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. Not only must he find a way to survive a fter suddenly finding himself into a whole new world, he must also find a way to defeat the menacing king, protect the princess, and ultimately find his way back home.Ĭheck out all the drama and action in the new trailer starring Mark Chao, Ni Ni, and Bautista.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. In this first trailer for Enter the Warriors Gate, written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen, we see how teen gamer Jack (Uriah Shelton) is magically transported from his ordinary adolescent life in the modern-day burbs to an ancient Chinese empire where he learns to convert his video game skills into those of a Kung Fu warrior. SEE ALSO: Animal Instinct: Bautista Is On Another Level Throw in former WWE superstar and M&F cover model Dave Bautista, and you’ve also got yourself a badass barbarian who is bound to be responsible for some serious carnage. What hapens when fantasy adventure collides with martial arts action? You get one action-packed thriller, loaded with epic clashes between good and evil.
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