Kung Fu
Seen it?2021 | 3 seasons | 42 min | Action & Adventure, Drama
Sunday Safe BetWhy it’s a Sunday Safe Bet
It earned strong reviews (86% on Rotten Tomatoes), though it had a short run with a modest audience and little lasting buzz. A safe bet when you want something reliable.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for action fans. If you loved Kung Fu or Marvel's The Punisher, start here. Critics rate it higher than audiences do, so it rewards patience more than it chases thrills.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- 3 seasons: a few weeks of evenings, episodes of about 42 minutes, about 27 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- Rated TV-14. Probably too much for younger kids.
- It was cancelled, so the story may not get a proper ending.
- Audiences were cooler on it than critics.
A quarter-life crisis causes a young Chinese-American woman to drop out of college and go on a life-changing journey to an isolated monastery in China. But when she returns to find her hometown overrun with crime and corruption, she uses her martial arts skills and Shaolin values to protect her community and bring criminals to justice…all while searching for the assassin who killed her Shaolin mentor and is now targeting her.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsStrong
86% on Rotten Tomatoes, 65 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
7.5 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Ran for 3 seasons and reached a modest audience; interest faded quickly after launch
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 54K people sought it out in the past year
Season by season
The show overall is a Sunday Safe Bet. Here's how each season stacks up; Season 2 is the high point.
Season 12021 · 13 episodes · 7.7 out of 10Saturday
Season 22022 · 13 episodes · 9.8 out of 10Friday- Season 32022 · 13 episodes · 8.2 out of 10Saturday
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Cast & crew
Created by Christina M. Kim
- Olivia LiangNicky Shen
- Tan Kheng HuaMei-Li Shen
- Eddie LiuHenry Yan
- Shannon DangAlthea Shen
- Jon PrasidaRyan Shen
- Gavin StenhouseEvan Hartley
- Vanessa KaiPei-Ling Zhang
- Tony ChungDennis Soong
- Yvonne ChapmanZhilan
- JB TadenaSebastian