The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) Poster

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Certification

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MPAA Rated PG-13 for sequences of martial arts action and some violence
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • The villain is shown choosing a concubine, they don't appear to be there by choice. All are wearing clothes.
  • Man is depicted peeing on top of another man (meant to be a joke- very common joke in Chinese culture.

Violence & Gore

  • In a flash back a village is attacked and many people are killed, including a characters mother and father.
  • A character is killed when hit and lands hard on a wall. Some blood is seen in the corner of her mouth.
  • Two teenage boys fight and many punches and kicks land. Then one boy aims a gun at the other but is quickly disarmed.
  • Early in the film a village is attacked by soldiers and we see a man killed with a sword. No blood or gore.
  • A character is hit with an arrow and is said to be fatally wounded.
  • Bullies beat up a kid.
  • A teenager shoots elderly man in the chest.
  • Violent kung-fu scenes throughout. Hardly any blood though.

Profanity

  • Piss-ant is said.
  • D*mn is said once.
  • Sh*t is said once.
  • 1 bitch, 1 damn also 1 shit in the beginning Derogatory racial slur directed to a Chinese character.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A man drinks wine throughout, and he is said to need wine or he will die.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A hood with a gun chases the main character.
  • The flashback to a characters parents being killed is intense.
  • Scenes where characters are fatally wounded may be frightening for some viewers.
  • An old man being shot is sudden and fairly intense.
  • Kung-fu scenes are pretty intense.
  • A man's veins pulse out and he turns blue. He later burns to death in a lava pit.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • A man disintegrates as he falls into an pool of lava.

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