I’m delighted that the RZA received an opportunity to create a valentine to the fantastical kung fu films he enjoyed as a boy, a passion that’s carried throughout his entire life. However, the RZA isn’t an actor, a screenwriter, or a director, making his debut feature as a triple-threat, “The Man with the Iron Fists,” an exceedingly leaden picture, displaying a lack of finesse with seemingly obvious moviemaking elements. Glacial, stitched together with hopes and dreams, and submitting dreary action choreography and cinematography, “Iron Fists” makes plenty of lousy creative decisions as it unfolds. However, its most unpardonable sin is one of camp, treating the material with a pronounced silliness that undermines all this supposedly hardcore entertainment.
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