This is a very Western-style Oriental story film, from the scene to the costume are more Westernized, but also slightly magical. The movie starts like this, in the distant and ancient East, there was once a great legendary female warrior, named Mulan, from childhood, gifted with amazing bones, nothing chicken flying eggs can also be on the roof, in fact, according to the modern saying is that Mulan from childhood is a female man, neighbors look at this strange little Mulan with a different eye.
In those days, the practice of martial arts was exclusive to men, and Mulan's talent was very humiliating to the family. Therefore, Mulan's father, Hua Zhou, painstakingly persuaded young Mulan to hide her talent, that is, to hide her "little universe" and learn to be a girl. At the same time, he also tells Mulan that the phoenix enshrined in the ancestral shrine, which Mulan broke, is a messenger sent by the ancestors, and that the phoenix will be reborn, which also sets the theme for the whole movie.
Our villain No. 1, the Great Demon King, is also on the move, leading his own army of the Zoran tribe to make a comeback, nominally to avenge his old man, but in fact to expand his land as well as plunder gold and silver treasures. Aided by the black magic of the sorceress Kung, attacks are often launched on border cities along the Silk Road, causing unbearable suffering to the common people and greatly affecting trade activities.
Soon after, the emperor Li, who was far away from the capital, was furious when he heard the news of the invasion of the Great Demon King, and also knew the power of the black magic of the sorceress Kung. The emperor planned to defeat the army of the Great Demon King once again, just as he had defeated the father of the Great Demon King, and immediately decreed that every family must send a male soldier to fight in the war to strengthen the national prestige.
After the sorceress Kung informed the Emperor of the decree, the King revealed the battle plan, in fact, the attack on the Silk Road was just a front, the real purpose was to hold the Emperor's army in the periphery through a feint attack, and then send the elite force to infiltrate the Imperial City to kill the Emperor and seize it. Exile, neither family nor country, before meeting the Great Demon King is a wanderer, just to find a home, so temporarily under his command to serve him.
At this time, Mulan had already become a poseable young girl, but still could not change her feminine nature, riding a horse and chasing rabbits every day. The next day, Mulan's parents told her that they had found a marriage for her. As a girl, only by marrying a good family could she bring glory to her family, so the next day Mulan had to dress up to meet the matchmaker, but beauty is easy to open and nature is hard to change.
At that time, an officer came with the emperor's decree to recruit soldiers, and every family had to send a man to participate in the war against the great demon king, the Johan tribe. The Mulan family had no men except Mulan's father, who had been conscripted in the last war with the Great Demon King's old man invasion and had been seriously injured in the leg, leaving a persistent disease. Mulan could not bear to go to the battlefield with his father's old and injured leg, so on the night before departure, while the family was asleep, took away his father's sword and armor, decided to carry the responsibility of the family for his father, on behalf of his father's army! At the same time also want to prove that men can do the same thing as women can, female man Mulan alias "flower army", women dressed as men to open the "10,000 miles to the military machine Guanshan degree if fly" the legendary road. The commander of Mulan's army is called "Cosmic Dan", who claims to be able to fight 10 men. Under the leadership and training of "Cosmic Dan", Mulan lives a consistent military training life, eating and living with men soldiers every day, while hiding her identity as a woman dressed as a man. identity.
The long clouds of the Qinghai Sea darken the snowy mountains, and the lonely city looks far away from the Jade Gate Pass. A hundred battles in the yellow sand wear golden armor, not to break Lou Lan never return.
The day of battle is coming soon, "Cosmic Dan" in the army before the war requires the warrior is "loyalty - courage - true" 3 words, that is, loyalty, bravery and true, Mulan saw his father's sword engraved with these three words, once again into contemplation ......
Soon Mulan's army and the Great Demon King's Johan army met for the first time. After a fight on the battlefield, Mulan's cavalry squad was tricked into chasing the enemy, and Mulan was left alone. After awakening, Mulan saw the word "true" on the sword again and decided not to hide it anymore and must appear in front of her comrades with her true female identity. At this point in the battle, the sorceress Kung also launched a black magic enchanting, so that the side of the Great Demon King has the upper hand, looking at their own side is about to be wiped out, Mulan in a hurry to create wisdom with a move "snow escape" to create an avalanche to reverse the situation, the Great Demon King The main force of the Devil King's army was buried by the snow.
After the victory, Mulan appeared in front of everyone as a female warrior and confessed her mistake to "Cosmic Dan" and her comrades, telling them that her name was not Hua Jun but Hua Mulan. Everyone was shocked. Although Mulan saved everyone's life this time, the commander "Cosmic Dan" still expelled Mulan from the army according to the military order, which was the greatest shame for a family. He said he would not hesitate to execute her.
Mulan left the barracks alone and soon met the sorceress Kung again. Kung told Mulan that the two of them had the same origin, and that they had been born as daughters, and had the talent of "small universe". At the same time, Mulan also learned of the Great Demon King's plan to kill the emperor, so she rushed back to the camp and reported the emergency to "Cosmic Dan", who was going to execute Mulan by military law, but her comrades around her chose to believe her and finally agreed to let Mulan lead everyone back to the imperial city! Help!
After arriving at the imperial city, Mulan and the others immediately unfolded their formation and fought to the death with the Great Demon King's Zoran troops, and the comrades tried their best to cover Mulan to look for the emperor, but when Mulan reached the palace hall, she only saw the sorceress Kung, and the emperor was nowhere to be seen. Down. Sister Gong immediately transformed into a flying bird to lead the way for Mulan.
It turns out that the emperor Li had been tricked out of the palace by the sorceress Kung and was ambushed by the army of the Johan tribe, and was now tied to an unfinished palace by the Great Demon King and was about to be buried in the fire. She encouraged Mulan not to be like herself, but to find her own home.
Next Mulan fought for the first time with the Great Demon King, physical ability is not as experienced as the Great Demon King, a few rounds down the father's sword was knocked down and fell into the furnace, at this time the emperor surnamed Li was around to encourage the art of the mouth to Mulan, told Mulan is a real warrior, can be like the phoenix nirvana rebirth, after the Mulan small universe full sublimation outbreak, transformed into a phoenix legend ......
The upgraded Mulan once again went through a fierce battle with the Great Demon King, and at the last moment, together with the combined efforts of the Emperor Li, they took out the Great Demon King, and the national crisis was finally lifted, and Mulan was recognized by the Emperor as a female warrior, praising her as the best warrior of the dynasty. Afterwards, the emperor also wanted to invite Mulan to be an officer of the palace guard, but Mulan declined, saying that her decision to join the army for her father had brought too much worry to her family and she wanted to go back to make up for her family, which the emperor understood.
When Mulan left the palace and returned home, the neighbors all looked at her with praise. Just when she was crying with her family, "Cosmic Dan" led the emperor's guard to Mulan's home and presented Mulan with a precious sword that the emperor had given her. This imperial sword is also engraved on the body of the sword - loyalty - courage - true three words, but in the back of the sword also added a word of filial piety. Plot development to this, Disney live-action version of Mulan (Phoenix Legend) story is thus completed ......
The only thing that the New Zealand female director did in this movie that was praiseworthy was to cut this bridge kiss scene between Mulan and the male co-star, Chen Honghui.
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