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ChangвЂ™s magical ancient Chinese counterpart, Ng is the playful sorcerer with a twinkle in his eye. Miyagi вЂ“ the presence of that hoary archetype is to be expected, given that Kamen wrote the Karate Kid screenplay. Ni NiвЂ™s Sulin is the spoiled, feisty princess who spends the bulk of the film in captivity. Zhao teaches Jack martial arts and discipline Jack teaches Zhao to loosen up a little. You know the drill: Zhao thinks little of Jack, but the two eventually bond and learn from each other.

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Taiwanese-Canadian actor Chao, who starred in the TV series Black and White and its big-screen spin-off, does the stoic action hero thing well enough. ItвЂ™s the kind of role Shia LaBeouf wouldвЂ™ve gotten 15 years ago, and Shelton is frequently just about as annoying.

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Jack is meant to be a shut-in who gets lost in his video games, but his BMX skills are on par with a professional stunt rider and when we see Jack with his shirt off, dudeвЂ™s got abs. Somehow, an entire contingent of royal guards who have been trained since birth arenвЂ™t good enough to defend the kingdom: we need a modern-day millennial for that. Shelton, whom teen audiences might recognise from the Disney Channel sitcom Girl Meets World, play the designated white saviour. The WarriorвЂ™s Gate has nothing close to that. The Forbidden Kingdom boasted Jackie Chan and Jet Li going toe-to-toe on the big screen for the first time, in fights that were choreographed by Yuen Woo-Ping.

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In that film, it was a martial arts movie geek rather than a gamer who was pulled through a portal into ancient China, but most of the story beats are the same. The similarities between The WarriorвЂ™s Gate and 2009вЂ™s The Forbidden Kingdom are inescapable. A meek teenager who is habitually bullied is suddenly thrust into the middle of a grand adventure where he must beat the bad guys and save the girl despite lacking skills and being unfamiliar with the world. It does, however, play the Mary Sue (or Marty Stu) trope painfully straight. Thankfully, The WarriorвЂ™s Gate doesnвЂ™t take itself too seriously at all, and several jokes land. ThereвЂ™s a BMX bike chase scene straight out of the 90s and our hero has a rotund, bespectacled best friend who says вЂњbroвЂќ a lot.

It also feels horribly dated, as if the filmmakers are scrambling about wondering вЂњthis is what kids these days like, isnвЂ™t it?вЂќ The production notes refer to The WarriorвЂ™s Gate as вЂњan 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.вЂќ Excuse us while we roll our eyes. ItвЂ™s a bog-standard coming-of-age heroвЂ™s journey story, combined with fish out of water hijinks. The WarriorвЂ™s Gate comes off as an extremely tired enterprise. EuropaCorpвЂ™s head honcho Luc Besson produced the film and co-wrote the screenplay with long-time collaborator Robert Mark Kamen. The WarriorвЂ™s Gate is a co-production between FranceвЂ™s EuropaCorp and ChinaвЂ™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 вЂthe WarriorвЂ™s GateвЂ™ into JackвЂ™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. Cast : Uriah Shelton, Mark Chao, Ni Ni, Dave Bautista, Henry Mah, Francis Ng, Sienna Guillory, Kara WaiДЄn ancient Chinese kingdom is under threat, and only one person can save the land: an American teen gamer from the year 2015.

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