Leonard Maltin , from Indiewire , stated that RZA 's direction of action scenes in The Man with the Iron Fists created confusion about the plot events .
Leonard Maltin said that RZA 's understated performance was `` not bad '' , but said that his directing of action scenes made on-screen events unclear , and concluded that the film imitated earlier kung-fu films and failed to improve upon them.
The Man with the Iron Fists