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Warriors of Virtue

Play trailer Poster for Warriors of Virtue PG Released May 2, 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.

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Globe and Mail Rated: 2/4 Apr 12, 2002 Full Review Susan Stark Detroit News Rated: 2/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times The movie looks better than it plays and gets rather tiresome. Rated: 2/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Rob Nelson Boston Phoenix Only one element remains clearly traceable to Hong Kong cinema: The titular warriors are badly dubbed. Sep 5, 2009 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 22, 2005 Full Review Gregory Weinkauf ÜberCiné Enchantingly peculiar, and Angus MacFadyen is hilarious. Rated: 3/5 Aug 12, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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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
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)