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Mulan II

Mulan II
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Directed by Darrell Rooney
Lynne Southerland
Produced by Jennifer Blohm
Screenplay by Michael Lucker
Chris Parker
Roger S. H. Schulman
Starring Mark Moseley
Ming-Na Wen
B.D. Wong
Lucy Liu
Harvey Fierstein
Sandra Oh
Gedde Watanabe
Lauren Tom
Jerry Tondo
Music by Joel McNeely
Edited by Pam Ziegenhagen
Production
company
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Release date
  • November 3, 2004 (2004-11-03) (premiere)
  • February 1, 2005 (2005-02-01) (United States)
Running time
79 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Mulan II
Soundtrack album by various artists
Released January 25, 2005
Length 31:41
Label Walt Disney Records
Producer Brian Rawling
Graham Stack
Brett Swain
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars

Mulan II is a 2004 American direct-to-video Disney animated film directed by Darrell Rooney and Lynne Southerland and is a sequel to the 1998 animated film Mulan (originally released in theaters). The entire cast from the first film returned, except for Eddie Murphy (Mushu), Miriam Margolyes (The Matchmaker), Chris Sanders (Little Brother) and Matthew Wilder (Ling's singing voice). Murphy and Margolyes were replaced by Mark Moseley and April Winchell, respectively; Little Brother was voiced by Frank Welker, and Gedde Watanabe does his own singing for the sequel. Mulan II features Mulan and her new fiancé, General Li Shang on a special mission: escorting the Emperor's three daughters across the country to meet their soon-to-be fiancés. The film deals with arranged marriages, loyalty, relationships, making choices, trust, and finding true love. Unlike its predecessor, which gained critical acclaim, Mulan II was poorly received by critics.

A month after the events of the first film, General Shang asks Mulan for her hand in marriage, and she happily accepts. Hearing about their engagement, Mushu is thrilled for them, until the leader of the ancestors informs him that if Mulan gets married, he will lose his job as a guardian dragon and have to leave Mulan and his pedestal, which is his place of honor as a guardian. The ancestors are happy with this because Mulan would be getting married to Shang, and would become a part of his family, which would require her to have his family ancestors and guardians. Wanting to keep his job and his friend, Mushu attempts to tear the couple apart, having noticed that they are not very compatible, while Cri-Kee tries to foil his attempts, and keep the couple together. Meanwhile, the Emperor calls upon Mulan and General Shang to escort his three daughters, Princesses Mei, Ting-Ting, and Su, across China to be betrothed to three princes so that an alliance can be formed with the kingdom of Qui Gong. If the task is not completed within three days, the alliance will crumble, and the Mongols will destroy China.


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