The Man with the Iron Fists 2012

Ty Burr, Boston Globe: Lunatic, slipshod, absurdly violent, horribly acted, and borderline incomprehensible. Read more

Manohla Dargis, New York Times: As erratically enjoyable as it is consistently ridiculous, the martial arts pastiche "The Man With the Iron Fists" is the latest evidence that the vogue for neo-exploitation cinema shows no sign of flagging. Read more

Scott Bowles, USA Today: Goes a long way in demonstrating that a bad movie with big names is still a bad movie. Just prettier. Read more

Nathan Rabin, AV Club: No matter the medium, RZA is a world-builder who has conceptualized the contours of the rich, bloody, dense universe he created down to the most insignificant details. Read more

Jordan Hoffman, Film.com: "The Man With the Iron Fists" is the type of movie that feels like you are always coming in half-way through, even if you watch it from the beginning. As an exercise in genre, this is the highest compliment. Read more

Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter: It's all sufficiently well done and amusing enough to satisfy the appetites of fans who mainline this sort of thing, but it also sports a concocted, second-hand feel common to this sort of throwback homage ... Read more

Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: It may just be one of the best bad movies ever. Read more

Kyle Smith, New York Post: At 96 minutes it is exactly 93 1/2 minutes too long. Read more

Peter Howell, Toronto Star: There's little happening here except slavish imitation and embarrassing hackwork. Read more

Alonso Duralde, TheWrap: The blood spurts, the knives shoot out, and the fists fly - but The Man with the Iron Fists never takes off. Read more

Andrew Barker, Variety: As endearing as it is exhausting, The Man With the Iron Fists bears strong resemblance to a hyperactive puppy: sloppy, scatterbrained, manic and migraine-inducing, but possessing an earnest sense of excitement. Read more

Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice: If Iron Fists is sometimes badly made, it is refreshingly badly made. Read more