Kirpianuscus It is not easy to say something precise about it. if you say than it is a bbad movie, you are right. if you say than it is a spectacular film you do not are wrong. because it is a salad with too much ingredients. too many flavours. sure, martial arts and memories about so many films and Rusell Crow and Lucy Liu ( and the mind to the scenes from Kill Bill ) and influences of western and a mythology in balance between Chinese fairy tales and stories about modern heroes. but, after its end, all sems just a pretext for propose an exuberant show about...nothing. sure, Hamlet and Lord of the Ring and Tarantino and Marvel in a huge package. but something missing. nothing clear. maybe coherence. maybe most accuracy of confrontations to the model. sure,, only details. significant, yyet.

mistoppi I remember finding this film in a store like a year or two ago. I didn't get it, put when I saw it in the rental store, I had to rent it. It was mostly because it seemed absolutely ridiculous, but in the way I'd totally love this film. I was right.First of all, the story is way more interesting than what it might sound in any summary. It was intriguing, just like all the actually Chinese kung-fu films I've seen. They are a weird mixture of violent action and some sort of low-key fantasy. The plot structure is interesting, because at first it introduces a several characters, whose stories intertwine with each other and the main plot. That doesn't work unless the characters are as interesting as they are in The Man With The Iron Fists. Of course the story isn't the greatest one out there, but it's surprisingly good. It's better than I expected, but it's very typical for an action film, apart from few details. But then again, almost every movie plot has those few details to make it different from the mass, but what is now very typical for the mass.If I could choose one thing I love the most about this film, it would absolutely be the soundtrack. There's no reason for hip hop to work in a kung-fu film, but it did, and I was in love since the opening credits because of the weird contrast between the picture and the sound.And now that I'm talking about picture, wow. Visually this film was astonishing, and I don't just mean the cinematography in general. This film definitely had some astonishing shots, but mostly I love the choreography of the fight scenes. Now I read that someone said that the fight scenes were too ridiculous, now absolutely there was some dark humour mixed in there, but it made them even more fun to watch. And during several fight scenes I just was astounded by how clever some of the fighting techniques were.The Man With The Iron Fists is absolutely worth seeing, even if it won't become your favourite film. It's worth seeing even if you might not like it. The thing is, it's violent and it's definitely very marginal, but it has a weird combinations you'd never expect from a movie like this.

grantss Chaotic mess. Random plot, silly dialogue, wooden performances. Fight scenes are your standard martial arts fare, ie well-choreographed and ridiculous. Russell Crowe and Lucy Liu are only there to give the movie star power. Even they seem to be just going through the motions. Crowe is also let down by having some of the dumbest lines in the movie, and having to put on a really silly accent. Goodness knows why he took the gig - maybe he needs the money. Don't be fooled by the "Quentin Tarantino presents..." in the title. He has nothing to do with this film, and will endorse any movie. (Seriously, I don't think he's ever disliked any movie). Give it a miss.

constantgrey1 I do not understand how this movie is judged so harshly... One of the main characters is played by Ryu from Street Fighter... Others say it is a disgrace to the style of movie... It should have been an anime. It was live action. With the trivia saying it should have been split into two movies, and it wasn't. How can you take a 4 hour movie and cut it back to 90 minutes. This is a great movie. Blame Eli Roth. (Which is most likely the reason Tarantino backed the movie) I didn't even know who RZA was before this. For his first attempt at acting, directing and writing, he did a decent job. Ryu,'silver lion' was horrible. But, you don't cast a D list actor, without expecting a slight backlash. The A list actors are obviously courtesy of Quentin.