SnoopyStyle
A village has been ruled by the ruthless Master Ho who runs the mine. Li Kung preaches patience in cases of young girls being killed. Lord Pi (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa) is the ineffective Mayor. Li Kung's brother challenges Ho's man and actually wins. Thaddeus Henry Smith (RZA) is the Man with the Iron Fists. He is attacked and falls into the river. Li Kung's daughter Innocence saves him and returns him back to health.I'm sure RZA loves the old kung fu movies and seeks to recreate them in his vision. In a way, he has recreated kung fu B-movies. The acting is functional to amateurish. There are fights that are fight-like. In the old days after Bruce Lee's death, there were many movie with actors who have similar names to Bruce. This is on par with one of those movies. It is lacking the spirit of a master and can only be a shadow of other better films.
brandon-mcanally
It's a bit heartbreaking to see this movie trashed so readily by ungrateful curmudgeons wallowing in their sedentary lives on the couch.If you go into this expecting an escape from your boring life, then you will be setting yourself up for success. Know a few things first. - This is a B movie - This is a martial arts movie sequel to a movie titled "The Man with the Iron Fists" - It's a well executed, rated R, modern take on the samurai genre - If you're some hoity-toity film buff elitist expecting to see the sequel to The Artist, you're going to be let downThe exposition drags a bit but bear through it and the second half certainly pays off. It really is not necessary to see the first film. This movie continues the tale of one man, but the plot is completely separate from anything that happened in the first. Overall, this is a great rental and extra fun to have playing in the background in your basement gym.
nicholls_les
Just watched this film based on the fact that I saw and liked the first one. However almost from the start I knew i was going to hate this so called martial arts film, more in the kill bill style. What was all that stupid rap music about? It didn't fit in with the film at all and added to what seemed to be the film makers only criteria of this film which was to shock. The violence is unnecessarily gruesome and graphic with arms and heads lopped off for no particular reason. It is a shame because the storyline was a good one, the cast were good with a few exceptions and it could have been so much better. So unless you like Quentin Tarantino films with his excessive type of violence give this a miss.
richard2806
If you're OK with watching B-grade type movies with weird plot holes and fight scenes where you can often spot a completely missed hit, then this movie is OK.But if you're expecting a great Kung-Fu thriller, this isn't it.There are a lot of roll-your-eyes moments, where you could see it coming a mile away and the cheese factor is high. The script seems to have been written by the black dude starring in it, at least it feels that way.It's about as good/bad as the first movie.Then there's the cheesy soundtrack. It's crap. It reminds me of Kanye's stuff. It's crap too. (I just looked up the sound track and he is actually on it, so now it makes sense).I did have fun watching it though, it's not awful if you can get past the obvious stuff and I think overall it deserves the rating it has right now.5/10
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