The Man with the Iron Fists is a 2012 American martial arts film directed by RZA and written by RZA and Eli Roth. The film stars Russell Crowe, Cung Le, Lucy Liu, Byron Mann, RZA, Rick Yune, David Bautista, and Jamie Chung. Set in 19th century China, the story follows a series of lone warriors who are forced to unite to defeat a common foe and save their home of Jungle Village. Development began as early as 2005 when RZA shared his idea for the film with Roth. After nearly two years of development by the pair, they were able to secure financial backing in May 2010. Filming began in December 2010 on a $20 million budget and concluded by March 2011. The film was shot entirely in China, including the city of Shanghai. The film’s score is composed by RZA and Howard Drossin, and its soundtrack is developed by RZA, featuring several new songs by various artists. A series of concerts were held to promote the film, featuring music from the soundtrack.watch more
In nineteenth century China, Jungle Village is home to several warring clans. The village Blacksmith creates deadly weapons for the clans, intending to use his payments to purchase the freedom of his lover Lady Silk, and leave the village. The region’s governor tasks the Lion Clan’s leader Gold Lion with protecting a large shipment of gold that must pass through the village. Gold is betrayed by his lieutenants Silver Lion and Bronze Lion, who plan to steal the gold. They use the chaos of a fight with the Hyena Clan to allow their co-conspirator Poison Dagger (the governor’s aide) to assassinate Gold; Silver becomes the Lions’ leader. Gold’s son Zen-Yi learns of his father’s murder and sets off to the village to seek revenge.
The Emperor’s undercover emissary Jack Knife arrives in the village to monitor the gold, and takes up residence in the Pink Blossom, a brothel run by Lady Silk’s madame, Madam Blossom. Silver sends members of the Rodent clan to kill Zen-Yi before he can reach the village, but Zen-Yi kills them.watch more
the gold shipment arrives in the village, accompanied by the Geminis; two skilled warriors. They and their men are quickly confronted by the Lions. In the resulting fight, Poison Dagger assassinates the Geminis and the Lions capture the gold. Jack later arrives to inspect the incident and learns that the Geminis were poisoned with Mercury-tipped weapons, leading him to the Blacksmith. The Lions theft prompts the governor to send in his Jackal troops to recover the shipment or destroy the village. Zen-Yi asks the Blacksmith to craft him a new suit of weaponised armor. The Lions suspect that the Blacksmith is helping Zen-Yi and have him tortured for information. The Blacksmith refuses to talk and his forearms are cut off by Brass. Jack, who had been following the Blacksmith, saves him. While he recovers, the Blacksmith tells Jack of his past as an American slave who was freed, but then accidentally killed a white man who refused to let him go. He fled the country by boat and ended up in China, where he was trained by monks to use his body’s energy to perform superhuman feats. With Jack, the Blacksmith crafts his greatest weapon; a pair of iron forearms that he is capable of animating using this energy.
Zen-Yi recovers and joins Jack and the Blacksmith. Meanwhile, Blossom offers to let Silver hide the gold in a secret tomb beneath the brothel in return for payment. The gold is stored in a coffin and raised up to the rafters. That night, Blossom has her girls serve the Lions, and Silk serves Brass; at Blossom’s signal, the girls use hidden weapons in their mouths to poison many of the Lions and then join with Blossom as the Black Widows. When Silk attempts to poison Brass, his skin protects him and he beats her to near death. The Black Widows fight with the remaining Lions while Blossom and Bronze fight and kill each other. Poison Dagger is crushed between large moving gears while fighting Jack. While Zen-Yi and Silver fight in the tomb, Zen-Yi cuts the coffin free and it crushes Silver. The Blacksmith finds Silk and she dies in his arms. He confronts Brass, and his Iron Fists prove capable of inflicting damage on his seemingly invincible body. While Brass is in metal form, a powerful punch from the Blacksmith shatters him to pieces. Jack runs outside in time to stop the Jackals from decimating the building with a gatling gun.
In the epilogue, Jack leaves the village to accompany the gold, and Zen-Yi tells the Blacksmith that he has gained a brother. With the clans destroyed and the village safe, the Blacksmith vows to keep it that way, destroying the sign to his weapon shop.watch more
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