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The military-themed movie Wolf Warrior 2 features Wu Jing in multiple roles Seth Curry Jersey , including director and star, and is set in an unnamed African country facing a civil war. (Photo provided to China Daily)
by Xinhua writer Gao Wencheng


BEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Wolf Warrior II, an action film written by, directed by and staring Chinese actor Wu Jing, has become the first non-Hollywood movie ever to crack the list of 100 global box office champions, a dose of Chinese kung fu to Western-dominant movie markets.


While Hollywood superheroes who save the earth are taken for granted, some Western critics misjudged Wolf Warrior II as "propaganda stunt." It was a classic example of sour grapes.


Moviegoers shrugged off the prejudice. The film received a rating of 86 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, a famous U.S. review aggregator for film and television.


The action is set deep in Africa, where Leng Feng, portrayed by Wu, reaffirms his duty as a soldier and battles Western mercenaries to rescue innocent Chinese civilians and African workers at a Chinese company.


Leng's sense of responsibility with the belief of "Once a Wolf Warrior, always a Wolf Warrior" is applauded on the screen and beyond. Tears were shed at the movie's end, and many returned for a second or third viewing.


But some Western critics saw the film differently.