The Man with the Iron Fists

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Movie
German title The Man with the Iron Fists
Original title The Man with the Iron Fists
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2012
length 96, 108 (Extended Edition) minutes
Age rating FSK 16, 18 (Extended Edition)
Rod
Director RZA
script RZA,
Eli Roth
production Eli Roth,
Marc Abraham ,
Eric Newman
music RZA,
Howard Drossin
camera Chi Ying Chan
cut Joe D'Augustine
occupation

The Man with the Iron Fists is an American martial arts film from 2012 , in which the rapper RZA wrote the script, directed and wrote the soundtrack in addition to a leading role. Other leading actors include Russell Crowe , Cung Le , Lucy Liu , Rick Yune , Dave Bautista and Jamie Chung . The film was released in North America on November 2, 2012. A sequel entitled The Man with the Iron Fists 2 was produced directly for the DVD market in 2015 . Roel Reiné directed the film, and RZA was again involved in the script.

action

In 19th century China, the leader of the Lion clan, Gold Lion, escorts a cargo of gold from the governor. However, he is betrayed by his deputy Silver Lion and poisoned by mercury by the assassin Poison Dagger . Gold Lion's son, Zen Yi, wants to avenge his father and travels to Jungle Village, where he suspects Silver Lion. In this village, a black smith famous for his art makes the weapons of the warring clans. Zen Yi, also known as the X-Blade, is beaten by Brass Body upon his arrival in the village and his eponymous armor is destroyed. The blacksmith, who is staying with his tender lover Lady Silk in the brothel Pink Blossom, accepts Zen Yi and wants to help him, since it was his weapons that killed Gold Lion.

Silver Lion is looking for the blacksmith with Brass Body, as he had been secretly working on Zen Yi's new armor for days without any weapons being delivered to the clans. When they find him, they chop off both of his hands, because he does not reveal the whereabouts of Zen Yi. The blacksmith is then saved by his friend, Jack Knife, and taken to a hiding place under the forge. You learn that the blacksmith is an escaped slave and must hide. He fled by ship, but was shipwrecked on the coast of China. He had been received and trained by monks who showed him the secrets of chi . Then he left the temple and now settled as a blacksmith in Jungle Village.

Since he is now missing both hands, he instructs his assistant and Jack Knife to forge metal hands ( iron fists ) for him. By mastering the chi he can move these metal hands. Meanwhile, the Lion Clan steals the governor's gold transport. He then sends the elite troop of jackals, who are supposed to bombard the village with a Gatling , in case the residents do not surrender the gold in full.

The Lions hide the stolen gold in an old grave under the pink blossom. X-Blade, the blacksmith and Jack Knife find out about this and want to save the village. Madame Blossom, the brothel mother of Pink Blossom, has invited the men of the clans to her establishment. Brass Body chose Lady Silk. However, after extensive partying, the men of the clan are killed by the whores with poison. Only the metal body of Brass Body withstands poison injection by Lady Silk. He wakes up and kills her.

X-Blade can later put Silver Lion in the grave and kills him with the stolen gold. Jack Knife poses in the Pink Blossom Poison Dagger, which dies in a gear. The blacksmith can ultimately kill Brass Body when he remembers the body's chi points and hits them on Brass Body. Jack Knife turns out to be Colonel Jack Wales, veteran soldier of the Governor and thus His Majesty the Queen of England.

Reviews

The film was received rather ambiguously by the film critics:

“Homage to Hong Kong genre cinema with exaggerated, brutal fight scenes that play into the grotesque and stylistic recourse to the 1970s, which has gotten all too hectic and confused. The expenditure on equipment and battle choreographies sometimes seems wasted and is possibly due to an editing version that deviates from the plans of the director. "

“Once again, RZA proves to be a passionate admirer of classic Kung Fu epics: In his film directorial debut 'Man with the Iron Fists' he sometimes gets bogged down in countless storylines, but he has stuffed it with so many ideas that it is still bloody for you - an entertaining film is enough. "

“Instead of coming up with something original, RZA focuses on exactly copying its role models from the Eastern cinema. Dialogue sequences only function as interfaces between the action scenes, the characters are drawn like a woodcut, and the actors, including RZA in the role of the blacksmith, play really miserable. It's almost silly how consistently RZA tried to make a 'bad' film here. Anyone who is not a fan of the kung fu cinema from the 70s, like him, will quickly get bored. "

- Kino Kino, the film magazine on Bavarian television

“In fact, The Man With the Iron Fists has become a stylish, cool film that plays cleverly with its use of music (which is quite Wu-Tang- heavy) and literally beats the viewer from the first minute. In addition, there are extremely exaggerated peaks of violence that make the overstimulated audience in the cinema laugh with wonderful splatter humor. RZA's directorial debut can intercept the weak script over long stretches with visual display values ​​and some original ideas and pleases with its own charm. Still, it's a shame how much potential has been given away. "

- moviemaze.de

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Approval for The Man with the Iron Fists . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , October 2012 (PDF; test number: 135 330 K).
  2. Release certificate for The Man with the Iron Fists - Extended Version . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry, April 2013 (PDF; test number: 135 330-a V).
  3. ^ The Man with the Iron Fists. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  4. ^ Review of The Man with the Iron Fists at filmstarts.de, accessed on December 18, 2012
  5. ^ "The Man with the Iron Fists" BR film review ( Memento from April 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  6. moviemaze.de: The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)