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SummaryMei arrives in Rome looking for her missing sister and, along the way, meets Marcello, who is desperate to find his father. Together, they will fight their way through the Roman underworld.
Directed By:Gabriele Mainetti
Written By:Stefano Bises, Gabriele Mainetti, Davide Serino
The Forbidden City
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Aug 19, 2025
70
The action sequences are well choreographed and intuitive enough to follow, but romance doesn’t work quite the way we might expect, which proves to be yet another of the film’s distinguishing features.
Mar 17, 2026
38
The brawls have to do most of the heavy lifting in your typical martial arts genre picture, even the ones in a scenic setting. That’s doubly true in The Forbidden City, a stumbling and generally indifferent kung fu thriller with comic touches set in The Enternal City — Rome.
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Production Company:
- Wildside
- PiperFilm
- Goon Films
Release Date:Mar 17, 2026
Duration:2 h 19 m
Tagline:Vengeance is her destiny.
Awards
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
• 2 Wins & 7 Nominations
Festival Européen du Film Fantastique de Strasbourg (FEFFS)
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Golden Globes, Italy
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
