Panda Plan

Sam recaps his first Jackie Chan movie, which seems surprising given his enthusiasm, with the 2024 comedy Panda Plan. To be clear, pandas are not making plans, humans are making plans about pandas; much to Danielle's dismay. When Jackie Chan (playing himself) is asked to adopt a rare baby panda (metaphorically, for posterity. Again, much to Danielle's dismay), he quickly finds himself embroiled in a plot by mercenaries (with a menacing warship?) to steal the little fluffy butted cub for purposes beyond our comprehension. While neither of us question the premise—Jackie Chan "adopting" a baby panda and saving him from mercenaries seems realistic enough—we do quickly question the actual panda plan. Notably because the mercs choose quite literally the busiest day of the year, during the adoption ceremony, in broad daylight, while international superstar and martial arts enthusiast Jackie Chan is present, to invade the Jurassic Park style island zoo. Oh, now it makes sense that they own a menacing boat. If only they had asked the panda for a better plan. Throw in a flirtatious robot (oh, by the way, there's a robot), a panda nanny, and a shocking twist ending for what might be Sam's best recap of a Jackie Chan movie yet.