![]() ![]() ![]() Late one night, Jack is visited by Zhao (Mark Chao), an ancient Chinese warrior who’s used the basket to bring Su Lin (Ni Ni) to safety, putting the boy in charge of a valuable princess about to married off to barbarian king Arun (Dave Bautista). Most of the scenes with Dave Bautista were great, which sounds weird if I read that aloud but yet it's somehow true. It stars one of his all time favorite wrestlers. The plot shares numerous similarities with the Forbidden Kingdom, and has plenty of predictable moments, but it also has enough humorous moments to know it's not taking itself too seriously. This is the movie my brother in law, couldn't stop talking about. Jack will need all of his gaming skills as he battles to defeat the barbarian, protect a beautiful princess, and somehow find his way back home. After a mysterious chest opens a gateway through time, teen gamer Jack (Uriah Shelton) is transported to an ancient empire terrorized by a cruel barbarian king (former WWE Superstar Dave Bautista). However, there are a few decent martial arts action sequences that are a bit fun to watch.Epic fantasy adventure meets martial arts action in this thrilling film written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. 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. 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). 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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