Warriors of Virtue

PG

Released May 2, 1997

1h 41m

Kids & Family

Fantasy

List

18%

11 Reviews

Tomatometer

47%

5,000+ Ratings

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Lame in one leg, Ryan Jeffers (Mario Yedidia) has few friends in his high school and spends most of his time with Chinese restaurant chef Ming (Dennis Dun), who gives him the Book of Tao. When he is goaded by the football team into a dangerous ceremony, Ryan falls into a whirlpool and emerges in the magical land of Tao. His leg fully healed, he is led to Master Chung (Chao-Li-Chi), whose heroic warriors battle against greedy Lord Komodo (Angus Macfadyen). Ryan joins their fight.

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Bracyn B

I thought for the time the special effects were not the worst and it is more of a kids film but overall not the worst I've seen by far

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/14/23

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Monsol E

This would have been a bland, but fun movie, but the screwy frame-rate in the big fights ruins the whole thing. The effects and stunts are great, but you're gonna get motion-sick.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Helen P

I read "kangaroo warriors" and naturally assumed this film would be an embarrassing, hilariously terrible time...I was half right, but also half wrong. Despite the patchy pacing and absolutely bizarre concept, it holds together well enough that I wanted to see how it all played out. Decently endearing child actors, genuinely impressive fantasy-world setpieces and some frankly artful action shots had me raising my brows in pleasant surprise. Yes, I laughed hard at the uncanny-valley makeup of those weird humanoid Kangaroo characters and the incredibly lame slapstick moments but honestly, I say give it a go. At the very least you'll have something to talk about with your mates afterwards.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Cyrus K

So you see the trailers or even the poster and think this movie will be epic right? Well kinda, it is especially good at being the most boring action movie. So this being incredibly boring is one pretty big problem so what else is there to complain about? Well the set's are overly dark, the acting is awful, the main character is completely useless, the kangaroo's have zero personality and are creepy, the plot is overly bland, it has so many cliche's, the plot twist is just ok, it's badly dubbed, it has several plot elements that you think would come into play but the movie just forgets about, some scenes are just incredibly pointless, the philosophy is shoved in, the villain is over the top bad, they mispronounce words several times, and the fact that instead of fighting they spend the majority of the time talking is just boring!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/22/22

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Richard S

They don't make them like this anymore. Alice in Wonderland for boys, the strength to overcome any obstacle. This movie may not be credited by today's youth, but ohhh does the nostalgia hit hard when I think of it. Washing dishes "Patience is a virtue" pops into my head and this overwhelming zen feeling hits me. The virtues portrayed by intensely well imaginative kangaroos. The life lessons still keep a rolling even to this day.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/26/22

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Audience Member

Nostalgic martial arts/action for a teenage audience. Brings back so many memories. For fans of the old Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films or Power Rangers films and series.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Ronnie Yu

Director

Angus Macfadyen

Komodo

Mario Yedidia

Ryan Jeffers

Marley Shelton

Elysia

Chao-Li Chi

Master Chung

Dennis Dun

Ming

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Rated: 2/4

Apr 12, 2002

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Susan Stark

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Rated: 2/4

Jan 1, 2000

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James Berardinelli

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Warriors of Virtue is a great title. Unfortunately, it's not a great movie.

Rated: 1.5/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Rob Nelson

Boston Phoenix

Only one element remains clearly traceable to Hong Kong cinema: The titular warriors are badly dubbed.

Sep 5, 2009

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 2/5

Aug 22, 2005

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Gregory Weinkauf

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Enchantingly peculiar, and Angus MacFadyen is hilarious.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 12, 2005

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Synopsis

Lame in one leg, Ryan Jeffers (Mario Yedidia) has few friends in his high school and spends most of his time with Chinese restaurant chef Ming (Dennis Dun), who gives him the Book of Tao. When he is goaded by the football team into a dangerous ceremony, Ryan falls into a whirlpool and emerges in the magical land of Tao. His leg fully healed, he is led to Master Chung (Chao-Li-Chi), whose heroic warriors battle against greedy Lord Komodo (Angus Macfadyen). Ryan joins their fight.

Director: Ronnie Yu
Producer: Joseph Law
Screenwriter: Hugh Kelley, Michael Vickerman
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: China Film Co-Production Corporation, Law Brothers Entertainment, IJL Creations
Rating: PG
Genre: Kids & Family, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 2, 1997, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 31, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $6.4M
Runtime: 1h 41m
Sound Mix: DTS, Surround
Aspect Ratio: 35mm, Scope (2.35:1)