Ne Zha 2

Does it deserve all the hype and be the no.1 highest grossing animated movie of all time? Well glad you asked, yes - abso-fucking-lutely.
The first one was already fantastic but this is just so much more on every conceivable level... astonishing. I fear for what they might do with the next one. The sense of scale alone that this is able to impress on the viewer is something I have not seen from an animated movie before. And then there is the whole action, the soundtrack and everything else... I was awestruck a few times. Nearing the end I feared they would pull a "Across the Spider-Verse" and just end it there but I was so glad they didn't. This had a proper ending and still leaving you wanting more - that's how you do this! The only disappointing thing was that "girly-screaming-dude" didn't have a speaking role. T_T (he was there, I saw him!!!)

But yeah, do yourself a favour and try to see this in the cinema if possible. I do not regret having spent the unreasonable amount on a 3D imax screening of this!

just watched it and oh my freaking goodness this is the best movie of the year .. I don’t care whatever movie hasn’t come out it’s not beating this .. the story .. music .. action .. plot twist everything was a1 this movie was amazing watch it on the biggest screen possible I wish I did!!!!!

It was thrilling and moving. Although there were quite a few clichéd parts, it still managed to hit the emotional core and tear-jerking moments that resonate deeply with Chinese kids. In fact, its overall execution is better than the first film. If the first one was about a child growing up, then the second is about a teenager’s transformation—and it carries that theme out with coherence and depth.

The scenes of the two boys standing together to face everything are endlessly stirring, no matter how many times you watch them. The mutual salvation between parents and children always brings tears to your eyes. The pacing is great and really gripping. I also have to say, thanks to the technical advancements over the years, the visuals and special effects are truly stunning—everything from the sweeping wide shots to the tiniest details is beautifully handled. It’s genuinely praiseworthy.

Of course, it’s not without flaws, but they’re minor compared to the strengths. Add in the emotional resonance, and it definitely deserves five stars. Especially in today’s restless and impatient society, having an animated feature that was patiently and meticulously crafted like this is truly encouraging. I hope the third installment can maintain this level of quality and continue telling the story well…

That is the level of Chinese Animation Film！

My rating is based on this being an animated movie. It was amazing all the way through.

Very happy I gave it a chance after the mediocre first movie.

rough start but i can see where the budget went nearer to the end lol

Octagon eats the Pentagon.
Four stars. A magnificent myth, dazzling and ruthless. It could have been five but for the jolting exposition dumps.
Meets
Think Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon meets Black Panther. Both are lush with cultural pride, martial elegance, and mythic resonance.

Ne Zha II is at once a dazzling spectacle and a mirror held up to the world. On its surface, it’s a mythological epic: resplendent battles, heavenly trials, and heroes dancing on the knife-edge of fate. Yet beneath the surface, if you’re watching with a keen eye, there are currents—political, archetypal, unmistakably intentional—that give the film an extra charge.

The film stages nothing less than a celebration of Chinese ascendancy against the shadow of America. A narrative of containment—heroes trapped in a vast sphere of eternity, straining against invisible barriers—echoes present-day geopolitics. The triumphant breaking free feels less like mere myth and more like prophecy.

Even architectural choices shimmer with symbolism. The Octagon replaces the Pentagon: eight, after all, being a sacred number in Chinese cosmology. Entry into “America” requires a green jade pass, through a perilous suspension bridge, guarded as though passage itself were an initiation rite.

At the heart of the allegory lies a figure unmistakable in silhouette: a white-bearded devil, ensconced in a palace of pure white jade. If the White House stands empty, here it gleams, otherworldly, as if made from petrified ambition. His downfall is grotesque and strangely poetic: trapped behind a facial-recognition lock, the door will only open to his own bloodied face. His companions, reduced to brutish tormentors, hammer him endlessly in the hopes that his bruises will serve as the key. It is punishment reframed as futility, both comic and cruel.

And when the palace is breached, its dais empty, the Chinese heroes bow in homage not to a ruler, but to absence itself. The gesture is both reverent and damning—a salute to power that no longer exists.

What makes Ne Zha II extraordinary, though, is how these subtexts are wrapped in sheer visual magnificence. It fuses decades of anime, martial arts cinema, and myth-heavy video games into a single kinetic tapestry. Every clash of blade and spirit radiates archetype: good versus evil, youth against destiny, nation against empire. The surface thrills are enough to satisfy any lover of fantasy. Yet for those attuned, there’s a parallel story unfolding—a mythic rebalancing of world power, projected onto the screen with unflinching confidence.

This is not propaganda as bludgeon, but myth as mirror. You leave the cinema dazzled, aware you’ve witnessed both a fairy tale and a fable of geopolitics—an ancient legend retold for a world very much alive with its own battles.

00:42:53. that whole sequence?
Perfection. _**AAAAAAAAAH**_

The twist was good
Animation was amazing throughout and especially the last 2 thirds. (The lightning fight in the middle was a masterpiece)
Expected the story to be worse, was good (But my friend said there's so much repeating from the first movie).
Comedy is meh
Characters were not super stupid and a lot of their actions made sense.
Soundtrack was good as well and fit almost all the scenes.

Prefer some other Chinese animation, for example, Deep Sea and Lion Boy, over this as they have more emotional impact and more strongly elaborated themes of perseverance and overcoming. This is still great however and for a movie with such a long running time it constantly keeps delivering on the entertaining fight sequences.