Half-wits would look at "Warriors Of Virtue" and wonder just where in hell the money went. It certainly wasn't spent on developing a narrative that makes any sense, three-dimensional characters, professional acting, staging, or direction. "Warriors" was pre-CGI, so I can accept that the special effects work was corny, but...kangaroos?

Warriors of Virtue is a 1997 Chinese-American martial arts fantasy film directed by Ronny Yu and starring Angus Macfadyen, Mario Yedidia, and Marley Shelton. It was released in English, Mandarin and Cantonese -language versions.

Warriors of Virtue (1997) - Rotten Tomatoes Wanting to be one of the guys, lonely, awkward football-team waterboy Ryan Jeffers ignores his leg brace and attempts to jump a whirlpool. He misses and...

Featuring incredible special effects, thrilling martial-arts action and nonstop adventure, Warriors of Virtue is a dazzling film and "excellent family entertainment" (Paul Wunder, WBAI)! The journey begins when young Ryan (Mario Yedidia), a typical teen, is swept into very unusual circumstances.

Directed by Michael Vickerman. With Kevin Smith, Nathan Phillips, Nina Liu, Shedrack Anderson III. Ryan and Chucky are taken to the parallel universe of Tao, where the they learn to become Warriors of Virtue.

"Warriors of Virtue'' is ambitious in its production, if not especially original. Its set design is by Eugenio Zanetti, who won an Oscar for "Restoration,'' and he does a good job of creating a forest planet with towering trees and an Evergladeslike landscape not unlike Yoda's setting in "The Empire Strikes Back.''

Despite that little detail, 1997's Warriors of Virtue takes itself very seriously, a strait-laced, by-the-book martial arts film for kids directed by Ronny Yu (his first English-language film).

WARRIORS OF VIRTUE - A HILARIOUSLY BAD FANTASY MOVIE - At Double Toasted, we do funny movie reviews and today we review an old movie called WARRIORS OF VIRTUE. In this funny video, we take a brief...