The Man with the Iron Fists
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5.7 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 81 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 45 out of 81
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 81
  3. Negative: 19 out of 81

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  1. Hedja
    Dec 12, 2012
    3
    This movie was so bad everything just became funny. Even where it tried to be cool, it was just funny.

    None of the characters were likeable.The title character wasn't even developed properly and the iron fists played a minimal role. In fact, none of the characters were developed. Their deaths had no emotion even when the direction and music tried to make it emotional simply because they     weren't developed, they weren't likeable and it was predictable. The directing was horrible and random in places (using random transitions and effects). The rap and whatever music they used broke the setting of the entire movie. The endless escort/lewd scenes were unnecessary and added nothing to the movie.

    The final battle, sure it was obvious what the outcome would be, but the deaths were so poorly executed and cheap. The villains always had the upper hand but pretty much let themselves lose for the sake of it.    … Collapse
  2. certified_hater
    Dec 9, 2012
    2
    Produced (not directed or written) by Quentin Tarantino (so you know it
  3. bgirl
    Nov 6, 2012
    4
    I like the old school martial arts movies and you can tell that RZA is a huge fan of them. The good are the visuals, the fight scenes and (some of) the music. I was a little perplexed with a "reggaesque" track during one fight sequence...not sure it worked. What's bad are the writing, the acting and did I say writing. There was too much RZA in the movie. Bad move.
  4. vpkraja
    Nov 3, 2012
    0
    Chinese made poor quality sold out American brand actors movie. Horrible sound track from beginning to end. Very cheaply made movie .The highest expense would have been the money paid to the couple of main actors . Chinese trying to sell movies like their products . They just want floating population and initial days to make the money out . It is a shame for the Hollywood(universal studios) . It is cheating the movie viewers.These kind of cheap movie will reduce the regular movie viewers. I really wanted to get out of the theater after few minutes . I have never seen any movie like this.… Expand
  5. moviebuff24
    Nov 9, 2012
    4
    I like QT, RZA, Kill Bill Etc... but this movie was HORRIBLE. I literally walked out after wasting an hour... my popcorn was the best part. The movie had a great trailer... fooled again!
  6. ppag
    Nov 10, 2012
    1
    One of the worst movies I have seen in a long time. I have no idea what Crowe and Liu were thinking when they signed up to "star" in this piece of junk.. The fight scenes were over the top Kill Bill type of fights without any of the "Kill Bill" cleverness. This movie reminded me of vintage Kung Fu movies where the sound effects were all wrong. I have no idea what Tarentino's role in this film was other then lending his name to help a friend. Maybe this movie was suppose to be a spoof of Kung Fu movies, if that was its purpose it wasn't even a good spoof. Sae your money, this should have been a straight to DVD movie sold in 7 Elevens… Expand
  7. RalexOzein
    Dec 12, 2012
    2
    This movie was terrible.. it tried to be Tarantino and failed.. it tried to be a campy Kung-Fu movie and failed... It really just didn't do anything well. Sure, it had action, but it was so poorly directed it made me feel bad for the time and effort put in to this movie.
  8. movieOverlord
    Dec 28, 2012
    2
    I as well went to see this as i thought it was a Quentin Tarantino directed movie ( not produced). RZA did his gangster hood rat narrating. WTF was that, hard to take that seriously. I should have left after the first 10 minutes and demanded a refund. Instead i wasted 90 min of my life that i will never get back. I was with a 7yr old so i was their with good intentions, to show him a cool Kung-Fu action movie. Unfortunately after the horrible taste it left in my mouth after leaving i couldn't help but throw up. Not even the Asian's spoke Asian. If it was not narrated by RZA and had subtitles when the Asians spoke. I could have stomached it a lot more. If your reading this and have not seen it yet, save you $.… Expand
  9. Thegodfatherson
    Feb 17, 2013
    4
    The Man With The Iron Fists, is just not that good. It's sleek but really gory. The RZA sucks at making movies. Don't let the Queten Tarantino Presents logo fool you. 4/10 because of some cool scenes. Worse than A good day to die hard.

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Metascore
51 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 18
  3. Negative: 4 out of 18
  1. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Peter Bradshaw
    Dec 11, 2012
    20
    It's leaden, boorish and dull.
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  2. Empire
    Reviewed by: Owen Williams
    Dec 3, 2012
    60
    Don't let the 'Quentin Tarantino Presents' tag deceive you, this is a mixed bag of lumpen dialogue and martial-arts magic that never quite coalesces into the delirious mayhem we'd hoped for.
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  3. Total Film
    Reviewed by: Ken McIntyre
    Nov 25, 2012
    60
    Grisly and goofy, this ode to the Shaw Brothers' '70s-era kung fu epics serves up 96 minutes of murder and mutilation and not a lot else. Sweet soundtrack, though.
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