Kung Fu (2021)

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Season 1
  • Network: The CW
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 7, 2021
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
6.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 24 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 24
  3. Negative: 6 out of 24
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  1. Skeletor71
    Apr 11, 2021
    6
    At least the fights were really well choreographed, grasshopper. And I will probably watch it again. The first episode had enough to keep me interested, but it was nothing like the original. This is more like a low level CW superhero show. The acting was quite bad at times, but I do like some of the characters. Give it a chance if you're into martial arts movies.
  2. Klebart
    Apr 7, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. OK, I've only seen the pilot, and pilots can be bad sometimes. However, this new show was boring and cliché. Gangs beating up her parents so she has to fight back - seen this before. She can hack into computer accounts - like every other unbelievable show. Token gay guy - check. So something about a magic sword that wasn't holding my attention either. It was boring. Very snooze-worthy, I won't be watching episode two. I expected better CW.… Expand

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#69 Most Discussed TV Season of 2021

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Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Tyler Hersko
    Apr 7, 2021
    42
    “Kung Fu” definitely has potential, but the premiere episode also boasts a few other warning signs. There’s an enormous amount of exposition throughout the premiere and characters discuss their backstories and talents with the subtlety of a bag of sledgehammers.
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  2. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Apr 7, 2021
    70
    While this new version of Kung Fu has been CW-ified to its detriment, there’s more than enough to like about it to recommend it, hoping that the stupids that infiltrated the pilot get smoothed over in subsequent episodes.
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  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Apr 7, 2021
    40
    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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