Why do films concerning magical beings protecting forests (“FernGully: The Last Rainforest” and “The Lorax”) always make people cutting them down out to be evil people and become overly preachy? Forests are great and films can showcase that but this film and the two others I mentioned just become more about attacking logging companies than anything else, let’s face the fact that we need wood for things (pencils, toilet paper etc…).

Several unremarkable children find out that their local forest is destined for destruction and try to stop the bad guys using tactics clearly taken out of the “Home Alone” series; however that won’t be enough so they get the help of ‘Forest Warrior’ McKenna (Chuck Norris “Code of Silence”, “The Expendables 2”).

Chuck Norris isn’t a good actor but here is the only one that is manages to amount to half-decent. He’s obviously skilled in karate but the film tries to keep this from us by editing the fight scenes so badly (probably in an attempt to downgrade the violence) that it becomes unwatchable. I have nothing wrong with cutting out blood and things like that but editing things this poorly just makes it awful. I like how Mr. Norris stops a chainsaw with his bare hand, a very funny moment. The other characters are very two-dimensional indeed.

“Forest Warrior” features very bland action scenes, some weak characters and an overly preachy nature; it’s another ego trip for Chuck Norris and while it isn’t as bad as his film “Sidekicks” (arguably one of the worst films ever made) it is just plain bad. The footage of the wildlife is so insanely boring that you’re a million times better off watching a random documentary off tv or just going into the woods yourself. The film looks like it was made on a very small budget (I’m not convinced it looks suited for anything more than a television film) and all-round is boring.