Voice Cast: Ming-Na, B.D. Wong, Mark Moseley, Lucy Liu, Harvey Fierstein, Sandra Oh, Gedde Watanabe, Lauren Tom, Jerry Tondo, Pat Morita, Lea Salonga and Michelle Kwan
Directors: Darrell Rooney and Lynne Southerland
Studio Synopsis: The beautiful and courageous heroine is back, along with her hilarious guardian dragon Mushu, for more excitement and adventure. After saving her nation from the evil Huns, the spirited Mulan gets the surprise of her life when General Shang asks for her hand in marriage. Before the wedding, however, Mulan and Shang must complete a dangerous mission as they escort three princesses, Ting-Ting, Mei, and Su, to a distant city. The future of China hangs in the balance when, in the middle of their journey, Mulan and Shang clash over their duties. Breathing fire into all this mayhem is the mischievous Mushu, who wants to keep Mulan single as long as possible in order to keep his cushy job as her guardian dragon.
DVD Rating: G
DVD Running Time: 79 minutes
DVD Extras: Voices of Mulan feature; Deleted Scenes; The World of Mulan feature; Mushu's Guess Who game; and (I Wanna Be) Like Other Girls animated music video performed by Atomic Kitten
DVD Official Web site: http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/animatedfilms/
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Trailer: http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/animatedfilms/mulan2/

Review: Lacking the epic range and visual dexterity of its predecessor, Mulan II nevertheless remains vastly superior to other such Disney made-for-DVD sequels as Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure and The Little Mermaid II: Return To The Sea. This time around, the brave warrior (voiced by Ming-Na) must protect the Emperor’s three daughters en route to their arranged marriages. The mission almost goes awry when Mulan’s dragon, Mushu, attempts to breakup the proto-feminist and her by-the-book true love, Shang (voiced by B.D. Wong). Seems Mushu, now living in the lap of luxury, will lose his job as Mulan’s guardian when she ties the knot. Were it not for Mushu’s amusing and devious antics—which range from wrecking the princesses’ carriage to crafting puppets of Mulan to fool Shang—Mulan II would feel slightly stiff and preachy. Kids will barely notice that Mushu is now voiced by Mike Moseley, who sounds exactly like the absent Eddie Murphy. It’s quite a shame that Moseley doesn’t get any recognition for his energy and enthusiasm: he’s not even mentioned in the accompanying feature Voices of Mulan. Other newcomers include Lucy Liu, Sandra Oh and Lauren Tom, but they fail to make much of an impression as the princesses conflicted about their impending nuptials. Their dilemma also causes headaches for Mulan, who find herself between her beliefs and her orders. This prompts several female-empowering Broadway-style tunes, the best being the quietly powerful “Lesson Number One,” sung by Lea Salonga, and the Atomic Kittens’ frisky version of “(I Wanna Be) Like Other Girls.” But all this talk about affairs of the heart might bore kids who prefer to see Mulan kick butt than smooch Shang. Unfortunately, Mulan II is oddly light on action. What appears to be the best fight sequence—involving a raid on an enemy camp—was jettisoned and appears on the DVD as a deleted scene in storyboard form. “My duty is to my heart,” Mulan reveals. Understandably, but too bad her duties don’t also include making like Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers a little more often.
—Robert Sims