The Man With the Iron Fists Review

Appealing supporting turns from Russell Crowe and Lucy Liu can't salvage this shoddily structured and messily executed homage to the martial arts movie genre. It's not an excruciating experience, thanks to flashes of visual invention and a largely fun tone, but leaves you wondering just what happened to writer-director-star RZA's original vision.
The Man with the Iron Fists proudly announces itself as a 'Quentin Tarantino Presents' enterprise at the beginning and his influence is instantly evident. The deliberately shaky title captions, grainy film stock and knowingly overly-stylised action sequence that kicks off the movie adopt a similar strategy to the auteur's  venture from a few years ago. Yet you can still parody bad filmmaking and emerge with a cohesive and winning film - unlike this effort. The Man With the Iron Fists Movie