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The Man with the Iron Fists

  • 20122012
  • RR
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
62K
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The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)
In feudal China, a blacksmith who makes weapons for a small village is put in the position where he must defend himself and his fellow villagers.
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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 himsel... Read allOn 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.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.
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
62K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • RZA
  • Writers
    • RZA(story)
    • Eli Roth(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Russell Crowe
    • Cung Le
    • Lucy Liu
Top credits
  • Director
    • RZA
  • Writers
    • RZA(story)
    • Eli Roth(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Russell Crowe
    • Cung Le
    • Lucy Liu
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 271User reviews
    • 211Critic reviews
    • 51Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 nominations

    Videos6

    Redband Version
    Trailer 2:20
    Redband Version
    No. 1
    Trailer 2:17
    No. 1
    The Man with the Iron Fists
    Trailer 0:31
    The Man with the Iron Fists
    "A Look Inside"
    Featurette 1:55
    "A Look Inside"
    RZA & Wesley Snipes Reveal Inspiration & Desperation of 'Cut Throat City'
    Interview 2:53
    RZA & Wesley Snipes Reveal Inspiration & Desperation of 'Cut Throat City'
    "New Legends" Spot
    Promo 0:31
    "New Legends" Spot

    Photos74

    Lucy Liu in The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)
    Byron Mann and Cung Le in The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)
    Jamie Chung in The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)
    Cung Le in The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)
    RZA in The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)
    Lucy Liu and Cung Le in The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)
    Russell Crowe and Lucy Liu in The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)
    Russell Crowe in The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)
    Dave Bautista in The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)
    Rick Yune in The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)
    The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)
    Dave Bautista in The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)

    Top cast

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    Russell Crowe
    Russell Crowe
    • Jack Knife
    Cung Le
    Cung Le
    • Bronze Lion
    Lucy Liu
    Lucy Liu
    • Madam Blossom
    RZA
    RZA
    • Blacksmith
    Rick Yune
    Rick Yune
    • Zen Yi, The X-Blade
    Dave Bautista
    Dave Bautista
    • Brass Body
    Jamie Chung
    Jamie Chung
    • Lady Silk
    Byron Mann
    Byron Mann
    • Silver Lion
    Daniel Wu
    Daniel Wu
    • Poison Dagger
    Zhu Zhu
    Zhu Zhu
    • Chi Chi
    Chia-Hui Liu
    Chia-Hui Liu
    • Abbott
    • (as Gordon Liu)
    Andrew Ng
    Andrew Ng
    • Senior Monk
    Kuan Tai Chen
    Kuan Tai Chen
    • Gold Lion
    Yoyao Hsueh
    Yoyao Hsueh
    • Copper Lion
    • (as Xue Jing Yao)
    Telly Liu
    Telly Liu
    • Iron Lion
    Da Qing
    • White Lion
    • (as Wen-Jun Dong)
    Dere Zhan
    • Lion Clan Messenger
    • (as Zhan De Re)
    Lu Kai
    • Lion Clan Servant
    • Director
      • RZA
    • Writers
      • RZA(story) (screenplay)
      • Eli Roth(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      RZA and Eli Roth worked on the screenplay together over two years, talking through every aspect of the story, down to the detail of every weapon.
    • 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.
    • 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.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Big Review: Fall Trailer Park (2012)
    • Soundtracks
      Shame On A Nigga
      Written by Ghostface Killah, RZA, The GZA, U-God, Inspectah Deck, Russell T. Jones, Method Man, Raekwon

      Performed by Wu-Tang Clan

    User reviews271

    Review
    Top review
    3/10
    One of the worst films I've seen recently
    RZA's film has some amount of imagination,but, simply put, he has no idea how to build, pace, or tell a story. He has made the unfortunate mistake of imitating a genre he loves without understanding what makes it work. The dialogue is half nonsensical exposition, half nauseating one-liners. Lots of clumsy penis and vagina jokes.

    The plot is so diffuse...there is not enough time given to any character for them to be read as an actual character. The film fails in tying together any of these frayed threads and also fails to make what happens in any of them significant or sensible. For example there is a "betrayal" plot which happens in the first two minutes of the film, when there is no context to make that betrayal meaningful, make the traitor seem particularly villainous, etc. The acting is very broad and simplistic, which I guess is to be expected given the things RZA expects them to say. He doesn't seem to understand that all of these things, the characters, dialogue, plot points, etc. are pointless without a proper context.

    Some people might be inclined to tell me it's the "point" of the movie to not have a story, to be a loose framework on which a series of fight scenes are hung. I'd first suggest that that is not a meaningful effort to make. But even as a visual spectacle or stylistic effort, it doesn't do very well. All of the fights are basically the same knife/sword play... none of the characters really have a specific fighting style, and the CGI gore lopped onto the fights is excessive and silly. The music cues are embarrassingly overdone...any time the film wants you to feel an emotion, the sappiest orchestral music instantly kicks in, to the beat of a hip hop song.

    I think it's possible that RZA could make a good film someday, but this certainly isn't it.
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    • universalparadox
    • Nov 2, 2012

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 2, 2012 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Hong Kong
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • English
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • Thiết Quyền Vương
    • Filming locations
      • Shanghai, China
    • Production companies
      • Arcade Pictures
      • Iron Fists
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $15,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $15,634,090
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $7,910,980
      • Nov 4, 2012
    • Gross worldwide
      • $20,546,518
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • Datasat
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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