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The Iron Monkey
A masked bandit know as 'Iron Monkey' steals from the corrupt authorities as a masked thief to give to the poor while another martial artist/doctor is forced to hunt him down. But a major threat unites them as a powerful and traitorous shaolin monk takes over the authorities.
1 January 1947
1958, Hunan, China
24 August 1954, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
1 August 1970, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
27 July 1963, Canton, China
16 February 1940, Canton, China
13 May 1956, Portland, Oregon, USA
September 27, 2009
Despite its seemingly constant action, the focus was way too light for my liking, resulting in a film that's often more corny than it is enthralling.September 23, 2009
Despite it's tonal split personality, Iron Monkey is a fun Hong Kong martial arts action-comedy that offers a heck of a climax.October 16, 2001
[Yuen's] fights are innovative and intense, whether they're a whirlwind one-on-one duel or one of many struggles featuring multiple combatants.February 06, 2008
Some of the best fight sequences one can expect to see in this genre.October 12, 2001
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.October 18, 2001
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.October 12, 2001
A breathtaking pleasure certain to build anticipation for Yuen's future directing efforts on this side of the globe.October 12, 2001
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.September 25, 2009
some of the finest martial arts displays imaginable, and it doesn't take itself seriouslyJanuary 06, 2002
A crackling Cantonese action caper in the tradition of Robin Hood, Zorro, Batman et al.September 22, 2009
Woo-ping is as unembarrassed by the hokiness of his narrative as he is by that of his unending combat enactments, which you can accept as intentional stylistic exaggerations.