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title: 'Way of the Warrior Kid - Official Trailer (2026) Chris Pratt, Jocko Willink, Linda Cardellini'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=Hla1dljrJM8'
video_id: 'Hla1dljrJM8'
date: 2026-10-27
duration_sec: 138
channel: 'IGN'
---

# Way of the Warrior Kid - Official Trailer (2026) Chris Pratt, Jocko Willink, Linda Cardellini

> Source: [Way of the Warrior Kid - Official Trailer (2026) Chris Pratt, Jocko Willink, Linda Cardellini](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Hla1dljrJM8)

## Summary

The transcript is the official trailer for the 2026 film 'Way of the Warrior Kid,' featuring Chris Pratt, Jocko Willink, and Linda Cardellini. It depicts a young boy being bullied at school who asks his uncle, a soldier, to teach him how to fight. The uncle instead teaches him self-respect, mental toughness, and the idea that warriors are made, not born.

### Key Points

- **Uncle Jake Arrives** [00:03] — Uncle Jake, a soldier, comes to stay with the family after getting 'banged up' in deployment. The boy is initially reluctant about his visit.
- **Bullying Problem** [00:18] — The boy reveals he is being teased and picked on by kids at school and asks Uncle Jake to teach him how to fight.
- **Fighting Isn't the Answer** [00:35] — Uncle Jake responds that fighting isn't the answer, and when the boy asks what it will take, Jake replies 'Time, boy.'
- **First Lesson: Self-Respect** [00:50] — Uncle Jake states the first lesson: 'No one's going to respect you until you respect yourself.'
- **Training Begins** [01:19] — Jake begins training the boy, calling him 'warrior' and encouraging him to shout 'hya.' The boy asks why Jake is helping him, and Jake says they are more alike than he knows.
- **Warriors Are Made** [01:31] — Jake explains that people can change and that warriors aren't born, they're made. He promises to stay with the boy through the process.
- **Mental and Physical Toughness** [01:46] — The trailer concludes with the message that the 'Warrior Kid' works to achieve his goals, developing both mental and physical toughness.

## Transcript

>> Uncle Jake's coming to town. I thought he was undeployed. >> He got a little banged up, so I thought maybe it'd be fun if he stayed with us >> Yeah. Well, you don't want him to come. >> Just want him to [music] see that I'm
>> Just want him to [music] see that I'm that I'm weird. >> Help Uncle Jake with his bag. >> Oh, no. He's heavy. There's these kids at school always teasing me and picking on me. Please
teach me how to fight. >> Well, fighting people isn't the answer. what's [music] it going to take to get back to my team? Time. boy. >> Just leave me alone.
>> Just leave me alone. >> Problem here. >> First lesson. No one's going to respect you until you respect yourself.
>> I wrote it with my left hand. All right, focus. >> Seriously, >> let's go, new guy. Get out there.
>> let me hear you say, >> hya. warrior. Why are you helping me? >> Cuz you're more alike than you know.
People can [music] change. >> Warriors aren't born. They're made. I'll be right here with you. >> So if you got lose it, if you got [music] dream, do it. If you got
>> Warrior Kid works to achieve his goals. He develops mental toughness as well as He develops mental toughness as well as physical toughness.
>> just about the changes going on in your body cuz I don't know if I don't know if maybe your mom would >> Gross and No.