Ryan Jeffers (Mario Yedidia) is a typical teenager who wants to be the like the sports jocks, but feels inhibited by his leg brace. He lives vicariously through mystical martial arts stories told...

Ryan Jeffers (Mario Yedidia) is a typical teenager who wants to be the like the sports jocks, but feels inhibited by his leg brace. He lives vicariously through mystical martial arts stories told to him by Ming, a Chinese restaurant chef who gives him an ancient manuscript to live by. Ryan dreams of wild adventures and when the cool kids in his school challenge him to cross over a dangerous whirlpool in the sewers, he gets his chance as he falls in and finds himself in another world. There he meets Elysia (Marley Shelton), who informs him that he's been transported to the land of Tao, where the evil warlord Komodo (Angus Macfadyen), is draining their all important "lifesprings" to keep himself young. With just one lifespring left, the survival of their world is in doubt, but the inhabitants are protected by Master Chung (Chao-Li Chi, voiced by Mina E. Mina) and his Warriors of Virtue. These "Roo Warriors," or Rooz, are kangaroo-like creatures and they harness their power from nature. The group includes Yun: virtue of benevolence and the force of water, Yee: virtue of righteousness and the strength of metal, Lai: virtue of order and the stability of wood, Chi: virtue of wisdom and the power of fire, and Tsun: virtue of loyalty and the security of Earth. Since Ryan is the only one who can read the ancient manuscript, Komodo tries to capture him to unleash its powerful secrets which will lead him to invade Earth. The Rooz must defend Ryan and their lifesprings while preventing Komodo from finding a way to Earth.