Dave Bautista and This Member of the Wu-Tang Clan Teamed up for This Forgotten Action Movie Produced by Quentin Tarantino

The RZA's directorial debut, The Man with the Iron Fists. featured homages to classic kung fu movies and Dave Bautista as a villain.

Apr 6, 2025 - 23:12
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Dave Bautista and This Member of the Wu-Tang Clan Teamed up for This Forgotten Action Movie Produced by Quentin Tarantino

The Wu-Tang Clan's discography is best defined by two factors: deep-cut comic book references and the use of sound snippets from classic Hong Kong martial arts films in their songs. Longtime Wu-Tang member RZA took things one step further and made his directorial debut with the martial arts film The Man with the Iron Fists. For a first-time film, RZA was working with quite the talented cast and crew. His cast included Lucy Liu, andRussell Croweand also served as one of Dave Bautista's first major screen roles. Eli Roth was helping RZA co-write the script, and none other than legendary film director Quentin Tarantino was a producer — The Man with the Iron Fists even boasts the term "Quentin Tarantino Presents." Despite this, it's a lesser-known entry in the action canon, so what exactly happened?