Comments on: REVIEW: The Man with the Iron Fists (2012) http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/review-the-man-with-the-iron-fists-2012 Screen Fighting News & Review Wed, 22 May 2013 13:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Wade - MartialArtsActionMovieshttp://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/review-the-man-with-the-iron-fists-2012/comment-page-1#comment-20726 Wade - MartialArtsActionMovies Thu, 31 Jan 2013 04:43:00 +0000 http://www.kungfucinema.com/?p=21319#comment-20726 I enjoyed Man with Iron Fists, but I think too much effort was put into making everything look so visually epectacular and not enough time spent on the fight scenes. Still relatively good though :) I enjoyed Man with Iron Fists, but I think too much effort was put into making everything look so visually epectacular and not enough time spent on the fight scenes. Still relatively good though :)

]]> By: Bryan Partingtonhttp://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/review-the-man-with-the-iron-fists-2012/comment-page-1#comment-20670 Bryan Partington Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:15:00 +0000 http://www.kungfucinema.com/?p=21319#comment-20670 i for one am sick of these bourne style fight scenes that seem to dominate martial art films today, bruce lee, jackie chan and tony jaa had no need for close up shaky camera work to look good.the excuse they use is that it makes the fight scene look grittier, no it makes them look shittier. will film directors stop with this gimmicky crap it makes me feel motion sickness. i for one am sick of these bourne style fight scenes that seem to dominate martial art films today, bruce lee, jackie chan and tony jaa had no need for close up shaky camera work to look good.the excuse they use is that it makes the fight scene look grittier, no it makes them look shittier. will film directors stop with this gimmicky crap it makes me feel motion sickness.

]]> By: matthttp://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/review-the-man-with-the-iron-fists-2012/comment-page-1#comment-20669 matt Tue, 01 Jan 2013 14:43:00 +0000 http://www.kungfucinema.com/?p=21319#comment-20669 Rza acts like a retarded potato in this movie. Terrible direction and acting. I'm confused as to why a black slave would be in china as well. Also, no build up or anything to make us believe in RZA's character. It's just like...."Oh, hey....ya. I make weapons .....oh and now I think i'm going to burn these metal fists onto my arms....ya....sounds like a good idea." Rza acts like a retarded potato in this movie. Terrible direction and acting. I’m confused as to why a black slave would be in china as well. Also, no build up or anything to make us believe in RZA’s character. It’s just like….”Oh, hey….ya. I make weapons …..oh and now I think i’m going to burn these metal fists onto my arms….ya….sounds like a good idea.”

]]> By: Jordon Stewarthttp://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/review-the-man-with-the-iron-fists-2012/comment-page-1#comment-20657 Jordon Stewart Sun, 16 Dec 2012 02:04:00 +0000 http://www.kungfucinema.com/?p=21319#comment-20657 Wow you guys are really hard on this one. I didn't go into this one expecting a lot so I can't say I was dissappointed. It was not the best kung fu film I have seen ,but it was definatley not the worst. For Rza's first effort it was not bad , not bad at all. Wow you guys are really hard on this one. I didn’t go into this one expecting a lot so I can’t say I was dissappointed. It was not the best kung fu film I have seen ,but it was definatley not the worst. For Rza’s first effort it was not bad , not bad at all.

]]> By: Joey Corporahttp://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/review-the-man-with-the-iron-fists-2012/comment-page-1#comment-20653 Joey Corpora Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:01:00 +0000 http://www.kungfucinema.com/?p=21319#comment-20653 sins of the dragon, the full movie right here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL1vlLRQX1g sins of the dragon, the full movie right here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL1vlLRQX1g

]]> By: Kungfuciushttp://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/review-the-man-with-the-iron-fists-2012/comment-page-1#comment-20649 Kungfucius Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:55:00 +0000 http://www.kungfucinema.com/?p=21319#comment-20649 This movie was dreadful. I don't exactly know where the basis of the whole "producers ruining the movie" bit came from but if you can cite it, I'd be happy to read it. Otherwise, I'm just going to call this movie a blunder. The movie threw in great homages in the opening and closing shots but everything else failed. The cinematography was god awful, favoring the modern day seizure-cam over the steady cam you-can-see-everything shots. If he was going for "traditional", then the music selected definitely did not jibe.The acting was bad, the story meandered. Why a black slave chose to venture to CHINA instead of the Union north or Canada made no sense. The battle formation of the Geminis was absurd (a shoulder-to-shoulder handstand...really?), and Brass Body clearly obtaining super powers in a martial arts film is...do I really have to get into this one? No redeeming factors. Period. This movie was dreadful. I don’t exactly know where the basis of the whole “producers ruining the movie” bit came from but if you can cite it, I’d be happy to read it. Otherwise, I’m just going to call this movie a blunder. The movie threw in great homages in the opening and closing shots but everything else failed. The cinematography was god awful, favoring the modern day seizure-cam over the steady cam you-can-see-everything shots. If he was going for “traditional”, then the music selected definitely did not jibe.

The acting was bad, the story meandered. Why a black slave chose to venture to CHINA instead of the Union north or Canada made no sense. The battle formation of the Geminis was absurd (a shoulder-to-shoulder handstand…really?), and Brass Body clearly obtaining super powers in a martial arts film is…do I really have to get into this one? No redeeming factors. Period.

]]> By: Cesar Alexanderhttp://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/review-the-man-with-the-iron-fists-2012/comment-page-1#comment-20646 Cesar Alexander Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:33:00 +0000 http://www.kungfucinema.com/?p=21319#comment-20646 the movie is great, not bad for a first film from the RZA, can complain it is not a HK original film, it has the hollywood flare, not bad, not bad at all!!! the movie is great, not bad for a first film from the RZA, can complain it is not a HK original film, it has the hollywood flare, not bad, not bad at all!!!

]]> By: franklin correahttp://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/review-the-man-with-the-iron-fists-2012/comment-page-1#comment-20641 franklin correa Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:16:00 +0000 http://www.kungfucinema.com/?p=21319#comment-20641 I waitied over a year to see this and was sooo DISAPPOINTED!... so many mistakes made in the film ..fights werent great either very hurt about cory yuen not showing his true talent...very much hurt me.albert is being nice giving it a 2 star i'd only give 1....i know im not the greatest actor/ writer/ director/ fight director etc. and nobody's perfect but in this case, if you haven't a slightest cluse pull someone one in to help you out...enough said..I didnt like the film. I waitied over a year to see this and was sooo DISAPPOINTED!… so many mistakes made in the film ..fights werent great either very hurt about cory yuen not showing his true talent…very much hurt me.albert is being nice giving it a 2 star i’d only give 1….i know im not the greatest actor/ writer/ director/ fight director etc. and nobody’s perfect but in this case, if you haven’t a slightest cluse pull someone one in to help you out…enough said..I didnt like the film.

]]> By: Eric Jacobushttp://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/review-the-man-with-the-iron-fists-2012/comment-page-1#comment-20640 Eric Jacobus Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:07:00 +0000 http://www.kungfucinema.com/?p=21319#comment-20640 I'll bet a hundred bucks that the 4-hour cut has the same action and just features an extra 150 minutes of RZA wandering around China aimlessly babbling about kung fu. RZA might be an HK film fan but he has no idea what makes for a decent action film, which is painfully obvious from the fact that he cast himself as the "lead" and can't seem to make a single interesting decision to differentiate himself from the dozen other characters, who are at least marginally interesting. This movie is not an homage to kung fu films, it's an homage to Kill Bill. Utter fail on all counts. I’ll bet a hundred bucks that the 4-hour cut has the same action and just features an extra 150 minutes of RZA wandering around China aimlessly babbling about kung fu. RZA might be an HK film fan but he has no idea what makes for a decent action film, which is painfully obvious from the fact that he cast himself as the “lead” and can’t seem to make a single interesting decision to differentiate himself from the dozen other characters, who are at least marginally interesting. This movie is not an homage to kung fu films, it’s an homage to Kill Bill. Utter fail on all counts.

]]> By: Daniel Anderson Crafthttp://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/review-the-man-with-the-iron-fists-2012/comment-page-1#comment-20638 Daniel Anderson Craft Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:23:00 +0000 http://www.kungfucinema.com/?p=21319#comment-20638 I can blame RZA for the way the fights are shot and edited. all those close ups and shaky cams had be shot at the times the fights were staged. A studio can't insist on editing in setups that were not shot. In all his interviews and on his tumblr for the film he listed the films that ispired him, Martial Club, Crippled Avengers, Men from the Monestary ALL of which feature excellent fights shot cleanly. Also when there are almost NO martial artists in the majority of your cast, that really caps the level of choreography available. I can blame RZA for the way the fights are shot and edited. all those close ups and shaky cams had be shot at the times the fights were staged. A studio can’t insist on editing in setups that were not shot. In all his interviews and on his tumblr for the film he listed the films that ispired him, Martial Club, Crippled Avengers, Men from the Monestary ALL of which feature excellent fights shot cleanly. Also when there are almost NO martial artists in the majority of your cast, that really caps the level of choreography available.

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