Think “The Princess Bride” meets “The Last Starfighter. “Enter the Warriors Gate” mashes up an old-fashioned, family-friendly fantasy quest - more concerned with magic and high-flying stunts than blood-and-guts - with the tale of an idle youngster who discovers how to put his years of playing adventure games to good use. Uriah Shelton stars as Jack, a high school geek who comes into the possession of a mysterious box, which turns out to be a portal to a fantastical version of medieval Asia where a barbarian warrior (Dave Bautista) has abducted a princess (Ni Ni), leaving Jack and the royal’s protector (Mark Chao) to track her down. Zombies”) and co-screenwriter Robert Kamen (who previously worked with Besson on his “Transporter” and “Taken” series), the French impresario tells a story that encompasses ancient Chinese sword-and-sorcery, teen romance, hip-hop and video games. Working with director Matthias Hoene (best known for the cult hit “Cockneys vs. However, there are a few decent martial arts action sequences that are a bit fun to watch.Like a lot of Luc Besson productions, the international martial arts extravaganza “Enter the Warriors Gate” mostly just assembles multiple salable elements into a shiny package. The humor might appeal to the younger crowd, but adults will be rolling their eyes at how silly it is at times. Overall, despite a few plot holes, Enter The Warriors Gate is a fun, mindless entertainment that is neither good or bad. I would say the latter was done on purpose as a homage to the old martial art films (the ridiculous ones). With a screenplay written by Luc Besson and Robert Kamen, the film is a bit silly with campy dialogue, juvenile humor, and a lot of overacting from the cast. The plot involving a bullied teenager traveling to an ancient Chinese world might sound a bit familiar, as it's the exact same plot of the 2008 film Forbidden Kingdom starring Jackie Chan and Jet Li. The movie was released in China last year, where it flopped with moviegoers. Uriah Shelton ("Jack") and Su Lin ("Ni Ni") star in Lionsgate Home Entertainment's ENTER THE WARRIOR'S GATE.ĭave Bautista ("Arun") stars in Lionsgate Home Entertainment's ENTER THE WARRIOR'S GATE.įinal Thoughts: I'm guessing that I'm not the only one who has never even heard of Enter The Warriors Gate before it arrived on Blu-ray this week. ![]() ![]() Jack teams up with Zaho and a weird wizard (played by Francis Ng) in the hopes or rescuing the princess before she is forced to marry Arun the Cruel. Of course, young Jack chases the bad guys back through the chest and travels to an ancient empire. Thrown in to the brutal reality of Kung Fu combat with only his gaming skills to protect him, the fate of the princess. ![]() Not having any other choice, Jack agrees to protect (or more like babysitting) the princess.Īfter giving the princess a brief tour of our world, evil warriors travel through the chest and kidnaps the princess for their barbarian king, Arun the Cruel (played by Dave Bautista). Enter the Warriors Gate Trailer 1 (2017): Check out the new trailer starring Mark Chao, Ni Ni, and Dave Bautistar Be the first to watch, comment, and share. Believing Jack is a hero, Zhao assigns him the task of protecting Princess Su Lin. Matthias Hoene the film stars Mark Chao, Ni Ni, Uriah Shelton, Dave Bautista, Francis Ng, Sienna Guillory, Ron Smorrenburg, and Dakota Daulby.Įnter The Warriors Gate (also known just as The Warriors Gate) centers on a bullied teen gamer Jack (played by Uriah Shelton), who's accidentally mistaken as a warrior when a Zhao (played by Mark Chao) travels to our world through a magical wooden chest. Now available on Blu-ray + Digital HD from Lionsgate Home Entertainment is the Chinese-French action-fantasy-adventure film Enter The Warriors Gate.
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