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Wolf Warriors 2
Poster
Directed byWu Jing
Written byWu Jing
Dong Qun
Liu Yi
Produced byWu Jing[1]
Jiang Ping
Zhao Haicheng
Li Yang
Zhao Jianjun
Xu Zhiyong
Jing Defu
Liu Kailuo
Deng Hao
Wu Yan[2]
StarringWu Jing
Celina Jade
Frank Grillo
Hans Zhang
Wu Gang
Music byJoseph Trapanese
Release date
  • 27 July 2017 (2017-07-27)
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin
BudgetCN¥200 million (US$29.83million) [3]
Box officeCNY 4.23 billion (USD 635 million) [4]

Wolf Warriors 2 (Chinese: 战狼2) is a 2017 Chinese action film directed by Wu Jing and starring Wu Jing, Celina Jade, Frank Grillo, Hans Zhang, and Wu Gang. The film is a sequel to 2015's Wolf Warriors. It was released in China on 27 July 2017.[1][5] The film tells the story of a loose cannon Chinese soldier named Leng Feng who takes on special missions around the world. In the sequel he finds himself in an African country protecting medical aid workers from local rebels and vicious arms dealers.

Wolf Warriors 2 was a commercial success. It broke numerous box office records, including the biggest single-day gross for a Chinese film as well as the fastest film to cross RMB 1 billion, 2 billion, 3 billion and 4 billion yuan box office marks.[6]Domestically, by 20:00 on August 12, 2017 (Beijing Time), the film's total gross reached CN¥4.23 billion (US$ 635 million).[7] It has become one of the highest-grossing movies ever in a single market: for comparison, among the highest-grossing movies in a single territory are Jurassic World ($652 million) and Titanic ($659 million), both of which reached their milestones in North America.[8]

Plot

After the events of Wolf Warriors, Leng Feng returns to his home town, only to see it on the verge of being torn down completely. He stops and fights the boss responsible for the destruction, and is sentenced to two years in military prison and expulsion from the Chinese Special Forces. After being released from prison, he leaves for Africa, planning to wander for the rest his life. He has been carrying a bullet, which he found as a clue to his fiancée's kidnapping that happened while she was on a mission, for three years. Shortly after the arrival of the Rebels and mercenaries, a Chinese destroyer arrives to evacuate strictly Chinese civilians caught up in the middle of the civil war, but after overhearing guards talking about needing someone to rescue workers at a factory and an important doctor who knows the vaccination for Lamanla (Dr Chen), Leng Feng volunteers. However, he is on his own as without the Chinese army higher authorities' permission no other personnel can follow him as they're on foreign grounds. He travels to the hospital, 60 kilometres away from the dock and enters the hospital building just as Dr Chen is killed by the mercenaries accidentally. With his few dying breaths, Dr Chen tells him to take his daughter, an African girl named Pasha. Together they, alongside a female doctor Rachel Smith, escape the grips of the mercenaries, but with cut backs. While escaping, he cuts his hand in a pile of Lamanla infected bodies, but he shakes it off and moves on. They continue their journey of saving the Chinese as Leng Feng also goes to save his good friend's mother, who's working in the Hanbound factory.

Cast

Wu Jing and Celina Jade on the set of Wolf Warriors 2
  • Wu Jing[1] as Leng Feng, a loose cannon Chinese soldier who takes on special missions around the world. He protects medical aid workers from local rebels and vicious arms dealers in an unnamed African country.
  • Celina Jade[1] as Dr Rachel Smith, a doctor who assists in Africa.
  • Frank Grillo[1] as Big Daddy, head of a group of mercenaries called Dylan Corps.
  • Hans Zhang[1] as Zhuo Yifan, a fuerdai and army fan.
  • Wu Gang as He Jianguo, a retired scout who serves as a security supervisor of a Chinese factory in Africa.
  • Yu Nan as Lieutenant Colonel Long Xiaoyun (guest appearance)
  • Yu Qian as Qian Bida, a profiteer.
  • Ding Haifeng as captain in the People's Liberation Army Navy.
  • Shi Zhaoqi as Shi Qingsong
  • Chunyu Shanshan as Lin Zhixiong
  • Oleg Prudius[9] as Bear, a Dylan Corps mercenary and the heavy machine gunner and muscle of the Dylan Corps mercenaries.
  • Heidi Moneymaker as Athena, the sharpshooter and most agile of the Dylan Corps mercenaries.
  • Aaron Ly as Ghost, the driver and the most silent of the Dylan Corps mercenaries.

Production

The film was shot on locations in Africa and China from June 2016 and November 2016.[1] For the film's African scenes, it mostly was shot on location in Soweto and Alexandria.[10] The tank battle were filmed in Zhaochuan Ironworks (坤源集团赵川铁厂), Zhaochuan Town of Xuanhua District, Zhangjiakou city, in Hebei province.[11]

Release

The film was released in China on 27 July 2017 in MX4D, 4DX, 3D and China Film Giant Screen.[5] An IMAX version is set to be released on 18 August 2017 and will go out in IMAX 2D.[12]

Reception

Box office

Wolf Warriors 2 became a huge commercial success at the Chinese box office, and also in countries such as Australia and Malaysia where there were reports of sold out tickets.[13][14] The film was noted for showing incredible legs at the box office despite being a tent pole movie earning quintuple times its prequel[15] and quadruple times distributor's initial estimates.[16] It topped the international box office for all major films on two separate occasions – in its first two weekends.[17][18][19][20] Its unprecedented success have been attributed to various reasons such as due to its patriotic subject, nationalistic themes, its bonafide action sequences and stunts that have been said to be par with Hollywood and since it was released during the annual "blackout period" in which foreign movies are banned from entering the country, meaning lesser competitions.[21] It became the highest-grossing film in China after just twelve days of release, overtaking The Mermaid which held the record for six months. However, the records that the film broke were not just limited to its domestic market. It also became the biggest film released in a single territory in 2017, breaking Beauty and the Beast's record of US$504 million and the biggest summer release of the year in a single territory, ahead of Wonder Woman (US$400 million).[12] As a result, it became the tenth film to earn over US$500 million in a single territory following Titanic, The Dark Knight, Avatar, Marvel's The Avengers, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Jurassic World, The Mermaid, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Beauty and the Beast.[22] It is also the fastest film to reach the CN¥2 billion and CN¥3 billion mark in China, doing so on its eigth and eleventh day and became the first film to earn more than CN¥200 million (est. US$30 million) for twelve consecutive days globally (tied with Star Wars: The Force Awakens[23]). It has so far grossed a total of CN¥3.88 billion (including online ticketing fees), or around US$570 million dollars.[24] Due to the film's rising popularity and strong holds, analysts believe the film could end up making CN¥5 billion (US$747 billion) to CN¥6 billion (US$895 million) at the Chinese box office alone.[12][25][26]

It opened in China on Thursday 27 July 2017, across 19,000+ screens, occupying 42% of the nation's total screens and earned CN¥212 million (US$31.4 million) on its opening day. Including previews, the total stood at CN¥313 million (US$46.4 million). After four hours of advanced screenings Thursday evening brought in CN¥100 million ($US14.9 million) in ticket sales, phenomenal word-of-mouth quickly grew and made its way to the social media.[27] This resulted in the film posting an opening of CN¥975 million (US$144.5 million) – or CN¥921 million (US$136.7 million) without online ticketing fees – through Sunday,[28][29] and US$125 million from Friday to Sunday. The latter figure is the biggest three day opening, ahead of The Mermaid which opened to US$122.3 million in the same amount of days.[30] This made it the top film released that weekend worldwide, even ahead of Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk.[18] As a result of excellent reviews and strong word-of-mouth, the film's Sunday take rose 15% from Saturday's, a rare feat in a country where the biggest films are usually the most front-loaded. Also, its Sunday-Monday drop was just 35% and the screen count rose from 19,000+ to 24,000 (52%).[29]

On Monday, it made CN¥279 million (US$41.5 million), a fall of just 35% from its Sunday take and registered the biggest Monday ever in a single territory ahead of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (US$40.1 million). This pushed the film past the CN¥1 billion threshold with a total of CN¥1.265 billlion (US$187.8 million).[31][32] This was followed by the biggest Tuesday with CN¥282 million (US$42 milliin), also ahead of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (US$37 million)[33][34] and the fifth biggest Wednesday with CN¥278 million (US$41.4 million).[35][36] By Thursday, the film had earned past CN¥2 billion, the fastest film to do so in the least amount of time.[37]

In just ten days, the film grossed CN¥2.73 billion (US$406 million) to become the biggest release of 2017 there, surpassing The Fate of the Furious (CN¥2.6 billion) and the second highest-grossing film ever, behind only The Mermaid (CN¥3.39 billion).[30] The film's demand was so strong that it made more in its second weekend that the first. Earning a total of CN¥1.092 billion (US$162.2 million), an increase of 30% from the previous weekend, it also set a new record for the biggest ever second weekend in a single territory, surpassing the previous record holder Star Wars: The Force Awakens (US$149 million). The 30% weekend-to-weekend hike is among the top ten smallest second weekend drop, and the smallest for a non-Hollywood production. The same weekend it passed the CN¥3 billion threshold with a total of CN¥3.159 billion (US$470.4 million) becoming the second Chinese film to reach the mark after The Mermaid.[38][39][40][41]

Domestically, by 20:00 on August 12, 2017 (Beijing Time), the film's total gross reached CN¥4.23 billion (US$ 635 million).[42] It has become one of the highest-grossing movies ever in a single market: for comparison, among the highest-grossing movies in a single territory are Jurassic World ($652 million) and Titanic ($659 million), both of which reached their milestones in North America.[43]

Critical response

Wolf Warriors 2 received praise for its patriotic plot, special effects, action sequences and the cast's performances.[44] On Douban, the film scored 7.6 versus the previous film’s 6.8. On Mtime, it’s at 7.5 versus 7.[30][45]

The Hollywood Reporter reads, "The star's charisma is enhanced by his athletic prowess, which makes the hand-to-hand combat particularly arresting, especially a brutal brawl between him and Grillo that provides a fitting climax. The breathless pacing thankfully doesn't allow much time for viewers to ponder the plot holes or worry about character development, although the two-hour running time results in overkill fatigue."[46] Rob Hunter of the Film School Rejects, in his positive review of the film, wrote: "Wolf Warrior 2 still suffers some of the same issues that dogged the first film, but the improvements elsewhere make for a noticeably better and more entertaining action movie. It's a fun movie blending lots of action, some humor, and "feelings" for friends and family, and if the next one improves at this same rate Wolf Warrior 3 is going to be something even more special."[47] In a less enthusiastic review, Noel Murray of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the "blandly generic" film features digital effects that "look fake," but praised its stunts and pointed out "it’s fascinating to see a film so closely mimic big-budget Hollywood war pictures, but from an opposing socio-political perspective."[48]

Sequel

A sequel, Wolf Warriors 3, has been confirmed at the end of the mid-credits scene of Wolf Warriors 2.

Notes and references

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  9. ^ Wu Jing is filming the sequel of "Wolf Warriors"
  10. ^ 走进《战狼2》取景地南非贫民窟 铁皮屋里充满危险. ifeng (in Chinese). 4 August 2017.
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  42. ^ http://www.cbooo.cn/Alltimedomestic
  43. ^ http://deadline.com/2017/08/wolf-warriors-2-highest-grossing-film-china-all-time-box-office-record-1202144529/
  44. ^ "Wolf Warrior 2: The nationalist action film storming China". BBC News. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  45. ^ Huang, Zheping. "China's answer to Rambo is about punishing those who offend China—and it's killing it in theaters". Quartz.
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  47. ^ "'Wolf Warrior II' Review: Wu Jing vs Frank Grillo, What's Not to Love?". filmschoolrejects. 27 July 2017.
  48. ^ "Chinese patriotism on display in generic action of 'Wolf Warrior 2'". latimes.com. 27 July 2017.
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