Pieces that feature some pretty astounding stunt work, but as to why this particular film became one of the all time reigning box office champs inĬhina and beyond may be somewhat of a mystery to Western viewers. Wolf Warrior II has an interesting location and a number of incredibly intricate set Know, killing people who aren't behaving very well. Viewers of another old sequel, Shaft in Africa, since in this outing Lengįeng travels to the so-called "dark continent" after once again having run afoul of all those pesky rules and regulations prohibiting things like, you There's a kind of fish out of water aspect to this sequel which may remind some
Wolf Warrior II evidently really resonated in the Asian market especially, leading to a box office take which may actuallyĪ billion (like, with a "b") when all is said and done. Least arguable that Wolf Warrior II, like its progenitor, doesn't really stretch genre boundaries much, if at all. It did relatively well (close to $100 million globally), it certainly didn't portend the kind of reaction its sequel would generate, especially since it's at Warrior was frenetic and extremely noisy, but it didn't offer much in the way of surprises or even basics like character development, and while Leng Feng, a well meaning if kind of zealous sharpshooter whose exploits led him into being recruited by a secret black ops organization. I frankly wasn't all that enthused about Wolf Warrior, a pretty generic action adventure yarn that featured Wu Jing (also known as Jacky Wu) as II (as its title is transliterated in the film itself). Industry rags like Variety and The Hollywood Reporter are currently trumpeting the box office magic of Coco, and no doubt will be repeating their mantras about huge ticket sales once Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi opens in just aįew more days, but one of 2017's most astounding successes is a film that is perhaps not all that well known in the United States, Wolf Warrior Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman, December 12, 2017
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