star duo.
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Apr 6, 2021
Season 1 Review:
The cast is attractive and committed; the storyline has multiple avenues to pursue; Ms. Liang can carry the show. And the thrust of the pilot, at least (the only episode made available), is not Asians against the world, but good against evil. From what one can tell, the production itself makes a political statement, but the storyline won’t.
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Apr 7, 2021
Season 1 Review:
In all, “Kung Fu” presents a compelling heroine, ably played by Liang, who feels obligations to community and family both generally relatable and specifically drawn. The mystical element of Nicky’s skills is treated matter-of-factly and with engaged interest — nothing here feels rote.
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Apr 2, 2021
Apr 7, 2021
Season 1 Review:
If a pilot is your opportunity to establish premise and put your best resources forward, Kung Fu is a mixed bag anyway. ... There are definitely characterizations that are trope-y here, with the difference being the variety of representations and the likelihood that, given more than an episode or two to play out, even the things that look like stock types in the pilot will evolve and add depth. That's where Kung Fu has me interested, if not hooked.
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Apr 7, 2021
Apr 7, 2021
Season 1 Review:
The pilot — the only episode available for review as of this writing — is a busy, busy thing that packs in a mess of cursory exposition, introductions, family business, romantic groundwork, an operation for a subdural hematoma and a game of ping-pong, at the expense of subtlety and character.
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Apr 13, 2021
So good and has many awesome characters. It does feel like other shows already on the network, but it is still unique because it is fantasy and has a mostly Asian cast.
2 of 7 users found this helpful25
Sep 28, 2021
Hey now, you're a Captain Coolstar, get your show on, get saved. All that critters is bold, only shooting cars get break the gold.
I don't know what I just wrote.
I don't know what I just wrote.
0 of 2 users found this helpful02
Apr 23, 2021
A mostly Asian cast that is likeable and good-looking. The story line is predictable and could be better written. But with the current news cycle of Asian hate crimes, my oh my it's refreshing to see Asian women kick ass.
1 of 3 users found this helpful12
Dec 30, 2022
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Apr 15, 2021
2 of 3 users found this helpful21
Jun 5, 2021
The acting in this show is terrible. Like they're reading the lines. I was looking forward to a new spin on a classic but couldn't get through the first episode. Another Canadian flop.
2 of 3 users found this helpful21
Apr 8, 2021
3 of 9 users found this helpful36
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