Warriors of Virtue: The Return to Tao

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Warriors of Virtue: The Return to Tao

Directed by	Michael Vickerman
Written by	Kentucky Robinson
Story by	Rex Piano Dennis Law
Produced by	Bruce Gordon Xiaowan Li Tom Parkinson Seth Willenson Forrest Sloan Wright
Starring	Kevin Smith Nathan Phillips Nina Liu Shedrack Anderson III
Cinematography	Zeng Nianping
Edited by	Cindy Clarkson
Production company	Miramax Films
Distributed by	Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Release date	22 October 2002 (2002-10-22) (United States)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English

Warriors of Virtue: The Return to Tao (also known as simply Warriors of Virtue 2 or Warriors of Virtue 2: The Return to Tao) is a 2002 Australian fantasy martial arts film directed by Michael Vickerman and starring Kevin Smith, Nathan Phillips, Nina Liu, and Shedrack Anderson III. It is the straight-to-DVD sequel to the 1997 film Warriors of Virtue and was released by Buena Vista Home Entertainment under the Miramax Home Entertainment label.

Plot

Despite only a few years having passed in the real world, many decades have passed in Tao, the parallel universe from the first movie. The kangaroos have changed over the years, now appearing little different from normal humans, and a new villain, Dogon, seizes control of Tao from its young queen. Ryan Jeffers and his friend Chucky, now 16-year-old martial arts competitors in Beijing, find themselves unexpectedly transported to Tao where it is shown that they are to become Warriors of Virtue.

Cast

Nathan Phillips as Ryan Jeffers
Kevin Smith as Dogon
Nina Liu as Amythis
Shedrack Anderson III as Chucky
Shuntian Guan as Yun
Bao Cheng Li as Yee
Jiaolong Sun as Lai
Wei Wang as Chi / Yasbin
Ying Liang as Tsun
Brandon Lin as Quan
Wang Zhu as Remo
Fusen Chen as Matu
Marina as Keo
Weiguo Wang as Chieftain
Jeff Carrara as Coach

Production

Crawford Prods. produced the sequel with Lance Thompson of Film Brokers Intl. as co-producer. Dennis Law, Ron Law and Jeremy Law are exec producers on the project. The worldwide rights were picked up by International Film Group.^[1] Miramax Films acquired domestic and Canadian rights, excluding French-speaking Canada, to the film from the International Film Group (IFG).^[2] The Film was screened at the 2003 American Film Market.^[3] Had the film been successful, it would've served as a backdoor pilot for a proposed TV series.^[4]

Death of Kevin Tod Smith

The shooting was touched by misfortune when actor Kevin Smith died while visiting a film set in China. On February 6, 2002, while waiting for the car back to his motel, and after completing work on Warriors of Virtue 2, Smith decided to walk around the Central China Television film studio grounds, and climbed a flimsy prop tower in a set of another film, lost his footing and fell approximately three stories onto concrete. He was taken to a hospital, then transferred to Beijing. He lapsed into a coma and was on life support for 10 days, until it was ended. He died on February 15, 2002.

References

^ "IFG fights for 'Warriors' rights". 20 February 2002.
^ "Miramax takes 'Tao'". 2 October 2002.
^ "AFM Screenings". 19 February 2003.
^ "Everybody Wasn't Kung Fu Fighting". 6 April 2021.

External links

Warriors of Virtue: The Return to Tao at IMDb

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