The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)

On the hunt for a fabled treasure of gold, a band of warriors, assassins, and a rogue British soldier descend upon a village in feudal China, where a humble blacksmith looks to defend himself and his fellow villagers.

Director:

RZA

Writers:

RZA (story), RZA (screenplay) (as The RZA)

Stars:

Russell Crowe, Cung Le, Lucy Liu

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
RZA	...	Blacksmith
Rick Yune	...	Zen Yi, The X-Blade
Russell Crowe	...	Jack Knife
Lucy Liu	...	Madam Blossom
Dave Bautista	...	Brass Body
Jamie Chung	...	Lady Silk
Cung Le	...	Bronze Lion
Byron Mann	...	Silver Lion
Daniel Wu	...	Poison Dagger
Zhu Zhu	...	Chi Chi
Chia-Hui Liu	...	Abbott (as Gordon Liu)
Andrew Ng	...	Senior Monk
Kuan Tai Chen	...	Gold Lion
Yoyao Hsueh	...	Copper Lion (as Xue Jing Yao)
Telly Liu	...	Iron Lion

Storyline

In Jungle Village, the leader of the Lion's clan Gold Lion is summoned by the Governor and assigned to protect his gold that will be transported through the village. However he is betrayed and murdered by the greedy Silver Lion and Bronze Lion. Gold Lion's favorite son Zen Yi, a.k.a. The X-Blade, seeks revenge and heads to Jungle Village, but he is defeated by Brass Body and rescued by the local Blacksmith Thaddeus. Meanwhile the Gemini Female and the Gemini Male protect the Governor's gold, but they are vanquished by the army of Silver and Bronze Lion. The Blacksmith is abducted by the Lions and has his arms severed by Brass Body. However he is saved by the British Jack Knife, who is the emissary of the Emperor, and he manufactures iron arms for Thaddeus. Meanwhile the Governor sends the Jackal army to fight against the Lions and they hide the gold in the brothel of Madam Blossom. However, Madam Blossom and his girls form an army of black widows and together with Jack, Zen Yi and The...

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Plot Keywords:

chop socky | village | blacksmith | box office flop | critically bashed | 

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Taglines:

They put the F.U. in Kung Fu

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Genres:

Action

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for bloody violence, strong sexuality, language and brief drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA Hong Kong

Language:

English Mandarin

Release Date:

2 November 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

El hombre con los puños de hierro

Filming Locations:

Shanghai, China

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$7,910,980 (USA) (2 November 2012)

Gross:

$15,608,545 (USA) (14 December 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Arcade Pictures, Iron Fists

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min 107 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat SDDS

Color:

Color Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

RZA said that he had Yune in mind for the role before the script had been completed.

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Goofs

As Jack Knife walks across his room he puts on his glasses, just before he reaches the door his glasses fall off. When he opens the door to Madame Blossom his glasses are on his face again.

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Quotes

[from trailer]
The Blacksmith: When you forge a weapon, you need three things: the right metal, temperatures over fourteen hundred degrees... and someone who wants to kill. Here in this village, we got all three.

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Connections

Featured in Great MoVie Mistakes (2013)

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Soundtracks

White Dress
Written by Kanye West, RZA, Homer Banks, Carl Hampton, and Raymond Jackson
Performed by Kanye West and RZA

User Reviews

One of the worst movies I have seen in a very long time

I was very excited to see this movie both because of the style of the film and because of Tarantino's endorsement of the film. After much anticipation I saw the film and was more than disappointed. The entire film just felt like it lacked a director.

The movie begins with an hour long introduction of the plot which has nothing to do with the character it is named after. It was extremely cheesy and not in the fun obvious sort of way but more like it was done by mistake. The movie felt like it was filmed in a month and all of the characters were never given an opportunity to develop. It was a very busy movie, especially when it came down to the action scenes. Although there is plenty of action, I felt like I was watching a "Bourne" film due to the constant shaking of the camera and the sloppy transitions.

The fighting was not technical. The typical Kung Fu-esque flying through the air was clumsy instead of smooth and elegant. All of the lines in the movie were awe full. The plot was stupid and forced. The Chinese David Bowie villain could not be taken seriously.

And the worst most annoying part of the movie was the digital blood splatters. Every time someone was stabbed, digital blood would squirt out of the wound completely enveloping the screen in red but not getting on any of the characters or furniture in the movie.

I hated this movie a lot and others in the theater seemed to feel the same way as throughout the movie people constantly kept walking out and not coming back. Please don't watch this movie.

Thank you