To explain this philosophy, Po tells stories of each of his comrades, The Furious Five, and how they faced formative challenges in their youth that helped define them as true masters of kung fu.

We hear the wilderness and it hears us.

"Kung Fu Panda" kicked its way into cineplexes in 2008, scoring rave reviews and pulling in big bucks at the box office. Since then, there have been three more feature films. But is the release ...