Studio Synopsis: Quentin Tarantino presents The Man with the Iron Fists, an epic action adventure inspired by classic kung fu movies. When the emperor’s gold is hijacked, every kung fu warrior, assassin and hired gun in China will battle to claim the fortune.
Studio: Universal
Running Times:
Theatrical: 95 minutes
Extended: 107 minutes
Rating: R
Number of Disks: 2
Special Features:
- A Look inside The Man with the Iron Fists
- A Path to the East
- On the Set with RZA
- Deleted/Extended Scenes:
- The Saga of Gold Lion
- Jack Knife Journey through Wolf Mountain
- Zen Yi and Chan Make Camp
- Blacksmith Doctors Zen Yi
- Mirror Maze
- My Scenes
- pocket BLU App
- Digital Copy of The Man with the Iron Fists: Unrated Version (redeem by 4/30/2015)
- Includes UltraViolet (redeem by 4/30/2015)
Mixing in a steady stream of kick-boxing and name-dropping, “The Man with the Iron Fists” comprises a wish-list of anyone and everyone that an audience could ask for in a cult Kung Fu homage… except maybe Jackie Chan and the late, great David Carradine. And while RZA exercises a page from the Orson Welles playbook, traversing the triangle between writer, director, and central actor, it’s hard to tell if Fist’s campy, sometimes corny feel is a purposeful nod to the Kung Fu cult classics, or a fumbled through fable that has a convenient out. What tests the film’s metal are its ridiculous situations and a central character shakily performed. What strengthens the film however is that wave after wave of big name talent throws everything they have at making it the best B-movie it can be. Thus making Fists seem less like a film you can take seriously, and more like a pet project from a coven of actors all fueled by friendships and favors. If you’re in it for the face-value fun, the adoration of the actors, and the genre slant it brings, then you’re in for a treat. But anything more than these superficial spectacles and you may as well concede to a bloody bad time. The extras menu leaps around almost as much as the feature film, with short bursts of behind the scenes clips, interviews and information, a handful of Deleted/Extended scenes, and Universal’s “My Scenes” bookmarking system. So though RZA’s roster is impressive and the film’s hype easily ingested, “The Man with the Iron Fists” fights only for those in it for fun, faces, and fatalities.