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- 2012
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 35 m
- 2012
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 35 m
Summary Since his arrival in China's Jungle Village, the town's blacksmith has been forced by radical tribal factions to create elaborate tools of destruction. When the clans' brewing war boils over, the stranger channels an ancient energy to transform himself into a human weapon. As he fights alongside iconic heroes and against soulless villain...
- 2012
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 35 m
- 2012
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 35 m
The Man with the Iron Fists
51
5.7
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Summary Since his arrival in China's Jungle Village, the town's blacksmith has been forced by radical tribal factions to create elaborate tools of destruction. When the clans' brewing war boils over, the stranger channels an ancient energy to transform himself into a human weapon. As he fights alongside iconic heroes and against soulless villain...
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
51
33% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
44% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
22% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
51
33% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
44% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
22% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
The Man With The Iron Fists has the same advantages of many musical debuts. It's the product of a man who has been storing up ideas, setpieces, characters, and gags for a lifetime, in preparation for the magic moment when he'd be able to unleash his full vision on the big screen.
It's all sufficiently well done and amusing enough to satisfy the appetites of fans who mainline this sort of thing, but it also sports a concocted, second-hand feel common to this sort of throwback homage.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 131 User Ratings
5.7
39% Positive
51 Ratings
51 Ratings
40% Mixed
52 Ratings
52 Ratings
21% Negative
28 Ratings
28 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 131 User Ratings
5.7
39% Positive
51 Ratings
51 Ratings
40% Mixed
52 Ratings
52 Ratings
21% Negative
28 Ratings
28 Ratings
If you have a hankering for some 60's and 70's Asian cinema, then this is the movie for you. I really have nothing bad to say about this movie. All of the actors performances went extremely well with the source material. Even Bautista can act, was very surprised about that. Just a fun, crazy, awesome action epic that never at any point takes itself too seriously. It really seems like everyone had a blast masking this one.
If you like a lot of blood, people flying around with crazy ass weapons then this is the flick for you. You should not be disappointed.
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Kill Bill action. That's Ll you need to know. It's not for the story or anything, just awesome kill bill action. What else do you need to know? If you love cheesey blood, gore, and action, this is the movie for you and it won't disappoint.
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The undertaking of an endeavor like this without prior feature film directing experience—as well as convincing a studio and many established talents to back him—is nothing short of extraordinary. But, in the end, The Man with the Iron Fists will have to settle for having crossed the finish line at all. Good hustle. Good hustle.
The movie plays things relatively straight, acknowledging clichés without the winking irony in which modern homages usually indulge. As such, it's giddy fun - a well-made genre picture that sends up its influences even as it clearly reveres them.
Let the brilliant, epic silliness of The Man With the Iron Fists engulf you in a tsunami of crimson cheese and you, like I, will have a super-happy-fun-big-smile-crazy-face-monkey-time.
RZA's directorial debut is heavy on bloody kung fu action...and light on just about everything else.
It's leaden, boorish and dull.
An outstanding action movie with all the right nods to the kung fu classics of the 70's - excellent set pieces and great fun. The music is somewhat incongruous but somehow it all fits, and Russell Crowe seems to be having the time of his life.
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This movie is for those who want to experience ridiculous fight choreography while still getting everything a martial arts film generally has to offer with a touch of romance. I love my man RZA, and the soundtrack to this movie is bumpin yet awkward in a movie set in ancient China. The story is straightforward as it can be but analyzing this solely as an action flick, it's got what you crave.
Check out the star-studded cast in this one and just have fun with it because martial arts films are there to bring out the best in stunt acting. Again I love RZA and I can tell he has been highly influenced in his penchant for martial arts films (Wu-Tang ****) but that amazing factor and the movie to world connection never really seeped in my head.
Jamie Chung and Lucy Liu are in this and Mr. Russell Crowe has a strange place in this movie but everything sort of falls in to place. Not to mention RZA.
Overall it's a solid movie and I enjoyed it as an action flick but rewatching this would not be in my best interest.
Word to describe: Rap. It's in there and RZA makes sure you know this is his movie.
This is a good movie to watch with friends or alone, It really does not matter but try to get those who already are into action flicks. Be warned of gore
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Awesome fight scenes cant make up for a horrible shallow plot with elements that does not make sense, characters and settings that would offend anyone (such as myself) from a Chinese background and overuse of over-the-top violent kills that will make anyone, even those who want blood and guts, to flinch. This lack everything that made Tarantino's flick great and tries to be a westernized Wushia movie but ultimately fails on every level except for the at times decent fight scenes (however even these fall flat at times with horrible CG effects e.g arrows. blood, stuff breaking apart). With the exception of Russell Crowe and Lucy Liu, every other actor in this movie just fails on all levels of acting. There's a difference between knowing that its cheesy and bad and going for it vs being cheesy and bad but takes itself way too seriously. This movie is the latter and really, there are so many moments, especially the sexual scenes involving Crowe (dont get excited **** nudity here and no sex at all. Just connotations) which felt unecessary and do nothing to the plot. All-in-all, once you overlook these factors, you may enjoy Man with the Iron Fists when the blood starts spilling but overall, its is a horrible, Tarantino-wannabe movie that lacks art and class, and would more then offend anyone with Chinese ancestry or with a good knowledge of Chinese Wushia films. People who find this to be exciting and engrossing seriously need a reality check and are certainly young, ignorant, non-Asian **** with a lack of experience with Chinese Wushia films. It's like going to those made-for-White-people Chinese restaurants that only non-Chinese people go to: you know, those mediocre places where you never see any Asians dine there (there's a good restaurant tip right there) and the menu is cliche' as hell (fried rice, sweet&sour pork, spring rolls zzz) with customers ordering the same dish almost everytime as opposed to dining in a high class, popular restaurant known by all the Chinese locals for great authentic dishes. Many people will get tricked by its action and some reviews on metacritic by ignorant people who dont know better. If you are curious, watch it when you're drunk and bored with some mates. Otherwise, unlike you're really an ignorant, non-Asian **** who dont know better, go right ahead and buy it. It's made for minorities like you. Enjoy your
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Production Company
Arcade Pictures,
Iron Fists
Release Date Nov 2, 2012
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Seven clans, a fortune in gold. Let the battle begin.
Awards
Golden Trailer Awards
• 2 Nominations
Black Reel Awards
• 1 Nomination
Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
• 1 Nomination
