I fell in love with the first trailer of Shang-Chi. I thought this was going to be one of the best Marvel movies ever made. When the second trailer came out, I said, “I’ll wait until it comes on Disney+”. The movie looked too packed with jokes, comic relief, and dumb situations.

Very quickly I felt that the story started to unravel quickly. After a great opening sequence, the serious part of the movie was over and the jokes began, and again, and again. Katy might be the worst Marvel character ever created. Every moment she was on screen was a chore to watch. Never a good line, always a joke or something stupid to add to the moment.

Shaun was a good character who, but I felt like there were 2 performances by actor Simu Liu. Every time he was in comical situations, the acting was terrible, but when the moments were serious it was perfect. The movie was actually incredible when it was being serious. And not to say that jokes wouldn’t be welcomed. It’s almost like they took every opportunity to undercut the big moment with a joke.

The story was eh. Shaun has to stop his immortal thousand-year-old father from unleashing some monster bent on world domination. Typical Marvel movie. CGI battle with disposable army, secret organization, cameos, shirtless scene, and teases future movies. Pretty standard. The action was the only redeeming part of the movie. Best fight scenes in the MCU so far.

So, eh story, good action, too many jokes, besides Katy and 50% of Shaun the acting was pretty believable, Shang-Chi was a decent MCU movie, but nowhere near the hype it created. I give it a 5/10, but that’s mostly because of the action scenes and acting.

Simptastic Joe