# My Sassy Girl 2 (我的野蛮女友2)
**My Sassy Girl 2** (我的野蛮女友2) is a 2010 Chinese romantic comedy film directed by Joe Ma (马伟豪) and starring [Lynn Hung](https://www.edgepedia.org/lynn-hung), Leon Jay Williams, He Jiong, Bosco Wong, and Feng Yuanzhen. It was made with screenwriters Choi Seok-min (崔锡珉) and Kim Ho-sik (金浩植) from the 2001 South Korean hit *My Sassy Girl*, but it tells a new story with new characters rather than continuing that film's plot, and it is described as an unofficial sequel.[1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1997605/) • [2](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E9%87%8E%E8%9B%AE%E5%A5%B3%E5%8F%8B2/6372717?fromModule=lemma_inlink) • [3](https://www.moviefone.com/movie/my-sassy-girl-2/4JXvyP6aqgqWqB0ZaT3rZ1/main/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Original title | 我的野蛮女友2 (My Sassy Girl 2) |
| Director / writers | Joe Ma (马伟豪); writers Seok-Min Choi (崔锡珉) and Ho-sik Kim (金浩植), with Joe Ma among the credited writers[1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1997605/) |
| Main cast | Lynn Hung (熊黛林) as Shang Zhen, Leon Jay Williams (立威廉) as Jian Yu, He Jiong (何炅), Bosco Wong (黄宗泽), Feng Yuanzhen (冯媛甄)[2](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E9%87%8E%E8%9B%AE%E5%A5%B3%E5%8F%8B2/6372717?fromModule=lemma_inlink) |
| Release | November 5, 2010 (China); July 1, 2011 (South Korea)[2](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E9%87%8E%E8%9B%AE%E5%A5%B3%E5%8F%8B2/6372717?fromModule=lemma_inlink) |
| Runtime / language | 88 minutes per IMDb; other listings give 86 minutes; Mandarin[1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1997605/) • [2](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E9%87%8E%E8%9B%AE%E5%A5%B3%E5%8F%8B2/6372717?fromModule=lemma_inlink) |
| Box office | $2,776,022 worldwide (IMDb); first weekend of 8.64 million yuan in China[1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1997605/) • [2](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E9%87%8E%E8%9B%AE%E5%A5%B3%E5%8F%8B2/6372717?fromModule=lemma_inlink) |
| Reception | Douban 3.9/10 from 8,422 users (as of September 13, 2024)[2](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E9%87%8E%E8%9B%AE%E5%A5%B3%E5%8F%8B2/6372717?fromModule=lemma_inlink) |
## Spoilers
### Plot
The film follows two couples. Shang Zhen (Lynn Hung), abandoned by her unfaithful boyfriend Yang Guo ([Bosco Wong](https://www.edgepedia.org/bosco-wong)), meets Jian Yu (Leon Jay Williams), who has himself just been dumped by his girlfriend and, in several synopses, attempts suicide before she saves him. Shang Zhen recruits the smitten Jian Yu to help her sabotage her ex-boyfriend's wedding, and the two end up sharing accommodation, where Jian Yu discovers how "wild" her temperament can be; over the course of the scheme the two begin to develop real feelings for each other.[3](https://www.moviefone.com/movie/my-sassy-girl-2/4JXvyP6aqgqWqB0ZaT3rZ1/main/) • [4](https://www.xianease.com/pdf/2010/November10.pdf) • [5](https://search.worldcat.org/title/2-My-sassy-girl-II/oclc/736002425)
A second thread follows Shang Zhen's cousin Yong Zhen (Feng Yuanzhen), a taekwondo coach, and Zhi Kai (He Jiong), a bra designer who lacks masculinity, admires her greatly, and regularly suffers under her fists and feet; their complementary personalities also turn into romance.[3](https://www.moviefone.com/movie/my-sassy-girl-2/4JXvyP6aqgqWqB0ZaT3rZ1/main/) • [2](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E9%87%8E%E8%9B%AE%E5%A5%B3%E5%8F%8B2/6372717?fromModule=lemma_inlink) The four meet at an amusement park, setting off a chain of comic complications.[2](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E9%87%8E%E8%9B%AE%E5%A5%B3%E5%8F%8B2/6372717?fromModule=lemma_inlink)
## Production
The project was announced in Beijing on December 10, 2009, with the producers stating they had purchased the rights from the Korean side and had brought in *My Sassy Girl*'s original screenwriters, Choi Seok-min and Kim Ho-sik, to build a Chinese-style "sassy girlfriend" comedy around Chinese settings.[6](https://www.chinanews.com/tp/news/2009/12-10/2011717.shtml) Filming began in [Guangzhou](https://www.edgepedia.org/guangzhou) in early January 2010, with reports giving January 4 or January 5 as the start date, and the cast was described as spanning mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.[7](https://m.tvmao.com/movie/KyEyaCg%3D) • [8](https://yule.sohu.com/20100105/n269388052.shtml) Screenwriter Choi Seok-min said the story would open in Korea and then unfold entirely in China, an arrangement he described as bridging the two films and showing that "sassy girlfriends" exist in China as well as Korea.[2](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E9%87%8E%E8%9B%AE%E5%A5%B3%E5%8F%8B2/6372717?fromModule=lemma_inlink)
Casting placed the "sassy girlfriend" role with Lynn Hung, a model known by then for the *Ip Man* films; the production framed her part as taking over [Jun Ji-hyun](https://www.edgepedia.org/jun-ji-hyun)'s "sassy girlfriend" role in an upgraded version, and the cast expanded from one central couple to two.[7](https://m.tvmao.com/movie/KyEyaCg%3D) • [8](https://yule.sohu.com/20100105/n269388052.shtml) Promotional material stressed that the film was "made in China" (中国制造) and a new story rather than a remake.[9](https://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2009-12-17/17482814135.shtml)
## Release and box office
The film opened in China on November 5, 2010, positioned as the film that opened that year's holiday-season (贺岁) slate, and was later released in South Korea on July 1, 2011.[2](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E9%87%8E%E8%9B%AE%E5%A5%B3%E5%8F%8B2/6372717?fromModule=lemma_inlink) • [10](https://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2010-10-21/11333120669.shtml) Its first two days in Chinese theaters earned more than 4 million yuan, and its first weekend took 8.64 million yuan, the best result among six new releases that weekend.[2](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E9%87%8E%E8%9B%AE%E5%A5%B3%E5%8F%8B2/6372717?fromModule=lemma_inlink) IMDb records a worldwide gross of $2,776,022.[1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1997605/) A North American DVD edition was released by Tai Seng Entertainment in 2011.[5](https://search.worldcat.org/title/2-My-sassy-girl-II/oclc/736002425)
## Reception
Audience response in China was strongly negative. Viewers criticized a fragmented plot and pervasive product placement, and some demanded refunds; director Joe Ma responded on Weibo that the advertising was "不合时宜" (inappropriate) and that his film had been "阉割" (castrated, that is, cut) by investors, who wanted a shorter runtime to squeeze in more screenings, while he wanted more time to tell the story.[11](https://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2010-11-26/13093159375.shtml) Douban users have rated the film 3.9 out of 10, and a widely read Douban review dismissed it as trading on the Korean original's name while the first film was nowhere in sight.[2](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E9%87%8E%E8%9B%AE%E5%A5%B3%E5%8F%8B2/6372717?fromModule=lemma_inlink) • [12](https://movie.douban.com/review/7231746/) Rotten Tomatoes lists no critic reviews and fewer than 50 audience ratings.[13](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/my_sassy_girl_2) A 2016 Beijing News commentary later described it as a "knockoff" (山寨版) sequel that had already damaged the brand before the official follow-up arrived.[14](https://culture.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0428/c22219-28310838.html)
## Related films and title confusion
The title 我的野蛮女友2 has been attached to more than one production. The 2004 Korean film *Windstruck*, directed by *[My Sassy Girl](https://www.edgepedia.org/my-sassy-girl)*'s Kwak Jae-yong and starring Jun Ji-hyun and [Jang Hyuk](https://www.edgepedia.org/jang-hyuk), circulated in Chinese-language markets as 我的野蠻女友2：蠻風再現.[15](https://www.lstime.com.tw/movie/data/285) Separately, a Korean-Chinese sequel starring [Cha Tae-hyun](https://www.edgepedia.org/cha-tae-hyun) reprising his role opposite f(x) member Victoria (Song Qian) was reported in 2014 under the title 我的野蛮女友2, began shooting on September 29, 2014, in Korean and Chinese locations, and reached theaters as *My New Sassy Girl* (我的新野蛮女友) in 2016, where it too underperformed, taking only about 30 million yuan after opening in China.[16](https://world.kbs.co.kr/service/contents_view.htm?board_seq=244276&id=&lang=c&menu_cate=enternews) • [14](https://culture.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0428/c22219-28310838.html) IMDb lists *My New Sassy Girl* (2016) as the production followed by the 2010 film in its connections.[1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1997605/)
## References
1. [My Sassy Girl 2 (2010), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1997605/)
2. [我的野蛮女友2, 百度百科](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E9%87%8E%E8%9B%AE%E5%A5%B3%E5%8F%8B2/6372717?fromModule=lemma_inlink)
3. [My Sassy Girl 2, Moviefone](https://www.moviefone.com/movie/my-sassy-girl-2/4JXvyP6aqgqWqB0ZaT3rZ1/main/)
4. [Xianease magazine, November 2010 (film listing)](https://www.xianease.com/pdf/2010/November10.pdf)
5. [我的野蛮女友2 = My sassy girl II, WorldCat](https://search.worldcat.org/title/2-My-sassy-girl-II/oclc/736002425)
6. [电影《我的野蛮女友2》在北京宣布启动, 中国新闻网 (2009)](https://www.chinanews.com/tp/news/2009/12-10/2011717.shtml)
7. [我的野蛮女友2剧情介绍, 电视猫](https://m.tvmao.com/movie/KyEyaCg%3D)
8. [马伟豪新片刮野蛮风暴 中国版《野蛮女友》开机, 搜狐娱乐 (2010)](https://yule.sohu.com/20100105/n269388052.shtml)
9. [《我的野蛮女友2》中国制造 不是翻拍是升级, 新浪娱乐 (2009)](https://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2009-12-17/17482814135.shtml)
10. [立威廉喜欢"野蛮女友"熊黛琳 遭黄宗泽插足, 新浪娱乐/扬子晚报 (2010)](https://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2010-10-21/11333120669.shtml)
11. [投资方为利益删减影片 小成本电影难逃悲剧命运, 新浪娱乐/上海青年报 (2010)](https://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2010-11-26/13093159375.shtml)
12. [差评（我的野蛮女友2）影评, 豆瓣 (2014)](https://movie.douban.com/review/7231746/)
13. [My Sassy Girl 2, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/my_sassy_girl_2)
14. [《我的新野蛮女友》票房遭遇滑铁卢, 人民网/北京日报 (2016)](https://culture.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0428/c22219-28310838.html)
15. [我的野蠻女友2：蠻風再現 (Windstruck), LS TIME 龍祥時代電影台](https://www.lstime.com.tw/movie/data/285)
16. [车太贤谈及《我的野蛮女友2》, KBS WORLD Chinese (2014)](https://world.kbs.co.kr/service/contents_view.htm?board_seq=244276&id=&lang=c&menu_cate=enternews)
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