5.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Comedy, Crime • 2025
A Cool Fish 2 (2025)
A Cool Fish 2 (2025)
Overview
A Cool Fish 2 is a 2025 Chinese crime comedy sequel directed by Xiaozhi Rao. Petty thief Chen Sanjin (Zhang Yu), brother of a Yiwu businessman, heads to Southeast Asia to expand the family business and prove himself. He teams up with sharp-tongued Xue Fangmei (Suxi Ren) amid chaotic misadventures. Binlong Pan co-stars.
Starring Cast
Zhang Yu • Suxi Ren • Binlong Pan
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Mixed
Viewer Rating
5.4
Overview
A Cool Fish 2 is a 2025 Chinese crime comedy sequel directed by Xiaozhi Rao. Petty thief Chen Sanjin (Zhang Yu), brother of a Yiwu businessman, heads to Southeast Asia to expand the family business and prove himself. He teams up with sharp-tongued Xue Fangmei (Suxi Ren) amid chaotic misadventures. Binlong Pan co-stars.
Starring Cast
Zhang Yu • Suxi Ren • Binlong Pan
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: Medium
The film's social commentary critiques snap judgments and moralizing in society and media, paired with themes of individual resilience amid economic and criminal chaos. This balanced exploration of personal flaws and growth avoids endorsing partisan ideologies.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: High
The movie features a Chinese cast in culturally appropriate roles without diverse recasting. Its story centers on humorous escapades abroad, emphasizing character flaws and redemption without addressing equity, inclusion, or identity critiques.
Secondary
Family Values: Mixed
Confidence: Medium
The film features peripheral sibling ties and a past romantic breakup but lacks substantive exploration of family units, roles, or values, resulting in a neutral portrayal.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
No LGBTQ+ characters or themes appear in the film. Plot revolves around a petty criminal and a sharp-tongued woman entangled in a kidnapping scheme in Bangkok, with no queer elements identified.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
No transgender characters or themes appear in the film. The story follows a businessman's misadventures in Southeast Asia amid economic and criminal chaos, without any elements related to transsexual identity.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Medium
A Cool Fish 2 introduces original characters like the male protagonist Chen Sanjin and female lead Xue Fangmei in a new story without adaptations, historical figures, or recasts altering established genders from prior works.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: Medium
A Cool Fish 2 features new characters in its story, with no prior canonical or historical racial establishments from source material or previous films. Lead roles are portrayed by Chinese actors matching the film's cultural context, resulting in no race swaps.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
5.0
5.7
Critic Ratings
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