skip this one looks like china is turning its focus on to fantasy land for boy gamersIt just ruins the ancient china aspect of it. Any time you see people who were obviously not in Ancient China, it just turns into a scifi movie and it becomes absolutely classless. Trash to say the least.

A teenager is magically transported to China and learns to convert his video game skills into those of a Kung Fu warrior. Enter The Warrior's Gate or also known as Warrior's Gate is a 2016 Action, Adventure and Fantasy Film starring Dave Bautista and Sienna Guillory. From what i have seen so far about this film hardly anyone talks about it plus it got mixed reviews so far and it's getting it's release on the US soon the movie of course was released way sooner here in my Country around February 2nd and it just came out on DVD so i rent the film to see it and judge it on my own and personally i really liked this movie a lot. First of all it's indeed a copy paste of The Forbidden Kingdom the 2008 film starring Jackie Chan and Jet Li of course that doesn't mean that the movie is bad besides we live in a world where everything is not original and we get many reboots, sequels, prequels and requels everyday so that doesn't surprise me a lot. The performances are quite good with Ni Ni who plays Su Lin stealing the show for the most part, Batista as Arun is also pretty good and he makes a far better villain in here than he did in Kickboxer, Guillory who plays Annie our main protagonist mother is in the film for a short time but she is quite good as well and it's good that Sienna still stars in movies from time to time also Mark Chao plays Zhoo and he is the badass character of the movie as for Uriah Shelton who plays Jack i really liked his character and as a Gamer myself he has my vote. The movie was also written by Luc Besson (The Fifth Element, Transporter, Taken) and for the most part the effects also looked good except the big Final Battle where a character turns into a Power Rangers villain and he looks really bad plus i wish the movie took place more in the Present day than the Past but overall i laughed a lot and the action was really cool plus the Opening was pretty EPIC it's not for everyone sure but don't listen to critics or some of the reviewers in here just judge it on your own interests.

The word on the street was that this was a riff on one of my all-time favorite films, Forbidden Kingdom 2008, so I could not resist checking it out.(Word to the wise, if you have not already seen FK, and you like MMA and/or Wushu and/or Fantasy and/or Adventure, check it out. FK has humble beginnings, features two of the greatest cinematic martial artists of all time - Jackie Chan and Jet Li -- a killer script, great scenery, and solid performances. Some reviewers, including this one, think it is one of the best of its kind ever done.) Let's start with what Warriors Gate was intended to be, and work from that.The production team clearly thought they would "improve" on FK by adding more "teen humor." Presumably they also felt this would more than compensate for the film's considerably lighter "feel" and the awkward void formed by not having ANY famous film martial artists at all.Also, Forbidden Kingdom had a certain edge of malice and unpredictability in the script which, oddly, only increased its impact and its fan base. This film lacks those features as well and, on its best day in its best suit, comes across more as "Forbidden Kingdom Lite," or perhaps even a Disney knockoff of the original.Which is not to say it is not worth a watch. A lot of effort was put into the humor aspect (as explained above) and this does keep things moving along.(For example -- if you are film buff, you will remember fondly the famous tag line from Airplane 1980 - "Don't call me Shirley" which became a sort of iconic inside joke for years afterwards. This script contains a number of attempts to mimic that sort of dialog, my favorite being -- "KILL HIM! -- slashing noise -- "NO, NOT HIM. HIM.") Bottom Line: One hour and 45 minutes of reasonable entertainment. However, it suffers from the "curse" common to all knock-offs. Unless you see the original, you will never know what you are missing.

Thoroughly enjoyable, this action comedy has just the right blend of East and West. When Luc Besson is involved you know the story is going to be entertaining. The dialog is funny even laugh out loud funny and the story is well written and structured with a funny part in the mall and home then the Chinese adventure and then a proper conclusion back home. It avoids the silliness of some Jackie Chan movies and the repetitive martial arts of some other crossover movies. The characters all have good lines and action even the Arun the Cruel. The scenery is pretty with an on location heart of China feel.Acting is above average for this kind of movie. The main protagonist Jack played by Uriah Shelton is quite likable as the bullied video game geek who gets involved in an adventure in China. Chinese actress Ni Ni is pretty and acts well in the comic parts. Her English diction is good. Taiwanese actor Mark Chao is a convincing warrior Zhao.Well done - the best of this kind of English speaking Asian action comedy so far.