Cast of the warriors gate4/25/2023 A meek teenager who is habitually bullied is suddenly thrust into the middle of a grand adventure where he must beat the bad guys and save the girl despite lacking skills and being unfamiliar with the world. It does, however, play the Mary Sue (or Marty Stu) trope painfully straight. Thankfully, The Warrior’s Gate doesn’t take itself too seriously at all, and several jokes land. There’s a BMX bike chase scene straight out of the 90s and our hero has a rotund, bespectacled best friend who says “bro” a lot. It also feels horribly dated, as if the filmmakers are scrambling about wondering “this is what kids these days like, isn’t it?” The production notes refer to The Warrior’s Gate as “an action-packed adventure film with martial arts derring-do, seen through the eyes of a Gen Z video gamer and set to a hip-hop breakdance beat.” Excuse us while we roll our eyes. It’s a bog-standard coming-of-age hero’s journey story, combined with fish out of water hijinks. The Warrior’s Gate comes off as an extremely tired enterprise. EuropaCorp’s head honcho Luc Besson produced the film and co-wrote the screenplay with long-time collaborator Robert Mark Kamen. The Warrior’s Gate is a co-production between France’s EuropaCorp and China’s Fundamental Films. Standing alongside Zhao and with the help of the wizard Wu (Ng), Jack must rescue Sulin from the clutches of the ruthless Barbarian king Arun the Cruel (Bautista). When Sulin is abducted by barbarians, Jack leaps into the chest after her, and is transported to ancient China. Zhao gives Jack the mission of protecting the princess. One night, the warrior Zhao (Chao) and Princess Sulin (Ni) emerge from the chest through a portal called ‘the Warrior’s Gate’ into Jack’s bedroom. Chang (Mah), who entrusts Jack with a priceless chest. Jack works part-time for antiques dealer Mr. His single mother Annie (Guillory) is struggling to make ends meet, and their house will soon be foreclosed on. Jack Bronson (Shelton) spends most of his time engrossed in an online game, taking on the persona of a fearsome warrior called the Black Knight. ![]() The script seems to be missing key explanations in several areas, and also the direction/editing in other places makes it hard to follow what is happening.Cast : Uriah Shelton, Mark Chao, Ni Ni, Dave Bautista, Henry Mah, Francis Ng, Sienna Guillory, Kara WaiĪn ancient Chinese kingdom is under threat, and only one person can save the land: an American teen gamer from the year 2015. The main problem with the movie, however, is that its storytelling style is often not very clear. It's more humorous this time around, though quite frankly I found most of the humor to be juvenile and embarrassing. The whole "American kid transported to a fantasy land" angle has already been done to death, and this telling doesn't really have many new ideas to add some freshness. I could have overlooked that fact had the movie compensated in other areas, but the movie falls short in some key areas. Quite often the enterprise doesn't have the "oomph" of a major Hollywood studio production it's not seriously cheap-looking, but all the same it's missing something many times. However, no Hollywood studio was apparently willing to release the end results to American theaters, and it's pretty clear why. It's pretty obvious that the makers of this French-Chinese co-production were really trying hard to make this movie appealing to major Hollywood studios, what with most of the dialogue being in English, the casting of David Bautista in a key role, and the hero being an American youth. Reviewed by Wizard-8 3 / 10 Keep this gate closed Well done - the best of this kind of English speaking Asian action comedy so far. ![]() Taiwanese actor Mark Chao is a convincing warrior Zhao. Chinese actress Ni Ni is pretty and acts well in the comic parts. The main protagonist Jack played by Uriah Shelton is quite likable as the bullied video game geek who gets involved in an adventure in China. The scenery is pretty with an on location heart of China feel.Īcting is above average for this kind of movie. The characters all have good lines and action even the Arun the Cruel. It avoids the silliness of some Jackie Chan movies and the repetitive martial arts of some other crossover movies. The dialog is funny even laugh out loud funny and the story is well written and structured with a funny part in the mall and home then the Chinese adventure and then a proper conclusion back home. When Luc Besson is involved you know the story is going to be entertaining. Thoroughly enjoyable, this action comedy has just the right blend of East and West. Reviewed by phd_travel 9 / 10 Funny and entertaining - the best of this kind of movie yet
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