Action , adventure , romance , drama , heroes , heroines, tradition and martial arts blend in this attractive movie that belongs to Oriental genre. The Dark Knight, a great warrior in the world of video games, isn't doing well in real life: there he is simply Jack Bronson (Uriah Shelton) , a bullied teenager who works at Mr. Chang's shop. The teen lives with his Annie (Sienna Guillory) who has economic problems. One day, Mr. Chang gave him an object that has always belonged to his family. Accepting a gift from his Chinese-American boss, American teen Jack Bronson gains a portal to Ancient China, where he teams up with a royal bodyguard, Zhao (Mark Chao), to save a feisty martial-arts-trained princess called Sulin (Ni Ni) from an evil foe (Dave Bautista) and a forced marriage.
Luc Besson co-writes and produces this film, aimed at a young audience; it combines fantasy, action, adventure, and martial arts to tell the story of a young American-an expert video game fighter and a perfect victim in the real world-who finds himself magically transported to ancient China, where he must become a hero.
This charming film is packed with fights in Jackie Chan-style, fantasy, humor, magic, betrayal, great entertainment and lots of fun. A fantastic film including deadly confrontations and martial arts that satisfies on both accounts, concerning some heroes on a dangerous and long-awaited search for freedom, as well as enthrone the legitimate heiress to the throne.
This is the second film by director Matthias Hoene, following 'Cockneys vs Zombies (2012)' and he after made 'Little Bone Lodge (2023)'. Lavishly produced by Luc Besson, winner of the Cesar for best director for 'The Fifth Element', and the script is by Besson himself together with Robert Mark Kamen. Although professionally directed by Matthias Hoene, this film is clearly a work of Luc Besson, as evidenced by his usual trademarks and ordinary visual pyrotechnics, such as: unstoppable action, luxurious sets, exotic environments, peculiar romances and attractive dramas. Besson often features fully enclosed sets with no natural lighting and typically, during the opening-titles, the camera moves towards something important for the movie, but looks down until the important part of credits was shown, then swings up, now looking at a place or character. Luc often casts Jean Reno and music always by Eric Serra. Besson is the greatest producer and director from France with hits as ¨Leon¨ , ¨Joan of Arc¨ , ¨The fifth element¨ , the ¨Taxi¨ series , ¨Big blue¨ , ¨Lucy¨, ¨Malavita¨, "The lady¨,¨The extraordinary aventures of d'Adèle Blanc-Sec¨, "Arthur and the Minimois¨, ¨Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets ¨, ¨Anna¨ and , of course , ¨Nikita¨, among others . Rating 'Enter the Warrior Gate': 5.5/10 . Well worth watching . The pic will appeal to fantasy movies fans.
