The Iron Monkey (DVD)

...movies extends to something along the lines of "well there's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and umm didn't Bruce Lee do some once..." then you'll never have heard of Iron Monkey - nor will you have had any interest in checking it out. You will however be missing one of the most entertaining movies released in recent years which I'm sure you will agree is something ofa shame. It was originally released in 1993, straight to video but has recently made ...
...director Yeun Wo Ping did the choreography for - a fact which will come as no surprise at all after a few minutes of watching Iron Monkey. For martial arts fans that alone ought to be enough of an incentive to watch - for the rest of us who like action movies know also that his work can also be seen on The Matrix and rest assured that this adrenaline fueled kung-fu fest is more than enough to keep you glued to your tv. Its not brilliant in terms ...

wampyrii 19.03.2002 · Read full review
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...but seemed to sneak into the shelves in hmv and the local blockblusters. So it never really had a chance to prevail unlike 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' So what’s the story? The story takes place in a poor Chinese province in the 1800s, where penniless refugees struggle to get by while the corrupt Governor keeps himself in luxury with all the food, money and supplies there are. A masked ninja-style vigilante, nicknamed "The Iron Monkey" (Rongguang ...
...rich, giving to the poor and leaving drawings of cartoon chimps with moral advice I.e "Don't be greedy!" as calling cards. And yes he is just like a Chinese Robin Hood but wears black instead off green. The governor is comically inept but not-quite-as-corrupt as the head of security, Chief Fox, who has the duty off unmasking and arresting the troublesome hero. Order needs to be restored, because the province is due for inspection by some "government ...

crazy_tiger 15.10.2002 · Read full review
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...opinion, it is one of the best martial arts films ever made! (But I’ve never heard of it I hear you say) OK it is the best, most understated martial arts movie of all time. It’s hip at the moment to have Yuen Woo Ping as your action director or even fight co-ordinator, but is a “proper” director in his own right, and a damn good one too. The story is a Robin Hood type story, based in myths and legends of the late Ching dynasty. ...
...the community by day and then the Iron Monkey my night, robbing from the rich and giving to the poor. A travelling physician, Wong Kei-Ying is convinced to help capture the “Iron Monkey”, after his son is imprisoned by the corrupt Local Governor. This leads to fantastic and some-what elaborate fight sequences, which all have the inevitable Woo-Ping touch. (As seen in Matrix, Charles Angels and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) The town ...

niallwebster 06.03.2002 · Read full review
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On the rare occasion that I get home at the crack of dawn, I find myself living the cliche 'too tired to go to bed'. With your mind refusing work or sleep, and somehow keeping you in a limbo of half wakefulness, there are only a couple of things you can do in my humble abode. First one is flipping to pirated playboy and watching Julie Ashton in one of her weird home made porn flicks. The other and definitely more preferred thing to do is to have ...
...find out what happens at the end. Set 100-200 years ago in China, the Iron Monkey is the Honk Kong version of Robin Hood, and unlike all other Robins, this guy does not speak with an English accent. He speaks Chinese. He is a Chinese d00d dressed up like a Japanese Ninja who stalks a very poor town at night, stealing from the rich and feeding the hungry. The fight scenes are highly unrealistic and humorous, yet they are much too much fun to watch. ...

Skyth 16.03.2004 · Read full review
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This is one of the best kung fu movies I’ve seen. It has plenty of action, and humour. Although for those who do not understand Cantonese or who have not seen the “Once Upon A Time In China” movies, some of the jokes may be lost. This is sort of a pre-quel to it. Since it is about a younger version of the main character in the “OUATIC” movies and shows how he got his personality (i.e straight laced and no-nonesense) ...
...giving away too much of the plot away, the movie is about evil government officials in ancient China who are after the "Iron Monkey" of the title for robbing them off their riches and giving the cash to the poor. It shows how the main charactors inadventently band together to overthrow said badies. Some may complain about the lack of a plot, but that is not what martial arts movies are about. Just sit back and enjoy. It is also best to get the subtitled ...

manwithnoname 31.12.2003 · Read full review
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