Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted July 9, 2014 Moderator Share Posted July 9, 2014 Despite all indications that it was never going to happen, the sequel to 'The Man With the Iron Fists' is going full steam ahead, and has a release date in the US of 1st December. Mike Leeder recently confirmed he'd been involved in the casting of the movie, and as well as the RZA, we also have Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Rick Yune, Zhu Zhu, Grace Huang, Carl Ng, Andrew Lin, Ocean Hou, & Simon Yin all confirmed as being onboard. The movie is being directed by Roel Reiné, who is mostly involved in direct-to-DVD productions, most notably for action fans he was the man behind 'The Marine 2' and 'The Scorpion King 3'. Set your expectations accordingly. No details on plot yet, however the biggest question that this raises is of course it was widely rumoured the RZA agreed to appear in 'Tom Yum Goong 2' on the basis that Tony Jaa would appear in the sequel to 'The Man With the Iron Fists'. Now that the sequel is coming to fruition, it appears that this promise may not happen after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted July 9, 2014 Member Share Posted July 9, 2014 Despite all indications that it was never going to happen, the sequel to 'The Man With the Iron Fists' is going full steam ahead, and has a release date in the US of 1st December. Mike Leeder recently confirmed he'd been involved in the casting of the movie, and as well as the RZA, we also have Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Rick Yune, Zhu Zhu, Grace Huang, Carl Ng, Andrew Lin, Ocean Hou, & Simon Yin all confirmed as being onboard. The movie is being directed by Roel Reiné, who is mostly involved in direct-to-DVD productions, most notably for action fans he was the man behind 'The Marine 2' and 'The Scorpion King 3'. Set your expectations accordingly. No details on plot yet, however the biggest question that this raises is of course it was widely rumoured the RZA agreed to appear in 'Tom Yum Goong 2' on the basis that Tony Jaa would appear in the sequel to 'The Man With the Iron Fists'. Now that the sequel is coming to fruition, it appears that this promise may not happen after all. I'm totally hailing Reiné as the "king of sequels" because he's the one who directs most direct-to-DVD sequels: Death Race 2 Death Race 3: Inferno The Marine 2 12 Rounds 2: Reloaded Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption Behind Enemy Lines 4: Seal Team 8 and now, The Man with the Iron Fists 2 He is the go to guy for action packed low budget sequels and I have to admit, I like his style of direction...definitely popcorn fare and not Oscar-worthy, but that's okay. It will be interesting to see his direction on Man with the Iron Fists. I wasn't thrilled with RZA directing the original, so maybe this one could fare well with Reine as director. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member OpiumKungFuCracker Posted July 9, 2014 Member Share Posted July 9, 2014 So wait, RZA is not directing? Haven't seen the first one, how was it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Drunken Monk Posted July 9, 2014 Member Share Posted July 9, 2014 So wait, RZA is not directing? Haven't seen the first one, how was it? A burlap sack filled to the brim with shit. Easily the worst film of 2012. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted July 9, 2014 Member Share Posted July 9, 2014 Here's my review of it...started out ok, but was very disappointed at the third act. Could have been so much better. http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/review-the-man-with-the-iron-fists-2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member reason108 Posted July 13, 2014 Member Share Posted July 13, 2014 Wow, a 2nd one. As if the first one was not bad enough.... Gotta say that I have not seen one film directed by Roel Reiné, But, they could get Alan Smithee* to direct a sequel and it would still be better. Sadly, I may just have to pass on seeing this. I only watched the first one to see how bad it really was. And, it lived up to the hype. (*Alan Smithee is an pseudonym used by directors when they do not want their name being used in association with a film they directed if it turned out to be a sh*t film....mostly because of studio interference or whatever) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted July 16, 2014 Author Moderator Share Posted July 16, 2014 Impact recently reported that Dustin Nguyen from 'The Rebel' & 'Once Upon a Time in Vietnam' has also joined the cast - http://www.impactonline.co/news/1901-double-whammy-iron-fists-sequel-planned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member sifu iron perm Posted July 19, 2014 Member Share Posted July 19, 2014 this film is perfect for a Ninja the final duel type re-packaging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted November 23, 2014 Author Moderator Share Posted November 23, 2014 First teaser is out featuring Dustin Nguyen, & little else - Pt-DfKiqTeQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Drunken Monk Posted November 23, 2014 Member Share Posted November 23, 2014 First teaser is out featuring Dustin Nguyen, & little else - Pt-DfKiqTeQ Those twenty seconds alone look better than the first film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member mark187 Posted November 23, 2014 Member Share Posted November 23, 2014 James Lew also worked on this, not sure if he was the fight choreographer or has a role in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member OpiumKungFuCracker Posted November 24, 2014 Member Share Posted November 24, 2014 I'm rooting for this movie to succeed because of Dustin. This dude's due been a long time coming. No Femme Fatale in this one? Is this an all dude brawl flick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member mpm74 Posted November 24, 2014 Member Share Posted November 24, 2014 I'm rooting for this movie to succeed because of Dustin. This dude's due been a long time coming. No Femme Fatale in this one? Is this an all dude brawl flick? Have you seen Once Upon A Time in Vietnam? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member OpiumKungFuCracker Posted November 24, 2014 Member Share Posted November 24, 2014 Have you seen Once Upon A Time in Vietnam? lol No, is it available now? Have you seen it, good or bad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member mpm74 Posted November 24, 2014 Member Share Posted November 24, 2014 Average/below average. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Secret Executioner Posted November 25, 2014 Member Share Posted November 25, 2014 Those twenty seconds alone look better than the first film. Too bad RZA is talking over this though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Drunken Monk Posted November 25, 2014 Member Share Posted November 25, 2014 Too bad RZA is talking over this though. At least he's not directing it, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Morgoth Bauglir Posted November 26, 2014 Member Share Posted November 26, 2014 At least he's not directing it, I think I'd rather have him directing than acting. Tough choice. It's a lose lose situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Secret Executioner Posted November 26, 2014 Member Share Posted November 26, 2014 I think I'd rather have him directing than acting. Tough choice. It's a lose lose situation. His acting is bad and I hate his voice for some reason. So I'll go with him directing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member mark187 Posted November 27, 2014 Member Share Posted November 27, 2014 so when is the release date? imdb lists Dec. 1st, but that's not likely as there isn't a poster or even proper trailer yet. Also, any confirmation on not only the release date, but whether it'll be theatrical or DTV? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member mark187 Posted November 28, 2014 Member Share Posted November 28, 2014 tAbaUE-Ge5c full trailer. at the end it states own it on BD, DVD, digital HD, confirming the DTV status, but still no release date confirmed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member kami Posted November 29, 2014 Member Share Posted November 29, 2014 Looks better than the first one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member sifu iron perm Posted November 29, 2014 Member Share Posted November 29, 2014 i wonder if they use unreleased material from the first flick? the rza stated he wrote this one also.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Gwai LO Posted November 30, 2014 Member Share Posted November 30, 2014 Imdb says release date is dec 1st 2014.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted November 30, 2014 Author Moderator Share Posted November 30, 2014 There's an article about the movie over at Impact with some further info - http://www.impactonline.co/news/2041-rza-bringing-a-hard-reine-to-fists-sequel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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