‘The Forbidden City’ Review: Italian-Made Martial Arts Movie Offers an Intriguing Fusion of Genres and Cultures

Movies set in unexpected locations typically make a point of labeling where they take place with prominent on-screen chyrons. “The Forbidden City” slyly withholds that information, treating the answer almost like a twist. The surprise stems from a prologue set in rural China, where a father teaches his two daughters kung fu (he has violated […]