Review: Disney's live-action remake of 'Mulan' has more swords and sorcery but less magic

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Disney's live-action version of 'Mulan,' directed by Niki Caro and streaming on Disney+, is something of a heroic muddle.

, plus a hefty dose of the ramparts-storming, catapult-launching action popularized by “Game of Thrones” and the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy .

All this makes for an interesting if not entirely seamless fit with a corporate house style known for its squeaky-clean uplift. No one bleeds, really, but no one bursts into song, either, which is a bit of a shame. A few of those memorable Jerry Goldsmith tunes do resurface in Harry Gregson-Williams’ score, while some of David Zippel’s lyrics have been carefully repurposed as dialogue.

But her true calling is on the march. In brisk if over-edited action sequences that maintain a steady drumbeat of tension, an invading Rouran army — led by an Inigo-Montoya-on-steroids named Bori Khan — is shown cutting a fiery swath from Mongolia toward China’s Imperial City. With the nation in peril, the Emperor decrees that one man from each family must serve in his army, a burden that falls to Mulan’s aging father.

This isn’t the first time Caro has turned a spotlight on patriarchy, and her movie feels of a piece with both the folkloric enchantment of

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