Forbidden Warrior (2004)
2004 film
- Released
- 2004
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Martial arts film
- Director
- Jimmy Nickerson
- Editing
- Scott Conrad
- Starring
- Marie Matiko, Sung Kang, Karl Yune, Tony Amendola, James Hong, Andrew Divoff, Vladimir Cuk, Musetta Vander
- Running time
- 91 minutes
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".
More films directed by Jimmy Nickerson
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Facts from Wikidata Q3747923 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.