The Man With The Iron Fists (2012) 6/10

Starring : Russell Crowe, Cung Le, Lucy Liu, Byron Mann, RZA, Rick Yune, David Bautista, Jamie Chung
Director : RZA
Running Time : 96 mins

A village blacksmith (RZA) in 19th Century China is the main source of weaponry for the duelling clans in the area, so when a gold shipment is attacked and those delivering it are killed, the man tasked with ensuring the shipment goes through, Jack Knife (Crowe), suspects the blacksmith of being involved as he was the man who made the weapons the guards were killed with.

I really struggled to get into this movie. Perhaps it’s because it has been edited down from four hours to a measly ninety minutes and that a lot got lost in translation, but there just doesn’t seem to be enough substance to compensate for the amount of things that are going on in this movie. True, it is a visually well observed kung fu style of movie, but the scripting was a little weak and didn’t quite match up with the appearance.

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