It’s like half of it is good and the other half is questionable.
#ENTER THE WARRIORS GATE NETFLIX MOVIE#
I didn’t realize it at first, especially after watching this film five times, but now I see why this movie got 50% on Rotten Tomatoes. The summary goes as follows: “An avid gamer is magically transported to ancient China, where he must become a warrior in order to save the princess from an evil warlord.” Of course, given the synopsis it shows interest. Who wouldn’t want to watch this motion picture because of that name just out of curiosity? Unless it’s only me… But they call him “Arun the Cruel” for short. Apparently, Bautista’s movie was seen as a ripoff.Īnyway, Enter the Warriors Gate is a 2016 Chinese-French action-adventure-fantasy film that stars Bautista as the antagonist named Arun the Cruel, the Terrible, the Horrible, the Miserable. While reading Enter the Warriors Gate’s outline, it reminded me of another film I haven’t seen yet with a similar theme where a white boy is transported into ancient China, The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) is what it’s called. Bautista is one of the small amount of wrestlers who have done some acting like CM Punk, The Rock, John Cena, Paige, Roman Reigns, Big Show, The Miz and so on that I can recall. 8%! Ha! I almost fell off my bed wizzing. The second Escape Plan movie wasn’t so good according to Rotten Tomatoes. People know him best for his acting role as Drax the Destroyer from the Guardians of the Galaxy films and Trent DeRosa in Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018) as well as Escape Plan 3: The Extractors (2019). He began his brawling career back in 1999, participated in WWE events from 2002 to 2011, 2014 and one final run in 2018-19.
I think I laughed for a little bit.įor those who might not know, Dave Bautista is a former WWE wrestler turned actor. You could only guess the look of surprise on my face that day. I was on Netflix, venturing the screen to see what’s there when I suddenly found Enter the Warriors Gate and saw Dave Bautista’s name in the cast listing. (2000), Spycies (2019), Firedrake: The Silver Dragon (2020), Gen 13 (1998), Forever My Love (1962), Little Nemo (1992), Capture the Flag (2015), Justin and the Knights of Valour (2013), Babes in Toyland (1997), We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story (1993), Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985), the Dragon Nest films (2014 & 2016), Dinotopia (2005) to note a few.Įnter the Warriors Gate definitely counts as one or more of the categories said above. Here's the poster, which is clearly using Bautista as a major selling point: Enter the Warriors Gate hits theaters, On Demand, iTunes, and Amazon on May 5, 2017.I’ve noticed that I have a knack for finding hidden, semi-popular, well constructed, impressionable, cumbersome, liked, adored and/or arguable movie gems.Ī handful have summoned themselves in my brain over the last couple of days that fit these descriptions such as: Fire & Ice (1983), Help! I’m a Fish (2000), Tom Sawyer (2000), Wizards (1977), Rock & Rule (1983), Titan A.E. Bautista, Uriah Shelton ( 13 Reasons Why), Ni Ni ( The Flowers of War), Francis Ng ( Exiled, Infernal Affairs 2) and Mark Chao ( So Young, Monga) star. Matthias Hoene ( Cockneys vs Zombies) directed this film, which looks like a low-budget mix of The NeverEnding Story, Gamer, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny. This looks like it might end up being filed as "Exhibit B" next to Paramount's Ghost in the Shell adaptation in the case of Common Sense v Tone-Deaf Ideas of the Entertainment Industry. And especially not right now, with heated debates raging about things like Iron Fist and Netflix's upcoming Death Note adaptation. This level of cultural appropriation may have worked in the '90s, but we're in the middle of an important conversation about Asian representation in today's pop culture, and stuff like this is not a positive contribution.
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