“I’ll make a man out of you.” So singeth the brigade of misfit soldiers in Mulan, derived from the same Chinese folktale as The Assassin’s Blade. Originally titled The Butterfly Lovers, this American release of a film that bowed in China originally in 2008 has gone to great lengths to rebrand itself as an action film for the martial arts fans. Tragically, the romantically inclined story is attempting to disguise itself as a man, much as its protagonist, when a more honest approach might have reached a dynamically different audience.
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- 5/24/2013
- by Kyle North
- JustPressPlay.net
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