Original Language | zh |
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Languages Spoken | Mandarin |
Release Date | January 29, 2025 |
Runtime | 144 minutes |
Rating | 7.9 |
Country | China |
Genres | Animation, Fantasy, Adventure |
Director | Yang Yu |
Writers | Yang Yu |
Producer | Liu Wenzhang, Chen Zhe |
Music | Roc Chen, Wan Pin Chu, Yang Rui |
Budget | 82700000 |
Revenue | 1704830000 |
Actor Name | Character Name |
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Lu Yanting | Young Nezha (voice) |
Joseph | Youth Nezha / Jie Jie Shou Left (voice) |
Han Mo | Ao Bing (voice) |
Chen Hao | Li Jing (voice) |
Lu Qi | Mrs. Yin (voice) |
Zhang Jiaming | Taiyi Zhenren (voice) |
Yang Wei | Shen Gongbao (voice) |
Wang Deshun | Wuliang Xianweng (voice) |
Yu Chen | Ao Guang, Donghai Longwang / Seller (voice) |
Zhou Yongxi | Ao Run, Xihai Longwang (voice) |
Li Nan | Dong Hai Long Wang (voice) |
Yuze Han | Ao Shun, Beihai Longwang / Marmot / Muzha (voice) |
Nan Yu | Ao Qin, Nanhai Longwang (voice) |
Zhang Yunqi | Deer Child (voice) |
Xingliner | Crane Child (voice) |
Wang Zhixing | Shen Xiaobao (voice) |
Zhang Ji | Shen Zhengdao (voice) |
Liang Sheng | Rat Boss / Rat Brother Er / Dao Xing Xian Zun (voice) |
Huan Ting | Mirror / Cihang Daoren (voice) |
Ling Qi | Jie Jie Shou Right/ Huanglong Zhenren (voice) |
Gong Geer | Fish Monster / Uncle Picking Lotus Roots / Aunt Picking Lotus Roots (voice) |
Chen Houlin | Shark Monster / Qingxu Daode Zhenjun (voice) |
Yang Yu | Rat Boss (voice) |
Xiao Wei | Shiji Niangniang (voice) |
Following the Tribulation, although the souls of Ne Zha and Ao Bing were preserved, their physical bodies will soon be destroyed. Tai Yi Zhen Ren plans to use the Seven Colored Lotus to reshape their physical forms, but encounters numerous difficulties. What will become of Ne Zha and Ao Bing?
This is quite an entertaining stand alone fantasy adventure that doesn’t really require you to know anything about what’s gone on before. Thanks to the sacred lotus, there’s a bit of reincarnation going on, but will that be completed in time to save the population of the “Chentang Pass” about to be attacked by an army of lava-borne devils? With certain defeat looming, the immortals start to take an hand in things - not unlike the story of the siege of Troy, and just like that take from antiquity, there is plenty of betrayal and duplicity to complement the more traditional stories of loyalty, family and team building as the story gradually builds to it’s pot-boiling climax. The CGI is better than many, much less two-dimensional, and there is lots of vibrant action as the naive but honourable young “Nezha” must find his own destiny, define his relationship with the more clean cut “Ao Bing” all despite the distant intervention of the “Loong” dragon kings and always under the watchful gaze of the cloud-hopping “Wu Liang” - a being outwardly benign and munificent, but is he all that he seems behind that grey beard? If you are of a mind to look deeper, then it may well offer up a critique of modern China - or, quite possibly many other societies, where the weak are manipulated and persecuted, where family is increasingly undervalued and where power and riches are the true gods. Essentially, I just found it to be a classily produced computer animation that mixed the astonishing richness of Chinese mythology with a solid adventure concept and just a little bit of pantomime humour as we go along. It looks great in a cinema, and doesn’t hang about getting off to a lively start and pacing well for a couple of action-packed hours.
Rating Analysis for Ne Zha 2:
Overall Rating: 8.0/10
Total Votes: 179
Rating Breakdown:
- Popularity Score: 35.9
- Adult Content: No
- Budget to Revenue Ratio: 2,761.0%