Kung Fu

Kung Fu – Destiny

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  • Title: Kung Fu (2021) – Destiny
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Kung Fu - Destiny television review

Kung Fu continues the show’s tradition of a goofy set-up involving Nicky (Olivia Liang) helping someone in trouble while saving its best moments for character-driven scenes outside of the contrived set-up. The person in trouble this week is Chloe (Chelsea Clark) who disappears from Althea‘s (Shannon Dang) bachelorette party when she’s blackmailed by an old friend (Richard Harmon) from her troubled past. Nicky and Henry (Eddie Liu) eventually track down the bling ring crew and stop them from robbing the Soong home as the main storyline ends with the show’s only fight sequence. The bachelorette party, including Althea attempting to appease her mother-to-be, offers it’s share of moments (as does the look-in at the groom’s bachelor party), but it’s what is happening with the Shen family which delivers the episode’s best moments.

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Kung Fu – Rage

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  • Title: Kung Fu (2021) – Rage
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Kung Fu - Rage television review

In an effort to keep another weapon out of the hands of Zhilan (Yvonne Chapman), Nicky (Olivia Liang) enlists the help of Henry (Eddie Liu), Ryan (Jon Prasida), and Althea (Shannon Dang) to steal the artifact from the local museum on the night of a gala. While her logic is more than a little National Treasure-ish, and her group of friends and family are bizarrely good at their first heist, things go with a few other familiar faces showing up at the museum including Zhilan.

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Kung Fu – Silence

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  • Title: Kung Fu (2021) – Silence
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Kung Fu - Silence television review

“Silence” feels like the show setting up the template for the remainder of its First Season. Nicky Shen (Olivia Liang) struggles with trying to fit back in with her family while helping someone in need, with an assist from an old boyfriend (Gavin Stenhouse), and relying heavily on Henry (Eddie Liu) to search for Zhilan (Yvonne Chapman). Nicky also struggles with finding the peace to properly deal with the loss of her life in China and the death of her mentor. The client of the week is a mother and daughter with an abusive boyfriend (Link Baker) who has been stealing from them to fuel his gambling habit. A visit from Nicky, first in their home and then later in an underground casino where she takes back the last of the family’s savings, help put the matter to rest (and also make others aware of Nicky’s talents). As for Zhilan, she makes an appearance in the epilogue as the race for the other mystical weapons has begun.

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Kung Fu – Pilot

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  • Title: Kung Fu (2021) – Pilot
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Kung Fu - Pilot television review

After three years in an all-female Shaolin monastery Nicky Shen (Olivia Liang) returns home following the ransacking of the temple, death of her mentor (Vanessa Kai), and the theft of a (magic?) sword by one of the monastery’s former students (Yvonne Chapman). Following the narration-heavy opening in China, the story shifts to San Francisco and Nicky’s attempts to reconnect with her demanding family and the boyfriend (Gavin Stenhouse) she left behind. While still looking for answers concerning the sword and mystery woman, an attack on her father (Tzi Ma) leads Nicky to put her training to use against the Triad who are terrorizing the community and threatening both the family’s restaurant and her father’s life.

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