The Amazing Panda Adventure

1995

The Amazing Panda Adventure

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Movie Info

In this children's adventure a young boy heads for China with his father to spend his spring break on a wildlife preserve in China. There his father and others are working to save the endangered pandas. Unfortunately, the preserve itself is endangered by budget cuts. To save it, the workers must prove that they are doing valuable work by showing the budget committee a live panda cub. Unfortunately, the only cub around has been trapped by poachers. Somehow, the workers manage to steal the cub away. But on their way back, Nick and his Chinese pal Ling end up separated from the grown ups. With them is the adorable cub. Now they must find their way back and avoid the murderously angry poachers. Adventure and mayhem ensue until they meet the inevitably happy ending. The film was shot on location in the Sichuan province of China.

Rating:

PG
Genre:

Action & Adventure, Kids & Family
Directed By:

Christopher Cain
Written By:

Laurice Elehwany, Steven Alldredge, John Wilcox, Jeff Rothberg
In Theaters:

Aug 25, 1995 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Sep 3, 2002
Runtime:

93 minutes
Studio:

Warner Home Video

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Cast

Stephen Lang
as Michael

Ryan Slater
as Ryan

Yi Ding (II)
as Ling

Fei Lung Huang
as Chu

Wang Fei
as Chu

Zhou Jian Zhong
as Po

Yao Er Ga
as Shong

O Mi Jia Can
as Village Elder

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Critic Reviews for The Amazing Panda Adventure

All Critics (10) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (8)

Harmless family fare might be deemed politically correct for its concern for endangered species, but whitewashing of Chinese regime will strike adults... as somewhat bizarre.

May 8, 2005

Daniel M. Kimmel
Variety
Top Critic
Pandas are many things. Adorable fuzzballs. Voracious eaters. Vanishing species. But, as actors, they are black and white and dull all over, which The Amazing Panda Adventure demonstrates all too well.

Jan 1, 2000 | Rating: 1.5/4

Susan Wloszczyna
USA Today
Top Critic
Adorable real pandas but otherwise sappy animal adventure.

Dec 7, 2010 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Sandie Angulo Chen
Common Sense Media
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Dec 31, 2004 | Full Review…

Staci Layne Wilson
StaciWilson.com
Fine family film about the ties that bind-both human and animal.

Aug 29, 2002 | Full Review…

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

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Audience Reviews for The Amazing Panda Adventure

Jun 05, 2011

Not a terrible kids movie, just a rediculous one.

Dillon L Super Reviewer
Sep 06, 2010

We really didn't need another kid and his animal picture, but it seems we can't escape them. This one has a panda, and is sort of like Free Willy.

Aj V Super Reviewer
Jun 11, 2008

There's nothing amazing about this adventure, except for some nice cinematography, a decent score, and some awfully cute pandas. It's been a while since I've seen action sequences that appear to be spoofs of themselves (this is by no means a comedy). The casting is just atrocious, and the writing is only a bit better. And if I were in charge of special effects, I would have chosen to leave my name off of the credits. I would only recommend this to pop into the DVD player at bedtime for your toddler, it works as a good sedative.

Richard F Super Reviewer
Feb 12, 2008

This is like Homeward Bound, but in China. I've seen it about 3 or 4 times. Highly recommended. Did you know that pandas eat bananas if they can find them? Also eggs and fish. Also, did you know that China loans out its pandas to foreign zoos for one million dollars per year? And all cubs are automatically labeled "property" of the PRC. Also, before they were scientifically catagorized in 1901, they were called "Mottled Bears." Very interesting.

a b Super Reviewer