Rongguang Yu,
Donnie Yen,
Jean Wang,
Tsang Sze-Man,
Yuen Shun-Yi
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This kung fu classic weaving fact and myth earned a theatrical release in the U.S. from Miramax eight years after it was produced, following a successful retrospective screening at the 2001 Los Angele... read more
Directed by: Woo-ping Yuen
Release Date: October 12, 2001
Keywords:
arts,
kung-fu,
martial arts,
kung fu,
donnie yen,
iron monkey,
Times New Roman,
Donnie Yen ,
Iron Monkey ,
Wong Fei Hung
DVD Release Date: March 26, 2002
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September 24, 2011Super fun times, just avoid Miramax hack version. They ruined the cantonese track with the overblown sound effects they added.
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April 24, 2011Hong Kong kung-fu madness with a Robin Hood themed story. Highly regarded by martial-arts fans, and yeah, the fight scenes are spectacular, as you'd expect from legendary action director Yuen Woo-Ping who has worked in both Asia and Hollywood orchestrating some of the most impres... read more
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January 17, 2011yuen woo-ping is the man. another masterfully choreographed film - the kung fu in this film is just mind blowing. i love watching donnie yen on screen and the scenes featuring a young wong fei-hung were incredibly believable. i loved this kung fu robin hood/superhero story. o... read more
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April 14, 2010Yuen Woo-ping shows that he is not only an action choreographer, but also a director as well.
At just over 80 minutes, Iron Monkey is non stop fun from beginning to end. The characters and story elements have a quirky feel to them, while also the right amount of serious
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December 23, 2006Donnie Yen as Wong Fei Lung's father and Yu Rong-guang as the Iron Monkey are fantastic team-up to fight against the evil Monks. Great non-stop action and wire-enhanced acrobatics.
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January 6, 2012Martial Arts films are always memorable if done right, and Iron Monkey is a great Martial Art film that delivers on story and fantastic choreography.
A doctor fights the corrupt authorities as a masked Robin Hood hero, even while another martial artist/doctor is forced to hunt... read more -
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March 15, 2012Iron Monkey closely resembles the Robin Hood legend while set in 1850s provincial China. Dr. Yang attends to the poor and needy at his clinic by day and robs from the cruel and greedy governor by night, returning the riches back to the local population. There's even a lo... read more
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August 11, 2010Anyone know where I can see the original 1993 release, not the butchered Tarantino releases 2001 version?
Critic Reviews
January 6, 2002
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
October 18, 2001
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
Yuen tosses off nimble, elegantly witty solutions to life's most vexing problems regarding rooms full of bad guys who won't take thwak for an answer. Full Review
October 16, 2001
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
[Yuen's] fights are innovative and intense, whether they're a whirlwind one-on-one duel or one of many struggles featuring multiple combatants. Full Review
October 12, 2001
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Think of Iron Monkey as the potboiling cousin of Crouching Tiger, rather than its most honoured forefather, and you'll be on the right wavelength. Full Review
October 12, 2001
David Edelstein, Slate
A rollicking, comic-book Robin Hood plot and more furiously entertaining fight scenes than the ones in Ang Lee's solemn martial-arts art movie. Full Review
October 12, 2001
Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was like fusion food, Chinese for Western tastes. Now, get ready for the real thing. Full Review
October 12, 2001
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
The battles are as hilarious as they are stunning, full of kung fu and Shaolin trash talk, blindingly fast punches (achieved by under-cranking the camera, thus speeding up the motion) and breathtaking...
October 12, 2001
Gene Seymour, Newsday
As with other, similar movies, you do have to buy into brazen pulp operatics to get through it. Still, there's a rough-hewn energy to the movie's pre-digital flying-fist sequences that all but neutral... Full Review
October 12, 2001
Dave Kehr, New York Times
The story is fairly generic, but plot has as little to do with the pleasures of kung fu movies as story lines do in musicals. Full Review
October 12, 2001
Jonathan Foreman, New York Post
Highly entertaining escapist fare.
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