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Warriors of Virtue

Play trailer Poster for Warriors of Virtue PG 1997 1h 41m Kids & Family Fantasy Play Trailer Watchlist
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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.

Critics Reviews

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Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle 01/01/2000
0/5
It sounds ridiculous and, rest assured, it is. Go to Full Review
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 01/01/2000
2/4
The movie looks better than it plays and gets rather tiresome. Go to Full Review
Rob Nelson Boston Phoenix 09/05/2009
Only one element remains clearly traceable to Hong Kong cinema: The titular warriors are badly dubbed. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 08/22/2005
2/5
Gregory Weinkauf ÜberCiné 08/12/2005
3/5
Enchantingly peculiar, and Angus MacFadyen is hilarious. Go to Full Review
Wade Major Boxoffice Magazine 06/05/2002
Warriors of Virtue could be the most impressive Hollywood debut yet for a Hong Kong director, although lackluster writing and a needlessly muddled storyline somewhat tarnish the effort. Go to Full Review
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Kelsey G. @vampwolf2528 Nov 13 May have not been the best movie but the morals and story were there and I loved watching this as a kid!!! Another classic for me! Thank u! See more Deepest Bluest Suede Darius Dick Stinger Apini Emanuel Grouch Nukem III AKA The Rumble AKA Jennyanyany McPoopface Bridgerton AKA The Count of Monte Fisto May 1 Not enjoyable if you're a day over the age of 7. See more Helen P 01/29/2023 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. See more Cyrus K @Keyflame626 11/22/2022 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! See more 01/08/2021 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. See more 07/23/2020 I saw this in theaters as a child and rewatch it every year or two. The action sequences are fun to watch, the Kung Fu kangaroos are awesome, the plot is cheesy, and the acting is good in places. This shouldn't win any awards but should be a cult classic. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

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
Yoram Barzilai, Lyle Howry, Chris Law, Dennis Law, Jeremy Law, Ron Law, Patricia Ruben
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)