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Zhao Wei’s beauty would be her greatest strength and weakness as she takes up the her legendary role. It is hard to buy into the character's disguise because every motion of strength and compassion has a motherly touch.

It may be seen as a big screen flaw that the lead roles have such beautiful actors as it is no surprise that the audience may see through Mulan's ploy and her feminine persona. A woman who must also disguise herself as a man to learn fighting skills in order to protect her family. In his earlier 2008 film The butterfly Lovers which is also known as The Assassin's Blade stars Charlene Choi as Zhu Yanzhi. This was not the first time that director Jingle Ma has played around with the concept of hidden identities.

Playing on the bigger theme of devotion to one's country this has been a timeless message that has travelled throughout Chinese cinema since the early days of Chinese cinema’s inception with films such as the 1905 film Conquering the Jun Mountain which comes out of one of the four great classics of Chinese literature known as Romance of the Three Kingdoms written by Luo Guanzhong.

Her performance brings the inseparable realities of war and all its hardships along with the contrast of one’s duties to the nation and family. Led by the outstanding Zhao Wei as the legendary Mulan. Following titles such as the 1994 Drunken Master II as well as the 2008 title The Butterfly Lovers, we see his skills culminate into this theatrical explosion of emotions. AwardsĪ Warrior In Disguise: Is it Feminism or Nationalism?ĭirector Jingle Ma has continued his legacy of bringing action packed movies to the big screen with the hit film Hua Mulan. But if you want to watch a movie with beautiful cinematography, music, and a story that any person across generations can learn something from, then I suggest you try this one.Original Release Date: November 26, 2009.Īlternative Titles: Mulan: Rise of a Warrior Mulan: Legendary Warrior.Ĭompany Information: Company Starlight International, Media Group, Beijing Galloping Horse.īox Office Statistics: $304 million. If you want to watch Mulan (1998), then watch that movie and don't pay the $29.99 to watch this movie. I also thought the score of this movie was beautiful and the subtle references to the original brought tears to my eyes. Mulan learns that what she has within her is NOT something to be hidden away, but a gift that she can share with the world. I think that the comedic relief of the Mushu character would have taken away from the important message that we can all stand to learn from this legend. A story about a woman who wants to be TRUE to herself but still respectful of her family, her culture, and her country. This movie is not meant to be a re-make, it is meant to be a re-imagining of a deeper story. But if I wanted to watch Mulan (1998), I would just watch the original. I still sing songs from that movie to my children each night. I love the first Mulan movie and in fact Mulan is one of my favorite Disney characters. I am frustrated with the reviews here that only talk about the fact that this movie was not a comedy or a musical like Mulan (1998).