ENTER THE WARRIORS GATE MOVIE

He hits the self-centered teenager role well, which means he spouts off catchphrases from the late 1990s and generally doesn’t do much until the finale when he fumbles into his destiny because the story says he has to. Lead Uriah Shelton as Jack is one of the misses as he’s completely inappropriate for this film. The mix of fantasy into the proceedings doesn’t distract either as the inclusions of wizardry and giantism in some of the vengeful hordes coming after him, yet on the whole it just continues to showcase the rather chaotic nature more than anything.įrankly, the cast is hit-or-miss but still come off wholly competent. The final battle between Jack and Arun is clumsy in that we expect this scrawny, scrappy kid with minimal training to stand a chance against this hulking, imposing warrior but it’s to be expected and doesn’t detract from this one too much. From the battle with the thugs in his house to the numerous charges across the battlefield, to the fantastic escape from the compound which utilizes plenty of wire-works, multiple performer brawls and some stellar stunt-work from action director Chi Wah Ling really sell the scene. Granted a cast of capable performers on the Chinese side, the epic battles that take place in the film are fun and enjoyable. With Steven McMichael’s fluid choreography, these battle scenes are incredibly fun.

ENTER THE WARRIORS GATE MOVIE

Overall, the movie just feels aimed at too many different groups that it never seeks to develop it’s own sensibility.Īlthough merely decent, one of its few strengths is the martial arts action.

Most of them are completely anachronistic and seem included only to serve the commercialized aspect of ‘Warriors Gate.’ With Besson and Kamen’s script keeping things moving along at a fine clip, it’s sometimes hard to overlook these issues as the film is quite rapid-fire in it’s pacing, yet these flaws are still present. The modern-day teachings and customs should’ve brought more comedic flair, but instead serve only to grow irritation in the viewer.

The inclusion of the video-game persona and an influx of modern slang included amongst old-school wire-works, witchcraft and epic fantasy create several problems.

The main issue is the film’s wildly uneven tone, which really throws way too many elements into the mix. When she becomes captured by the barbarian Arun ( Dave Bautista, from ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’) and whisked back to her time-period, he goes back to help save her and learns that his skills with video games enable him to help himself as well as save the day.ĭespite the intriguing storyline here, this one does have its faults. Suddenly, he finds himself entrusted with guarding Su Lin ( Ni Ni, from ‘The Flowers of War’) a princess from ancient China by Zhao ( Mark Chao, from ‘Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon’), her companion. Living in modern American, teenager Jack (Uriah Shelton, from TV’s ‘Girl Meets World’) loves video games and spends the majority of his time playing games or working for his boss Chang (Francis Ng, ‘Gen-X Cops’) when not running from bullies. A true multinational co-production between France, China and Cambodia, director Matthias Hoene’s ‘ Enter the Warriors Gate’ emerges as a decent enough fantasy/action epic from the writing/producing duo of Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen.

With numerous adaptations and plotlines over the years, the modern usage of video games on film has had some great life that sees another new entry come together in this new installment.

Enter the warriors gate