Thy Davideth
Talk about testosterone. Yeeeeeaaash! Duel Of The Iron Fist is a mindless hack and slash movie that you will either love or hate. The film is gleaming with angry mother******* wielding an assortment of blades and **** and killing each other off in masses and in bloody like fashion. And the story is very simple about some guy seeking revenge. La de da!Duel Of The Iron Fist is without question one of my all time favorite Shaw Brothers movies ever. Sure it's practically nihilistic if not one dimensional, but all the anger and blood buttered mayhem is enough to make me spew man yogurt and all that. Although, if I have to be honest about the flaws, the movie has some stiff acting and the directing is a bit unfocused which doesn't help the story much. Plus I'm not a big fan of filmmakers using pre-existing music from other movies. For this they used the Ric Flair music. It's WWE concept if you don't get it. B****.Regardless, bad-ass movie. An illogical perfect ten.
poe426
DUEL OF THE IRON FIST was part of the first kung fu double feature I ever saw in a theater (the other film was KUNG FU- THE INVINCIBLE FIST), and it still holds up. Butterfly-tattooed Ti Lung and the always impeccably-dressed David Chiang (called "The Rover," a kind of Doc Holliday who's good with knives, but whose nagging cough bodes ill) find themselves at odds with a local gang. Lung eventually has to leave and go "incognito." He's found out in short order, of course, and has to fight his way to freedom. The action is good and rarely lets up as Lung wades through scores of assailants. Although at first there appear to be no traditional "good guys" in this movie, there ARE a couple of surprising turnarounds by the time the Finale (set partially in a raging downpour) takes place. Chang Cheh paved the way for future superstar action directors like John Woo, and DUEL OF THE IRON fist is the GODFATHER of Triad action films.
johnboy1
Just to let everyone know that the new DVD release of this movie is NOT the original version, but an edited one.The VHS version was released sometime ago, and clocked in at 90 minutes. It's called "Duel Of The Shaolin Fist". At least it's widescreen, but it's been edited considerably.The DVD release is full screen (so we get a good look at half their faces in many scenes), and it is 98 minutes long. Unfortunately, the final scene is edited out, the film is spotty, and it skips. Don't be misled by the original title. It's NOT "Duel Of The Iron Fist"! When will we be able to get an uncut original DVD of this classic movie? The "8" I rated it is for the full-length original, not this mess.Johnboy
HAMMERTHROW
To make it short.... Ti Lung, David Chiang, were the guys in the 70's as far as Martial Arts movies.The one thing wrong today is that it's on VHS tape, but the last 10 minute segment is cut like in some versions of the movie when it played. If you can see the complete version if possible. It doesn't end the way most films would....Still, the part that plays is very good. Very violent set pieces, very bloody, but with great stylized fight throughout. Ti Lung is the best! See also if you can find it The New one Armed Swordsman or in the USA it came out as Triple Irons.
