The Man With the Iron Fists

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40%

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In 19th-century China, a stranger (RZA) settles in a jungle village and becomes its blacksmith. Radical tribal factions force him to fashion elaborate tools of destruction, and the clans' conflict soon erupts into a full war. Knowing he must take action, the blacksmith channels an ancient energy to transform himself into a human weapon. Fighting beside iconic heroes, the blacksmith harnesses this incredible power to defend his adopted people from an army of soulless villains.

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Messy kung-fu homage The Man with the Iron Fists demonstrates a slavish affection for the genre it mimics, for better or worse.

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

One is occasionally infuriated by the archness of the exercise. But there is a charming innocence to Fists' faith in the values of 1970s cross-cultural exploitation.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 7, 2012

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Jake Wilson

The Age (Australia)

Predictably, this kind of gleeful fanboy excess yields diminishing returns. RZA hasn't much sense of storytelling rhythm, and lacks Tarantino's gift for turning adolescent obsessions into something uniquely personal.

Rated: 2.5/5

Dec 7, 2012

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David Stratton

At the Movies (Australia)

Thank goodness for Russell Crowe who gives a sardonic, who-gives-a-damn performance as one of the good guys.

Rated: 2.5/5

Dec 7, 2012

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Annalee Newitz

io9.com

In any case, Crowe's a hoot, RZA's instrumentals mostly deliver (save the occasional and baffling metal guitar), and I left the theater not lamenting that this movie exists. Good hustle, everybody.

May 23, 2018

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Sean Burns

Philadelphia Weekly

All that matters here are cockamamie anachronistic music cues, low-rent filmmaking and one spectacularly hammy turn from Russell Crowe.

May 3, 2015

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Jeremy Lebens

We Got This Covered

The Man with the Iron Fists is an off-balanced and bloated martial arts film that barely gets by on its gorgeous set design.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 17, 2013

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Dick C It's a very good film, The Man with the Iron Fists, 2012... Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/01/23 Full Review James B sooo bad its good russell crowe was cool in film and so is rza cool film lots of action cool kung fu action Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/15/23 Full Review Elvis D Primero debo decir que siento que esta película está algo infravalorada, ya que las estadísticas muestran que no tuvo mucha aceptación, pero creo que merece algo de mención, ya que fue hecha en modo de homenaje a las clásicas películas de artes marciales del cine chino. Además, tiene un buen elenco, también buenas escenas de acción y escenas gore que fueron desarrolladas por Gregory Nicotero y Howard Berger. Tampoco se puede dejar de lado la banda sonora que tiene buenas canciones y una partidura compuesta por el mismo RZA. Para mí fue una buena película en su momento y me gusta pensar que películas de este tipo son un excelente ejemplo de como se tiene que hacer una adaptación live action de un anime. Yo le doy un 10/10. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/14/23 Full Review james s Fun, well done, great cast. More background for Jack Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/01/22 Full Review muhammad s Just cant imagine Quentin produce this kind of movie ...good plot but bad main characters.. blacksmith with a stoner eyed...LOL Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/16/22 Full Review rob b Enjoyable illogical B-Grade film that somehow works. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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RZA Director RZA The Blacksmith Russell Crowe Jack Knife Cung Le Bronze Lion Lucy Liu Madame Blossom Rick Yune Zen Yi

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