It’s then that they engage in skirmish after skirmish with the barbarian horde, including a scene where Bautista’s right hand man – the imposing actor Zha Ka, whom you may recognize from Police Story: Lockdownand The Taking of Tiger Mountain – transforms into a computer-generated giant.
Along the way, Jack and Chao are briefly waylaid by a black-garbed witch (played by Kara Hui of My Young Auntie fame), but mostly their journey involves male bonding and brief martial arts training before they confront Bautista and his armada. Aided by Mark Chao and an eccentric wizard portrayed by Hong Kong stalwart Francis Ng, Jack has to summon his inner courage and rescue the Princess before she becomes Bautista’s bride-to-be.Īnd that’s about it. In our world, Jack and the Princess spend some time gallivanting around a Canadian mall, eating ice cream and developing a crush on one another, when the Princess is kidnapped and taken back to her own land by a fierce barbarian ( Kickboxer: Vengeance’sDave Bautista). He’s drafted by Mark Chao’s soldier to help protect a Princess, played by the perfectly charming actress Ni Ni. The story follows teenage Jack (Uriah Shelton), who – in a Gamer-esque wrinkle – is mistaken by the residents of another realm as a powerful warrior because he happens to be good at video games. In comparison, The Forbidden Kingdom crossed an impressive $127 million back in 2008. But did Warrior’s Gate deserve such a dismal fate? Thanks entirely to the Chinese box office, Enter the Warrior’s Gate grossed a measly $3.2 million, while in North America it’s more or less been delivered straight to Netflix.
Made on a budget of about $48 million, and shot in British Columbia as well as China’s Hengdian World Studios (the largest film studio in the world), the movie landed at the box office with a resounding thud. The film represent the first real French-Chinese collaborative production for Besson, who has long had a fascination with Chinese action cinema. But it’s also the plot of last year’s Enter the Warrior’s Gate, which is undeniably writer/producer Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen’s take on the same basic premise. If you think I’m describing the plot of 2008’s Jackie Chan and Jet Li team-up The Forbidden Kingdom, you’d be right.
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a meek and bullied young Anglo kid finds himself transported to a distant world of Chinese mysticism and martial arts, where he teams with a band of powerful warriors who teach him how to stand up for himself. Jack will need all of his gaming skills as he battles to defeat the barbarian, protect a beautiful princess, and somehow find his way back home.Įnter the Warriors Gate will be released onMay 5, 2017.“Enter the Warrior’s Gate” Chinese Theatrical PosterĬast: Mark Chao, Ni Ni, Uriah Shelton, Dave Bautista, Francis Ng, Sienna Guillory, Ron Smoorenburg, Dakota Daulby, Kara Hui, Dakota Daulby, Zha Ka After a mysterious chest opens a gateway through time, teen gamer Jack (Uriah Shelton) is transported to an ancient empire terrorized by a cruel barbarian king (former WWE superstar Dave Bautista). Epic fantasy-adventure meets martial arts action in this thrilling film written by Luc Besson & Robert Mark Kamen. The film also stars Mark Chao, Dave Bautista, Ni Ni, Francis Ng, and Sienna Guillory. Warriors Gate was co-written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark who have worked on the Taken and Transporter franchises.
It's not hard to see the similarities, but the movie still looks like it could be silly fun.
In The Forbidden Kingdom, a teenager, who is a huge fan of Hong Kong cinema and old kung-fu movies discovers the stick weapon of an ancient Chinese sage and warrior The magic relic transports him back in time, where he joins a band of legendary martial-artists on a quest to free the imprisoned man. There, he embarks on a journey to save a princess. The movie has the same feel and tone as a movie that you would've seen made in the 90s and it's definitely a rehash of the 2008 film The Forbidden Kingdom.Įnter the Warriors Gate centers on a teenage gamer from California, played by Uriah Shelton, who is magically transported to China where he must learn to convert his video game skills into those of a Kung Fu warrior. We've got a new trailer for the cheesy looking martial arts fantasy-adventure martial arts film Enter The Warriors Gate.