Forbidden Warrior (2004)

Directed by

Jimmy Nickerson

Genre

action film, martial arts film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rating

4.6 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A warrior from Chinese mythology goes on a quest to save her people from an evil force. The movie mixes martial arts fights with fantasy elements and has an American cast playing characters with Japanese names.

low-budgetaction-packedmythologicalfast-pacedcampycheesyconfusingenergeticamateurish

What happens

Forbidden Warrior is a 2005 martial arts fantasy action film starring Marie Matiko, Sung Kang and Karl Yune. It was directed by Jimmy Nickerson, and produced by Glen Hartford and Daniel Toll. The film is notable in resembling a low-budget Hong Kong action film, despite its American production and cast. A review in Variety noted that characters from a Chinese myth are given Japanese names and played by caucasians. In a 2006 interview, the writer/producer Glen Hartford claims he based the story on "a piece of mythological history, from over 4000 years ago", and calls the movie an "Asian film". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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