Alongside dozens of other inexperienced recruits, she ultimately becomes a trained soldier under his tutelage without exposing her true identity.īöri Khan's army continues to advance, forcing Tung to end training early and send his battalion to fight. Mulan arrives at the training camp, which is run by Commander Tung, an old comrade of Zhou. Realizing that her father has no chance of survival, Mulan flees with his armor, horse, and sword to join in his place. Imperial soldiers arrive in Mulan's village to enlist recruits and Zhou is forced to pledge his service as he has no sons, immediately falling over in front of the soldiers due to his crippled leg. They are assisted by the witch Xianniang, who uses her magic to pose as a surviving soldier and report the attack to the Emperor of China he then issues a conscription decree ordering every family to contribute one man to fight Khan's forces. To the north, an imperial outpost is invaded by Rouran warriors, under the leadership of Böri Khan.
Mulan, flustered, attempts to pour tea in front of the matchmaker, but a spider scares the former's younger sister Xiu, accidentally causing a mishap that destroys the teapot, leading the matchmaker to call her a disgrace in front of her family. As a young woman, Mulan is arranged to meet with a matchmaker to demonstrate her fitness as a future wife. In Imperial China, Hua Mulan is an adventurous and active girl, much to the disappointment of her parents Zhou and Li, who hope that one day she will be wed to a good husband. At the 93rd Academy Awards and 26th Critics' Choice Awards, the film received nominations for its costume design and visual effects, as well as a Best Special Visual Effects nod at the 74th British Academy Film Awards. However, it received unfavorable reviews from fans of the original animated film, Chinese diaspora, and Chinese critics, who criticized the character development, its cultural and historical inaccuracies, and its depiction of Chinese people.
The film received generally positive reviews from Western, non-Asian critics, who praised the action sequences, costumes, and performances, but was criticized for the screenplay and editing. The film had a traditional theatrical release in countries without Disney+ where theaters had re-opened.ĭue to its overall limited theatrical release as a result of the pandemic, the film grossed $69.9 million at the box office against a production budget of $200 million. Subsequently, the film was released on Septemby Disney+ for a premium fee known as Premier Access in countries where the service had launched. The film was originally scheduled for a wide theatrical release later that month, but was cancelled in the United States after being delayed several times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mulan held its world premiere at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on March 9, 2020. This included the hiring of Caro, rather than an Asian director.
The film also received criticism for its production team largely consisting of people of non-Chinese descent. Over the course of production, the film was the subject of several controversies, including changes to the source material and filming in Xinjiang in light of the Uyghur genocide and Xinjiang internment camps. Filming took place in New Zealand and China from August to November 2018. Plans for a live-action remake began in 2010 but the project stalled in development hell for most of the decade. In the film, Hua Mulan, the eldest daughter of an honored warrior, masquerades as a man to take her ailing father's place during a general conscription to counter the Rouran army in Imperial China. The film stars Yifei Liu in the title role, alongside Donnie Yen, Tzi Ma, Jason Scott Lee, Yoson An, Ron Yuan, Gong Li, and Jet Li in supporting roles. Directed by Niki Caro from a screenplay by Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Lauren Hynek, and Elizabeth Martin, it is a live-action adaptation of Disney's 1998 animated film of the same name, itself based on the Chinese folklore story Ballad of Mulan. Mulan is a 2020 American fantasy action drama film produced by Walt Disney Pictures.
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