Movie 2012.12.19 - The Man with the Iron Fists

Kung-fu films don't get campier than this. Was lured into watching this movie because the blurb says "Quentin Tarantino presents...". Apparently, the man has nothing to do with it. The movie was directed by RZA (pronounced ree-zah), and written by RZA and Eli Roth. He probably just lent his name to the venture to help his friends sell more tickets. Heck, before this I've never even heard of RZA. Yeah, shame on me, never listened to Wu-Tang Clan.

Anyway, the movie has some big names in there, like Russell Crowe, Lucy Liu, Jamie Chung, Rick Yune, and um, RZA, among others. Didn't help a bit in making the movie better. Not sure if the acting is really supposed to be bad (as a homage to the old martial arts flicks), or the actors knew it's a crappy movie and gave up trying. The storlyline is a mishmash of old themes - government gold stolen while in transport, power struggle within the clan, the son avenging the father's death, an invincible enemy, lady escorts who are part-time assassins, fighters who rise from the ashes to become super fighters, etc. You name it, it's all in there.