Tran adroitly layers the fight sequences, filmed with fluidity and at least substantially performed by the main actors themselves, between frothy layers of blokey banter.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 13, 2021

This is a real solid Kung Fu butt-kicker, except that it's funny in that Karate Kid and Rumble in the Bronx kind of way.

| May 13, 2021

Funniest of all is "Enter the Dojo" star Matthew Page, who seems to have made a whole career out of caricaturing the recognizable phenomenon of the white guy who turns Asian cultural appropriation into a lifestyle.

| Original Score: B | May 12, 2021

The Paper Tigers isn't exactly the most challenging action movie, but it is comforting whenever it most needs to be.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 7, 2021

"Paper Tigers" may not be a deep comment on aging or friendship, but it has enough humor and action to make it worth a few rounds.

| May 6, 2021

Bao's lighthearted, refreshing approach neither succumbs to whitewashing nor the model-minority myth. The film sticks to the action-comedy basics, which is just fine.

| May 6, 2021

While it rambles on too long, Tran Quoc Bao's crowd-pleaser about a middle-aged trio of former childhood kung fu competitors reuniting after their master's death is as entertaining as it is predictable.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 6, 2021

It's a fun, satisfying picture.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 5, 2021

Tran maintains a good balance of comedy, character drama, suspense and action throughout "Paper Tigers."

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 5, 2021

With only a couple of clicks of the dial and a little dash of hybrid vigor, the hackneyed can be made fresh again, a point proven by Tran Quoc Bao's silly and special little kung fu comedy "The Paper Tigers."

| May 3, 2021

Tran undoubtedly aims for an old school Hong Kong comedy martial arts movie feel, lighthearted and light on its feet, and he lands that punch dead on. But rather than a knock-out punch, it's a tickle on the ribs and a tussling of the hair.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 23, 2020