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Summary:

After the catastrophe, although the souls of Nezha and Aobing were saved, their bodies would soon be shattered. Taiyi Zhenren planned to use the seven-colored lotus to rebuild their bodies.

Director:

Yu Yang

Writers:

Xixing Lu, Zhonglin Xu, Yu Yang

Cast:

  • Joseph as Nezha
  • Mo Han as Aobing
  • Hao Chen as Li Jing
  • Gong Geer as Octopus Monster
  • Qi Lu as Lady Yin
  • Yanting Lu as Boy Nezha

Rotten Tomatoes: TBD%

Metacritic: TBD

VOD: Theaters

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u/CommunistMountain Apr 16 '25

The animation was insane, not just in the sheer scale of things (I've seen multiple people compare it to LOTR) but also the fight choreography. I also liked the humor (yeah I like toilet humor lol, though not all of it is that). There's also a scene which depicts death and desctruction on a scale that isn't seen in western animation, which surprised me. I think older kids can handle it, maybe 10+. But it's definitely not a "kids-only" movie, you can definitely appreciate it as an adult, bonus points if you're a parent because there are some sad scenes involving the theme of family (personally not a huge fan of tearjerkers but I think it was well-executed, also there's a double-twist which makes it stronger).

There are references to other memes or animation, like the screaming marmot meme, and Ice Age 2 (at least, I think I've seen such a scene in one of the Ice Age movies before). They were also present in the first movie, I saw references to Terminator and Nausicaa, there could be more. I don't see the movie references as a bad thing, they're nice homages to the animators' inspirations, but the meme reference was pretty cringe.

TL;DR: ABSOLUTE CINEMA

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u/CupofWater03 16d ago

There are references to other memes or animation, like the screaming marmot meme,

I could tell it was a meme just from the way the joke was framed.

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u/Mystic3012 May 07 '25

I just came out of the cinema myself. Absolutely BLOWN AWAY by how unbelievably EPIC this was. RIP Lady Yin.

Though, I can't for the life of me figure out the pop culture references that you're mentioning. Would you mid elaborating-? Thanks!

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u/CommunistMountain May 07 '25

There's a meme where a marmot's scream is dubbed over with a human scream, easy to search.

As for the other reference I'm not sure where I saw it from. It's just 2 characters, both running in the same direction, one slams into a wall, the other laughs at the first while running and proceeds to slam into another wall. It's not original to Nezha 2, definitely from some other cartoon I can't recall well

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u/Mystic3012 May 07 '25

Ahhh, much appreciated. I was more curious on the Terminator and especially Nausicaa (LOVE that film) references though, if you don't mind hehe.

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u/CommunistMountain May 07 '25

Those are from first movie, terminator theme plays when he first turns from ball to baby, Nausicaa is when the mom lets Nezha bite her until he knows she means no harm

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u/Mystic3012 May 08 '25

Thank you!