The Man with the Iron Fists is quite an oddity in modern cinema: a big budget kung fu movie released wide. It's an ambitious effort for lifelong martial arts enthusiast and Wu-Tang founder RZA, who adds the role of film director to his eclectic career.
Filmed on location in China with an international cast and crew, featuring complex fight choreography and CG sequences, The Man with the Iron Fists is a mighty complicated affair; maybe too complicated. Some of it works, some of it decidedly doesn't, but in the end it's chaotic fun despite its flaws.
The story seems complex, but is simple at its core. Several warring factions have converged on a small village in feudal China, all after the same thing: a supply of the emperor's gold. Jungle Village, as it's called, becomes the backdrop for a series of escalating fights and the village's famed Blacksmith (played by RZA) is caught up in the intrigue, as his legendary skill at crafting weapons is in demand from all sides.
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