If you loved Short Term 12, try Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, and they both carry the tender mood tag. If that's the register that drew you to Short Term 12, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is
San Francisco, foggy night, a city bus screeches to a halt. A quiet life as a valet unravels, a past life in the Ten Rings organization resurfaces. This Marvel installment grounds its fantastical action in familial drama.

