If you are a fan of hip hop (and probably also if you haven’t) you must have heard of the Wu Tang Clan, who burst onto the scene at the beginning of the nineties. Their name, just like their music, was heavily inspired by old kung fu movies and Hong Kong cinema (think movies like “The Killer”). They used a lot of samples out of those movies and one of the musical masterminds behind the beats was RZA. In the past he has been involved in creating the music for various movies, like Ghost Dog: The Way of The Samurai, Afro Samurai and Tarantino’s Kill Bill: Vol.1. and with the love he has for the kung fu genre it’s only natural that he would make a movie eventually.

He has written the screenplay together with Eli Roth, composed the music and directs The Man with the Iron Fists. Does the movie make as much impact as the Wu Tang Clan did? Continue reading →