Iron Monkey (1993) (Chinese)

June 27, 2007 · Posted in Action, Chinese Movies, Comedy, Crime

A Hong Kong variation on Robin Hood. The corrupt officials of a Chinese village are continually robbed by a masked bandit know as “Iron Monkey” named after a benevolent deity. When all else fails, the Governor forces a traveling physician (Donnie Yen) into finding the bandit. The arrival of an evil Shaolin monk, brings the Physician and Iron Monkey together to battle the corrupt government.

Donnie Yen and Yuen-woo ping team up again to bring us one of the best kung fu movies ever. The fight choreography is perfect and the fighting style includes the animal styles such as the crane and the snake. Donnie Yen plays Wong-kai-ying, the father of Wong-fei-hong(who is curiously played by a girl!!), and they have to face in their adventure villains such as the witch, who has powerful hand grip and great double sword of lo-han style of fighting, and the governor who possesses his famous king-kong palm and his flying sleeves. But Wong-kai-ying also has a powerful move :it is the no-shadow kick (style that we can see in the once upon a time in china series of movies). The end fight is the one of the three best I have ever seen!! A must see.

Release Date: 1993
Directed: Woo-ping Yuen
Writers:Tai-Muk Lau
Cheung Tan
Genre: Action/Comedy/Crime
Cast: Rongguang Yu, Donnie Yen, Jean Wang, Shi-Kwan Yen, James Wong, Hou Hsiao, Sze-man Tsang, Shu-Yee Yuen, Fai Li
Runtime: 90 minutes
Also Known As: Siu nin Wong Fei Hung ji: Tit Ma Lau (1993)
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese
Subtitles: English
IMDb link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108148/