Mulan II (2004) (V)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Directors:

Darrell Rooney
Lynne Southerland

Writers:

Michael Lucker (screenplay) &
Chris Parker (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

1 February 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

She's primped. She's engaged. She's back.

Plot:

Preparing for their wedding Shang and Mulan are suddenly sent off on a secret mission Mushu starts to meddle and a surprise attack by Mongolians doesn't help either.

Plot Keywords:

China | Based On Poem | Arranged Marriage | Broken Heart | Holding Hands

Cast

Ming-Na	...	Mulan (voice)
B.D. Wong	...	Shang (voice)
Mark Moseley	...	Mushu (voice)
Lucy Liu	...	Mei (voice)
Harvey Fierstein	...	Yao (voice)
Sandra Oh	...	Ting Ting (voice)
Gedde Watanabe	...	Ling (voice)
Lauren Tom	...	Su (voice)
Jerry Tondo	...	Chien-Po (voice)
Pat Morita	...	The Emperor (voice)
George Takei	...	First Ancestor (voice)
June Foray	...	Grandmother Fa (voice)
Freda Foh Shen	...	Fa Li (voice)
Soon-Tek Oh	...	Fa Zhou (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Cri-Kee (voice)

Runtime:

79 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:Livre | New Zealand:G | Australia:G | Germany:o.Al. | Singapore:G | USA:G (certificate #40423) | UK:U

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

Mulan's family name, Fa, should actually be pronounced Hua. Fa is the south Chinese (Canton) pronunciation used in Hong Kong and the surrounding area, Hua is the North Chinese (Mandarin) pronunciation used in much of the rest of China and on state television. Both share the same written form and mean 'flower'. The Chinese dub uses the Hua pronunciation as Mandarin is China's official language.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Shang arrives at Mulan's house to speak with her, he leaves his horse standing in the middle of the field when the girls come running to him. But after Shang hands his helmet to Sha Ron, we see her running across the field but Shang's horse is no longer there.

Quotes:

Fa Mulan: [to Mushu] You're my most trusted friend!
[hugs him]
Mushu: [starting to cry] Oh, that did it!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#32.11)" (2004)

My duty is to my heart, and my heart loved this movie

Mulan 2 picks up a month after part 1 closes, with Mulan and General Shang receiving special orders to escort 3 princesses to be wed and thus create a joined alliance that protects China.

Mulan, the hero of China, and General Shang's love is threatened when Mushu, Mulan's guardian immaturely tries to break them up to save his Guardianship pedestal. The story entreats us with a theme of following your heart, which the princesses find is to be like ordinary girls, and not lose their lives even if to save the kingdom.

I really enjoyed Mulan 1, the soundtrack is beautiful, and though I was worried Mulan 2 would not be as good a story, with close attention to detail due to a few changes to cast and so forth, I was pleasantly surprised. Mulan 2 treats us to a sequel that is both touching, fun, and endearing. I didn't find the soundtrack themes as good as part 1, but was enjoyable, and sequence music was fine as well. The animation is very good, and the story has good pacing, and care of plot. A movie to be enjoyed by parents and kids alike.

8/10