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Saturday 5 January 2013

THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS [2012]

Wu Tang Clan mainman RZA joins filmmakers Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth & Robert Rodriguez in the gang of directors who have seen too many bad movies, by creating The Man With The Iron Fists.
A schlocky, hilariously violent martial arts hip-hop film that fails to bring anything new to the table but serves the viewer a colorful platter of wonderfully choreographed fight scenes and deliciously over-the-top performances from Russell Crowe, Lucy Liu and Byron Mann. It's unevenly focused, sloppily edited and seems to forget it's main character needs a personality or shred of development, yet somehow it still manages to charm and entertain.  In short, it's bad, fun crap.  

2½ spicy ribs out of 5

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