The Man with the Iron Fists (2012) on Netflix
Jungle Village's blacksmith Thaddeus forges weapons for warring clans and saves to free Lady Silk from the Pink Blossom brothel. The governor's gold passing through brings outside fighters.
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Plot summary
In 19th-century China, the region's governor gives the Lion Clan's leader, Gold Lion, the task of guarding a consignment of government gold that will travel through Jungle Village, home to warring clans and to a blacksmith, Thaddeus, who forges their weapons. Thaddeus saves his earnings to buy the freedom of Lady Silk, a prostitute at the Pink Blossom, the brothel Madam Blossom runs. Gold Lion's son Zen-Yi, known as the X-Blade, sets out for the village. The Qing Emperor's undercover emissary, the British soldier Jack Knife, arrives to watch over the gold and lodges at the Pink Blossom. A mercenary named Brass Body, whose skin turns to metal on impact, also comes to the village.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Six weeks into filming, director RZA pushed the crew to work faster to stay on schedule; his assistant director then told him the pace was injuring stunt workers, who were being sent to the hospital, so RZA abandoned some planned shots and replaced them with CGI.
- RZA's first cut of the film ran four hours, and he wanted to split it into two films, but co-writer Eli Roth disagreed; it was ultimately cut to 96 minutes to avoid a restrictive rating, and RZA stopped editing for two weeks out of disgust at having to cut it.
- During his fight scene with RZA, actor Dave Bautista suffered raw, bleeding arms from RZA's sandpaper-like prop iron fists.
- The role of The Abbot, eventually played by Gordon Liu, was written specifically for RZA's own Shaolin teacher, Shi Yan Ming, who could not get permission to return to China to film it.
