Ne Zha 2
This visually jaw-dropping Chinese animated epic rooted in mythology is rated PG-13 for violence, and the action is genuinely relentless across its 143-minute runtime. The English-dubbed US theatrical release (A24, August 2025) makes the dialogue fully accessible, but the intense battle sequences, blood, scary monsters, and emotionally heavy story moments are well above the little-kid zone.
Best enjoyed by confident tweens and teens, especially those who loved the first Ne Zha film.
If you’d rather skip
The destruction of Chentang Pass is depicted with lava flooding streets, dead bodies, and charred remains; Ne Zha searches desperately for his parents and finds only his mother's helmet.
Ne Zha sees a vision of his mother dying in a sword fight and, overwhelmed with grief, burns his pet pig.
A family is shown trapped on a rooftop as lava slowly rises around them, with their fate left implied off camera.