Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

The acting in this movie is really good.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Warriors of Virtue (1997):Dir: Ronny Yu / Cast: Angus MacFadgen, Mario Yedidia, Marley Shelton, Jack Tate, Doug Jones: Represents the doing of good and prevention of evil but its violence is aimed at those poor folks who enjoyed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Both films resemble each other tremendously with the exception that this junk never caught on. That is due largely in part that this is eye candy crap. Children attending were introduced to such terms as "sh*t happens." A boy is sucked into a strange world and encounters the warriors of virtue. They resemble kangaroos and each gain power from nature via earth, wood, metal, fire, and water. Trained by their master to protect their village but the kid obtains a book that can render total power to the enemy. Overburdened with flaws including no plot. The violence is over the top and glorified to the delight of its young viewers. Director Ronny Yu is backed by fine production but the cast overact horribly. Among those who were suckered into starring in this crap are Angus MacFadgen, Mario Yedidia, Marley Shelton, Doug Jones, and Jack Tate. They provide no personalities to these kangaroo looking creatures and it is likely that their contribution will go unnoticed. The Ninja Turtles are slightly more entertaining and have personalities where these creatures do not. The result is a big pointless mess containing no virtue. Score: 2 / 10

First of all, yes it seemed to be one of the knock off attempts, of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but The Warriors of Virtue was not the first to take from TMNT, anyone remember Street Sharks? Also I seen other reviews all over the web mention clichés...... what kids action movie does not have cliché lines? It comes with the territory. Yes it gives a lot of reference to Taoist (Daoist) philosophy, that could be confusing to a foreign ethnicity and youth. Yet, would you rather them give a detailed account of the Tao belief system or just reference? How much reference was made to Asian martial arts philosophy in TMNT? The script was lacking, but the scenery, costumes, martial arts, cinematography and ideology of the film carried the story where the script failed. Not many children's movies with bad scripting can come close. It is obvious where the money went, when you actually look at the action scenes, costume and set design. Imagine how many "roo" costume repairs and adjustments were made because of the action scenes.So lets take a closer look at the screenplay writers, shall we? Michael Vickerman and Hugh Kelley, both of them never wrote a screenplay before Warriors of Virtue and none of the films they are known for on IMDb have ratings that even go above 6.0 and most are below a 5.0, the lowest being Michael Vickerman's The Wicked with a 3.7/10. I think that may answer the issues with the script. So I give it a 9, I would give a ten had the script not been written by inexperienced and dull writers, who still have not improved much, with very little under their belt even today, 17 years later.

So many people are saying that this movie is not worth their time. I am a movie fanatic, and this movie is a perfect movie for people of all ages. It is similar to the Dark Crystal, and many others like it. But what makes this one different is that actual little kids or people with disabilities that have never fit in with the crowd can watch this movie and get some confidence from it. I sure that we all need something or other to show us that we're all right for who we are and maybe that the real message this movie was sending. Go on and think that this movie is horrible, but no matter what I'll show it to my kid and my grandkids, because I enjoyed this movie.

I first saw this movie many years ago. It thoroughly bored me, as starting about 25 minutes into it, I could predict what would happen at almost every turn.Well, I read a few of the favorable reviews of this movie here at imdb and decided to give it another chance. Would it be better second time around?Nope. Stopped watching about 40 minutes into it and tuned in Pokemon instead.Rating: 4 out of 10.