RZA's Man With The Iron Fists

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

I hadn't heard about this until RZA sent this out on Twitter - here's the first image from his new movie, which he co-wrote with Eli Roth (?).



OK, rad. Eyeball punching is always great. So what's it about?

Wikipedia says:

"In feudal China, a blacksmith who makes weapons for a small village is put in the position where he must defend himself and his fellow villagers."

So it's a period piece I guess. Dig the cast:

Russell Crowe as The Baddest Man Alive
Dave Batista as Brass Body
RZA
Lucy Liu as Madame Blossom
Rick Yune as Zen Yi
Byron Mann as Silver Lion
Pam Grier
Cung Le as Bronze Lion
Jin Au-Yeung as Chan
Jamie Chung as Lady Silk

What? So this is a period martial arts film directed by RZA and co-written by Roth starring Russell Crowe in the lead and fucking Batista? And Pam Grier?

Haha. This is awesome. Or horrible. I don't know yet. Apparantly it's wrapped and the trailer will debut on IGN on Friday.

[Paul Casey Frito Bandito Find all posts View Profile Close Paul Casey]

Sounds shitty enough to be a Tarantino movie.

[Jimmy Simard Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jimmy Simard]

If it's a period piece why there are black and white people in China from 1046 BC trough 206 BC?

[Todd Jordan Smut is good. Find all posts View Profile Close Todd Jordan]

History doesn't apply movies, Jimmy. Unless they want it too.

I'll give it a whirl, but only on the hopes that it is unintentionally funny.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

I'm hoping it has more eyeball punching than just what we see in the still.

[sukebanboy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sukebanboy]

That is a pretty solid cast for what could be an unintentional embarrassment fest for all involved...Wonder why it hasnt been more heavily publicised??.....Like most, this is the first I heard of it...and MrRoth is NOT usually that quiet when he has a project going....


Even if it s crap, it should be entertaining enough!!!

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

One sheet image surfaced online today...

[Paul Casey Frito Bandito Find all posts View Profile Close Paul Casey]

I will admit, I like the tagline...and Lucy's still got it.

[sukebanboy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sukebanboy]

I will be watchign it...no matter how it turns out..:up:

[sukebanboy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sukebanboy]

TRAILER.....

http://www.ign.com/videos/2012/06/28...-trailer-debut

[The Silly Swede Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close The Silly Swede]

It looks horribly bad! I cannot wait :)

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Yeah, this looks awesome in the best/worst way possible. What's going on with Batista? He's a bronze man or something? Aside from the fact that there's obvioulsy a lot of CGI blood (something that always bugs me), this looks like a lot of stupid fun.

[Robin Bougie Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Robin Bougie]

Considering that RZA is as much of a hong kong film historian as he is (the man knows his shit, big time), I would be willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Will totally check this out.

Too bad about the CGI blood, though. Like Ian, I'm not a fan of it at all.

[Lars Jacobsson Member Find all posts View Profile Close Lars Jacobsson]

Wow, this looks really, really fun! I'll definitively check it out.

[Randy G Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Randy G]

As Robin says, RZA knows his stuff, I was sceptical about him doing the commentary for some of the Dragon Dynasty releases but he displays a real deep knowledge and love of the genre. Of course this will probably still stink but maybe it will stink in just the right way.