In case you didn't know Disney's live action Mulan comes out on the 27 of March. You probably didn't know as the first box office predictions for the movie are not great. The movie did bank on China box office. The cast is made out of actors that are more popular there. Now with the coronavirus outbreak, China is basically off the map. The rest of the world seems not so interested in this movie. The buzz online is pretty weak. Plus, the original movie was not a big hit, it made 304 million dollars on a 90 million budget, sure it's not adjusted for inflation, but the ratio of budget vs. income isn't great. It could be that the remake will be similar in box office ratio.
This version also suffers from the fact that it is not a musical, it has no Mushu, the love story is different (it is still there unlike some false reports) and it is rated GP-13. If you wanted to take your younger kids to the movie, you are going to have a problem. Although the battle scenes from the trailer seems appropriate to ages of 9-10 and above, but there is not such rating.
I am not sure how excited I am about this movie. I never watched Mulan as a kid, only later on, so I have no nostalgia factor. The trailer does seem to present a pretty cool action movie which I do love.
For now I will leave you to be excited about the great character posters that we just got.
Yifei Liu as Mulan
Donnie Yen (Yip Man movies and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) as Commander Tung
Jet Li (I can't believe how old he looks here, but I mostly know him from Romeo Must Die and Kiss of the Dragon) as The Emperor. I heard that he has a bigger and more active role in this movie than in the cartoon.
Li Gong as Xian Lang the evil witch
Jason Scott Lee as the evil Bori Khan
Yoson An as Chen Honghui. He is the new love interest. It is more appropriate to have a relationship with a fellow soldier than a commander. But you can't get rid of the pansexual elements that were in the original movie as well.
What do you think? Are you excited for this movie?
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