Not many people saw The Warrior's Way when it was released in theaters last weekend. Last night, at my evening screening, there were only two other people in the entire theater other than my brother and myself. Every so often a great movie comes out that no one goes to see (Scott Pilgrm!!) - this I can confidently tell you is not one of them. This boring, silly, disjointed east-meets-west action flick deserves the place it will earn in obscurity. The oddly put together cast includes Academy Award Winner Geoffrey Rush, who should fire his agent for even letting him entertain the idea of playing a bit-rate drunk character. Kate Bosworth (who is know for her role in Superman Returns) plays a whiny-heroine type who gets the help from the token Asian martial arts master played by Dong-gun Jang. The overly layered plot is never fully developed, and the same can be said for most of the characters. At the heart of the movie, the message is that you should protect the ones you love, no matter who they are. That's nice and all, but the story is just not worth telling in the first place. There are too many villains, too many creeps, and too many death sequences where the music kicks in like we are supposed to care more than we do.
The only people whose hard work paid off in this movie are the set designers and the cinematographer's. Every scene looked excellent, and it's part of the reason I wanted to see the movie in the first place. Overall though, this movie would earn a 3.5 out of 10.
Family Take: The R rating is warranted for tons of blood - though most of it is over the top and powdery. There is also some sexual content discussed, but never seen on screen.
If You Like The Warrior's Way Try: If you like this, you'll love the now classic Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon which is the film that started the modern martial arts movie trend in America. It's exceptional.
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