Rating :- 1.5/5 Reviewed by: Madhusree Ghosh Site:HindustanTimes
If you have grown up watching Jackie Chan movies and loved him more for his comic timing and endearing goofiness or his expert kung fu, Kung Fu Yoga will leave you with a feeling of sadness. If only the film were equipped with anything resembling a coherent plot. There are no thrills, or spills. None of the joyous laughter we have come to expect from a Jackie Chan. We also see a glimpse of the old Jackie Chan in a hair-raising car chase complete with a lion. So, if you have an uncontrollable desire to watch Jackie Chan -- or, for some reason, Sonu Sood -- we’d still recommend Shanghai Noon or Dabangg, because this attempt to put the two together is just not worth 102 minutes of your life.
Rating :- 2/5 Reviewed by: Nihit Bhave Site: TimesofIndia
At one point, Sonu Sood’s Randall is frustrated and says through his gritted teeth, “Don’t bore me…” as Chan’s character blabbers about morality. The line in itself is a short, crisp review of the movie. The movie begins so abruptly that you feel like you’ve started watching episode no. three of a show by mistake. Director Stanley Tong unloads a ton of information on you in the first ten minutes, leaving you half-confused and already half-disinterested.f you’re going for the Kung Fu, chances are you’ll end up in a meditative state instead.
Rating :- 1/5 Reviewed by: Simon Abrams Site:RogerEbert
Jackie Chan is one of the rare action film stars to grapple—and sometimes successfully adjust—to his old age. "Kung Fu Yoga," his latest star vehicle, re-teams him with writer/director Stanley Tong, the filmmaker who helmed classic Chan films like "Supercop" and "Rumble in the Bronx. "Kung-Fu Yoga" has some good slapstick comedy and adequate fight scenes, but not nearly enough to justify sticking it out for 107 excruciating minutes. In the meantime, go see "Railroad Tigers," Chan's recent war-movie action-adventure. It's got much better action choreography, a stronger supporting cast, neat trains, and quips that aren't totally cringeworthy. You can skip "Kung Fu Yoga," trust me.
Rating :- 2/5 Reviewed by: Saibal Chatterjee Site: Ndtv
There is no way of knowing if Jackie Chan was tempted to plunge into this disorienting whirl of a film by the chance to dance to a peppy Bollywood beat, but he sure does a swell job of the hand gestures and body feints that the routine demands. A dizzyingly fast-paced but musty mish-mash of martial arts, stunts and comedy, Kung Fu Yoga isn't the kind of film that has any time to pause and ponder. Earlier in the film, in a car chase across Dubai, Chan's character is trapped in the driver's seat of an SUV with a lion breathing down his neck. While the man escapes without a scratch despite the many crashes, leaps and thuds, the poor four-legged creature, at the end of the ordeal, emerges from the vehicle and throws up on the road. Yikes!