Movie toys are often pretty awful representations of cool characters. They usually seem to be produced as an after-thought or a last minute marketing decision. Occasionally though, action figures can have a more significant presence than the originating film ever did. I feel that this is the case with toys produced for the 1997 Chinese-American Children's Action movie Warriors of Virtue. I was in college working at a video store when this movie was released and I remember it being very popular with kids. I never tried to watch it until recently (in preparation for this review in fact) and I just was not a fan. The movie seems to take elements from lots of different successful kid's properties (Neverending Story, Power Rangers, TMNT, etc) but blends them together in a cheesy, generic, too-much-going-on kind of way. The basic plot surrounds a young boy on Earth who is given a "magic manuscript" from the owner of a local Chinese restaurant - before long he's transported to the land of Tao where his adventures begin.
UNITING ALL WOMEN OF PLASTIC
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Monday, June 24, 2013
The Women of WARRIORS OF VIRTUE!
Movie toys are often pretty awful representations of cool characters. They usually seem to be produced as an after-thought or a last minute marketing decision. Occasionally though, action figures can have a more significant presence than the originating film ever did. I feel that this is the case with toys produced for the 1997 Chinese-American Children's Action movie Warriors of Virtue. I was in college working at a video store when this movie was released and I remember it being very popular with kids. I never tried to watch it until recently (in preparation for this review in fact) and I just was not a fan. The movie seems to take elements from lots of different successful kid's properties (Neverending Story, Power Rangers, TMNT, etc) but blends them together in a cheesy, generic, too-much-going-on kind of way. The basic plot surrounds a young boy on Earth who is given a "magic manuscript" from the owner of a local Chinese restaurant - before long he's transported to the land of Tao where his adventures begin.
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