In the movie Mulan, the story of a fearless young woman, who risks everything for her family and her country, is the best known warrior of China ever. When the Chinese Emperor decides to fight for the Imperial Army on behalf of a man from each family to defend the country against the Northern invaders, Hua Mulan, the eldest daughter of an honorable war, replaces his sick father.
Mulan, dressed as a man, is tested at every step under the name Hua Jun; In this adventure, Mulan must rely on his inner strength and embrace his true potential. This epic story will turn him into an honorable warrior and will both earn the respect of a grateful nation and make his father proud.
Mulan is an upcoming American historical war drama film directed by Niki Caro, with the screenplay by Elizabeth Martin, Lauren Hynek, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, and produced by Walt Disney Pictures. The film is based on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan and is a live action adaptation of Disney’s 1998 animated film of the same name. The film stars Liu Yifei as the eponymous character, alongside Donnie Yen, Jason Scott Lee, Yoson An, Gong Li, and Jet Li in supporting roles.
Plans for a live-action Mulan remake began in 2010, however the project never came to fruition. In March 2015, a new attempt was announced and Caro was hired to direct in February 2017. Liu was cast in the title role in November 2017, following a casting call of 1,000 actresses and the rest of the cast joined over the following year. Filming began in August 2018 and lasted through November, taking place in New Zealand and China. Mulan is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on March 27, 2020.
Mulan Storyline
Mulan is a story of a hero. She defies not only the stigmatism of the role of a female character, but also proves what it means to be a true hero. Mulan introduces the concept of a strong female character who does not only do what is hard, but what is right in the eyes of her people. She becomes a power that defies good versus evil and finds a way through all that is bad to find the good in society. Mulan is a strong character that proves that all women can be warriors.
Mulan is centered during the Han dynasty during a period of time in which the Chinese were battling the Huns. In the movie the Huns invade Han China causing widespread fear, which results the emperor’s call for a mass mobilization of men to gear up and prepare to defend their country.
As the message is spread across the country, Chi-fu delivers the message to the Fa family and the other families surrounding the area. Seeing that her father will indeed die if he goes into the war, Mulan takes her father’s place and heads out to war. While preparing for war, Mulan is reunited with her past guardian Mushu and must find a way to prove her worth and defend her honor.
As training completes, Mushu sees it as his duty to get Mulan in the fight against the Huns, thus he forges a letter that forces the newly trained army to the front lines. After traveling to the spot where the other troop should be, Shang and his army find that his father’s army have all perished under the fall of the Huns including his own father. This further sets the mood of the fight against the Huns.
While traveling among the mountains, Shang’s army runs into the Huns. After fiercely battling with them and running out of supplies the army must figure out a way to defend themselves, their only solution is to take out the leader of the Hun army Shan-Yu. Mulan sees this opportunity to take out most of the Hun by shooting the last firearm into the mountain thus creating a land slide of snow burying the Hun underneath. Although her idea works, it doesn’t come without an expense, at the moment the cannon is shot Mulan is inflicted by Shan-Yu. Although she is wounded in battle she finds a way to save Shang from death which comes in handy when she is discovered as a women and is spared her life.
In the end, after being abandoned on the mountain Mulan finds out that some of the Huns have survived and are continued on their way to the Imperial city. She finds the empowerment in herself to rush to the Imperial City and warn the others about the danger that lurks in the shadows. Unfortunately for her, due to her gender many people do not take this warning seriously until the Emperor is captured and kept hostage by Shan-Yu.
As Shang’s army tried to break down the doors, Mulan invents an idea to scale the walls and distract the guards by dressing her three male companions Tao, Ling, and Chien Po up as women. The plan goes according to plan and the emperor is carried away to safety, but after Shang gets knocked out Mulan realizes that she cannot let herself leave him behind.
By distracting Shan-Yu from finishing off Shan, Shan-Yu realizes that the revenge he seeks is not against Shang but rather Mulan. This rage builds and causes Mulan to think quickly on her feet in order to survive from this savage ruler. She develops a plan to get Shan-Yu onto the roof of the palace and shot into the fireworks station of the palace where he would meet his final demise.
The plan runs smoothly which grants Mulan the crest of the emperor and Shan-Yu’s sword. After returning home, Mulan presents these presents to her father for forgiveness which later turns into a reunion with Shang and sets the scene for the two to be very happy for a very long time.
Mulan (2020)
Directed by: Niki Caro
Starring: Yifei Liu, Donnie Yen, Jet Li, Jason Scott Lee, Li Gong, Yoson An, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Chum Ehelepola, Nelson Lee, Jimmy Wong, Doua Moua, Rosalind Chao, Ron Yuan, Xana Tang, Pei-Pei Cheng
Screenplay by: Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver
Production Design by: Grant Major
Cinematography by: Mandy Walker
Film Editing by: David Coulson
Costume Design by: Bina Daigeler
Set Decoration by: Anne Kuljian
Art Direction by: Jason T. Clark, Jill Cormack, Damien Drew, Simon Garratt, Ian Gracie, Gabriel Kearney, Mark Robins, Calvin Tsoi, Thomas P. Wilkins
Music by: Harry Gregson-Williams
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Walt Disney Pictures
Release Date: March 27, 2020
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