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Warriors of Virtue: The Return to Tao

Warriors of Virtue: The Return to Tao
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Directed by Michael Vickerman
Produced by Bruce Gordon
Xiaowan Li
Tom Parkinson
Seth Willenson
Forrest Sloan Wright
Written by Kentucky Robinson
Story by Rex Piano
Dennis Law
Starring Kevin Smith
Nathan Phillips
Nina Liu
Shedrack Anderson III
Cinematography Zeng Nianping
Edited by Cindy Clarkson
Distributed by Miramax Films
Buena Vista Home Video
Release date
  • October 22, 2002 (2002-10-22) (United States)
Running time
93 min.
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 fantasy martial arts film, the straight-to-DVD sequel to the 1997 film Warriors of Virtue. This is the last film to star actor Kevin Smith, who died in February 2002 after falling from a prop tower.

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.

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 a ride back to his hotel, and after completing work on Warriors of Virtue 2, Smith decided to walk about the Central China Television film studio grounds, and climbed a prop tower in a set of another film, lost his footing and fell approximately three stories, severely injuring his head. He was taken to a hospital, then transferred to Beijing. He lapsed into a coma and was on life support for ten days, until it was discontinued. He died on February 15, 2002, without regaining consciousness.


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