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I Am What I Am 2

2024 · 133 min

A scrappy underdog sports story that mixes earnest heart with lively fight scenes and a warm, hopeful spirit.

Directed by
Sun Haipeng
Genres
Animation, Action, Comedy
Starring
Li Xin, Hao Guo, Yexiong Chen
Tagline
Born as wild grass, live as a lion.
Overview
Gyun, an unknown person who came to Shanghai to work, agreed to represent the declining Chuanwu Boxing Gym to participate in the "Shanghai Fight Night" martial arts competition in order to earn money to treat his father's illness. To do so, he must overcome all the experts, prejudices, and himself.

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Directed by
Sun Haipeng
Genres
Animation, Action, Comedy
Starring
Li Xin, Hao Guo, Yexiong Chen
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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • family
  • survival
  • justice
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • animated
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror0
Humour5
Realism4
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Genres
animation, action, comedy, drama
Directed by
Sun Haipeng
Written by
Sun Haipeng, Shen Cheng, Zhang Ting, Shi Mai
Starring
Li Xin, Hao Guo, Yexiong Chen, Cai Xinran, Wang Yilang, Ajie, Lin Su, Cai Zhuangzhuang
Music
Luan Hui
Runtime
133 min
Country
China
Languages
Mandarin, Portuguese

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