Mulan gets the superhero-origin-story treatment in Niki Caro's long-awaited live-action remake, starring Liu Yifei, Gong Li and Donnie Yen.

Mulan is basically a superhero in this version of the film. Disney However, since Mulan was born a girl, she's told a woman's place is to bring honor to her family and get married.

Visually, Disney‘s live-action remake of its animated Mulan, in which a girl pretends to be a boy to join the 7th-century-ish Chinese military in her father’s place, brings honor to the source.

“Mulan,” directed by “Whale Rider” filmmaker Niki Caro, is Disney’s newest live-action interpretation of an animated ... in a mic drop moment that would feel welcome in a superhero film.

No Mushu, no songs, just a watered-down and boring Mulan sprinkled with familiar superhero tropes." Not having seen the 1998 original, I was immune to these comparisons.

“Mulan is not a superhero, so her physical action needed to be anchored in a strong female body and bounded by the laws of physics,” she adds. “What you see of [Yifei] fighting on the ground ...

Mulan is almost here.. After being delayed multiple times due to COVID-19, the action drama finally lands on Disney+ for an additional $29.99 fee on Sept. 4, and the review embargo for the film ...

Hua Mulan (Yifei Liu), ... live-action Mulan is a literal superhero. Her "chi is strong," which grants her some fantasy-inspired martial arts prowess even as a child that no one, ...

Mulan turns down the offer in both films though she appears to reconsider the Emperor's offer at the end of the live-action film when he extends the invitation a second time. 36.

Turning her into a superhero removes Mulan’s everywoman appeal, and leaves her with no room to grow as a character, huge swathes of Chinese viewers said. “It feels that this Mulan was born ...