The Man With the Iron Fists Reviews
We Got This Covered
The Man with the Iron Fists is an off-balanced and bloated martial arts film that barely gets by on its gorgeous set design.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Cinema Crazed
When you team with Eli Roth, who has the writing talent of a sociopathic thirteen year old boy on Ritalin, what can you possibly expect but swill?
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| Original Score: 1/4
Scotsman
A scrappily authentic and entertainingly bloody tribute to old-school chopsocky films and taken purely on those terms, there's not a lot to complain about.
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| Original Score: 3/5
eFilmCritic.com
The movie is undeniably colorful and action-packed, and gorier than a slaughterhouse floor. But something's missing.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Observer [UK]
The violence is extreme and preposterous, the fights ingeniously choreographed, the producer Tarantino (his actual credit is "presents").
3AW
The fists, feet and digital blood go flying in this enjoyable, frenetic, largely forgettable chop-socky extravaganza about, well, about a man with iron fists who gets into lots of fights.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Irish Times
One is occasionally infuriated by the archness of the exercise. But there is a charming innocence to Fists' faith in the values of 1970s cross-cultural exploitation.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Empire Magazine Australasia
A vacuous but fun exercise in chop-sock style over substance.
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| Original Score: 3/5
FILMINK (Australia)
Given the talent on board, this registers as a disappointment, but even with the clunky dialogue and subpar fight scenes, it's watchable fun.
The Age (Australia)
Predictably, this kind of gleeful fanboy excess yields diminishing returns. RZA hasn't much sense of storytelling rhythm, and lacks Tarantino's gift for turning adolescent obsessions into something uniquely personal.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
At the Movies (Australia)
It's so over the top that I just thought it was a hoot.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
At the Movies (Australia)
Thank goodness for Russell Crowe who gives a sardonic, who-gives-a-damn performance as one of the good guys.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
sbs.com.au
The Man with the Iron Fists is as limp as last week's wet noodles.
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| Original Score: 1/5
Contactmusic.com
Rapper-turned-actor-turned-filmmaker RZA is clearly influenced by cohorts Quentin Tarantino and Eli Roth as he indulges in this crazed pastiche of 1970s kung fu action romps.
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| Original Score: 2/5
This is London
Self-defeatingly "Tarantino-esque".
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| Original Score: 3/5
Radio Times
A one-note pastiche featuring impressive wire-fu, bloody mayhem and CGI mutilation.
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| Original Score: 2/5
SFX Magazine
The Man With The Iron Fists definitely isn't the most polished first effort. But if you approach it as a sloppy, OTT martial arts outing, you'll find the fun.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Sun Online
As long as you accept some magnificently bad dialogue, this is silly, fun and ludicrous beyond belief.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Daily Mail [UK]
Psychopaths will love it.
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| Original Score: 1/5
Guardian [UK]
It's leaden, boorish and dull.
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| Original Score: 1/5
