Wu Jing has a lot of charisma that feels wasted here. Now it is not shown in that particular order, but this should give you the basic understanding of all the main motivations for the start of the film. Well, he has found a lead only it is in a country that is about to explode into civil war. So when Leng leaves jail he signs onto a container ship that travels around Africa to hunt the source of that bullet. Well, he gets sent to jail, and while he is there the love of his life is killed on a mission on the border leaving only a unique bullet as a clue as to who did it. After fighting off the developer’s goons the developer tells Leng Feng to kill him because when he is gone ‘the family will wish they were dead’ so Leng obliges, killing the developer in front of the police. At the start of the film, he and his squad mate’s return to deliver the ashes of their fallen comrade to his grieving family interrupting an unscrupulous property developer that is illegally demolishing people’s homes. So to set the scene, Leng Feng (Wu Jing) is a member of the elite Wolf Warriors, a Special Forces branch of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Now to do this we will be breaking down the production elements of the film, and then we will be looking at the story, and finally examining themes at play.

Which brings us to the start of the film, so let’s dive into the world of Wolf Warriors II. Now before we start, I do have to make it clear that I have not seen the first film in the series, so I may have missed some of the nuances, however, the film does a good job of giving you all of the basic reminders of what happened, elite soldiers, one sacrificed themselves for the team, and there was a love interest. Well wasn’t this an interesting film, Wolf Warriors 2 is a film creating buzz across the world, and has broken box office records in its home China, so today we’re going to have a look to see if Wolf Warriors II holds up.

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