Watch: Cool Animated Prequel Short for ‘The Man with the Iron Fists’

We’ve already seen two gory red band trailers and a couple character spots for RZA’s kung fu directorial debut The Man with the Iron Fists. The hip-hop artist turned actor is also taking a lead role in the action-packed flick and taking on the likes of Russell Crowe, Lucy Liu and Ultimate Fighting Champion, Cung Le. Now for everyone excited for the movie and looking for a little back story on the main character, a stylish animated prequel short has popped up that finds the Blacksmith (RZA) on his way to China on a Dutch trading vessel. At a typical port stop, the Blacksmith and the crew have an unfortunate encounter. Here’s the animated prequel short The Encouter for The Man with the Iron Fists via Machinima: RZA’s Man With the Iron Fists is to be a “bloody R rated martial arts extravaganza” that he developed after studying Quentin Tarantino for a …