She also has to succumb to a strip-search with the rest of the battalion when Turtle drops a valuable jade pendant and Tiger kicks it into the lake to get back at Turtle for being such a bully Turtle being Turtle, he immediately accuses the battalion of theft. Wentai discovers that there is a woman at camp when he sees Mulan taking a bath in a hot spring, but he does not realize that he has seen her. Training is rigorous and difficult but she proves that she is skilled in combat and has tremendous courage when she defends her fellow recruits from the commanding officer's nephew, Turtle, who is a bully. She becomes friends with the battalion's sub-commander, Wentai, as well as a couple of other recruits around her age. She disguises herself as a boy and joins the army in her father's place. That does not stop her one night she sneaks out of the house, taking her father's armor and weapon with her. Mulan would make a good soldier she is smart, quick-thinking and skilled in martial arts, but as a woman is unable to enlist. Hua Hu has already fought for his country twice and has long since retired from the military but he feels obligated to serve again, much to the chagrin of Hua Mulan, his young daughter, who feels that her father, who is ailing, should not be put through another campaign. so much so that the government issues a nationwide draft. The Rouran tribes are a constant threat to the ruling Chinese dynasty of the Northern Wei province in 450 A.D. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. So, I was a bit irritated, but for the sake of a better story it fits to have the drama, but I was annoyed because they built it up and left me hanging.These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. Again this is the writers fault for wanting the dramatic hero, but it fits with the characters even though the other option would have been possible. They continued on the noble character arc for Mulan where she just wants to take care of her father. This plot has a romance but they forced it into a bad ending.
The original version has her just returning home. I know the same scenes will still effect me in the same way.Ī bit spoilery but not if you know the story of Mulan. Hua Mulan truly transforms and even if you know how it ends you can still appreciate the sacrifices of our characters. For when you feel like crying this is a great option. As long as you don't question how they never notice she is a girl, you'll enjoy it. They act nobly and I was completely satisfied until the very end. There are parts that really got to me where I was sobbing but the situations were caused by war and so our characters have to deal with it. The music really helps finish the atmosphere. This is Mulan's story and it reflects that in the screen time given to our other characters. Vicki Zhou is wonderful as Mulan, and we don't spend a lot of time with the other characters, but we don't really need it.
The story is fulfilling as we get to see Mulan grow and accept life as a soldier and the many different ways there are to be a hero. You will cry and then continue crying but you won't end up feeling depressed or sad.
#Mulan rise of a warrior (2009) movie
This a realistic movie, slightly dark tone because there is a lot of death, but it's the kind of movie that hurts so good.
We get the real Mulan that went to war for over a decade. She deals with death and grief and fear and killing.
She does join the army in place of her father, but we see how it affects her. This review may contain spoilers Based more on the original poem/story of Mulan than Disney version.