This was one of the Worst Disney Sequels of all time
Mushu goes from being a likable comic relief as he is in the first film to a despicable, self-centered jerk for no apparent reason other than to not lose his job. In fact, he's so despicable that he could very well be the film's metaphorical antagonist. In fact, the moment he succeeded in breaking up Mulan and Shang turned him into one of the most hated Disney characters of all-time.
Shang is also ludicrously cowardly in one scene: he runs away from four small animal critters - a squirrel, a skunk, a porcupine, and a mouse. Really? Skunks lives in America, not China
Some laughable lines due to the poor writing, like Mulan's "Duty to my heart" line.
While the animation looks pretty great compared to other direct-to-video Disney movies, the way the characters are animated is a huge contrast from the first film. In the original, the main characters move realistically and the comic relief characters move cartoon-ish. In this film, however, all the characters move like comic reliefs which are out of place compared to the first film. Facial expressions can be awkward at times. For example, when Shang says "And next time, don't leave your post!", his eyes shrink as if he just turned into a Moron. the Angry Face what Shang made when he tells mulan to don't leave her post is so over the top and it also made Tommy Wiseau's Yelling from The Room Movie sounded more Dignified.
While the first movie has more songs, this movie had only 3 songs while the new ones are not as good (except for "Lesson Number One").
The plot is nowhere near as exciting as the first movie. Speaking of the story, it completely abandons the main plot towards the end of the movie as it supposedly and accidentally dooms China by three days by the Emperor himself, without even acknowledging it. There are only two action scenes, and only one of them has a fight scene. In fact, what makes this even worse is that certain countries changed the title to Mulan II: The Final War, and we simply have to ask "what final war?", if not, This film should be called "Mulan II: the Death of China".
It is never explained who are the bandits (even its meant supposedly look like Mongolian spies, judging their clothing?) that attack are and are just there for a fight scene. Speaking of Which, the first mulan film had famous action scenes, here, the scene where Mulan and Shang are fighting off the Bandits is the only action scene in the movie
There's really no danger or main physical antagonist to the plot of the movie except for Mushu due to worrying he'll lose his job if Mulan gets married, and those probably Bandits/Mongolian spies(?) in the fighting scene as the only closet thing of antagonists.
Shang's fake-out death is a blatant rip-off of Cliffhanger.
The fact that the Mongols will slaughter millions of people if the arranged marriage doesn't go through is treated more like an afterthought and not a big deal.
Some moments are mean-spirited, like the punch-in-the-face cliché scene.
Anachronism: despite the film taking place a month after the first movie, somehow the Huns in this film become quickly the Mongolian Empire all within those 30-31 days, despite being eight-nine centuries apart in real-life as the first film is loosely take place in the final years of the Han-Xiongnu War.
This movie was an insult to the original Mulan
it's way Worse than Belle's Magical World
I'll just pray that the live-action remake will be so much better than this movie.
Mushu goes from being a likable comic relief as he is in the first film to a despicable, self-centered jerk for no apparent reason other than to not lose his job. In fact, he's so despicable that he could very well be the film's metaphorical antagonist. In fact, the moment he succeeded in breaking up Mulan and Shang turned him into one of the most hated Disney characters of all-time.
Shang is also ludicrously cowardly in one scene: he runs away from four small animal critters - a squirrel, a skunk, a porcupine, and a mouse. Really? Skunks lives in America, not China
Some laughable lines due to the poor writing, like Mulan's "Duty to my heart" line.
While the animation looks pretty great compared to other direct-to-video Disney movies, the way the characters are animated is a huge contrast from the first film. In the original, the main characters move realistically and the comic relief characters move cartoon-ish. In this film, however, all the characters move like comic reliefs which are out of place compared to the first film. Facial expressions can be awkward at times. For example, when Shang says "And next time, don't leave your post!", his eyes shrink as if he just turned into a Moron. the Angry Face what Shang made when he tells mulan to don't leave her post is so over the top and it also made Tommy Wiseau's Yelling from The Room Movie sounded more Dignified.
While the first movie has more songs, this movie had only 3 songs while the new ones are not as good (except for "Lesson Number One").
The plot is nowhere near as exciting as the first movie. Speaking of the story, it completely abandons the main plot towards the end of the movie as it supposedly and accidentally dooms China by three days by the Emperor himself, without even acknowledging it. There are only two action scenes, and only one of them has a fight scene. In fact, what makes this even worse is that certain countries changed the title to Mulan II: The Final War, and we simply have to ask "what final war?", if not, This film should be called "Mulan II: the Death of China".
It is never explained who are the bandits (even its meant supposedly look like Mongolian spies, judging their clothing?) that attack are and are just there for a fight scene. Speaking of Which, the first mulan film had famous action scenes, here, the scene where Mulan and Shang are fighting off the Bandits is the only action scene in the movie
There's really no danger or main physical antagonist to the plot of the movie except for Mushu due to worrying he'll lose his job if Mulan gets married, and those probably Bandits/Mongolian spies(?) in the fighting scene as the only closet thing of antagonists.
Shang's fake-out death is a blatant rip-off of Cliffhanger.
The fact that the Mongols will slaughter millions of people if the arranged marriage doesn't go through is treated more like an afterthought and not a big deal.
Some moments are mean-spirited, like the punch-in-the-face cliché scene.
Anachronism: despite the film taking place a month after the first movie, somehow the Huns in this film become quickly the Mongolian Empire all within those 30-31 days, despite being eight-nine centuries apart in real-life as the first film is loosely take place in the final years of the Han-Xiongnu War.
This movie was an insult to the original Mulan
it's way Worse than Belle's Magical World
I'll just pray that the live-action remake will be so much better than this movie.