Iron Monkey

Name: Iron Monkey
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Released: October 12, 2001
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 79
Cast: Donnie Yen, Rongguang Yu

2001

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Miramax Films | Release Date: October 12, 2001 | PG-13

Starring: Donnie Yen, Rongguang Yu

Summary: Iron Monkey, one of the best-loved kung fu movies of all time, weaves fact and legend in a tale of a daring thief who uses his ill-gotten gains to aid the poor and dispossessed. (Miramax)

Director: Woo-ping Yuen

Genre(s): Action, Comedy, Crime

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 85 min

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Christopher Varney

Despite my ignorance of Hong Kong, I'm convinced that Iron Monkey could be the best, most entertaining martial arts film I may ever see. Read full review

New Times (L.A.) Andy Klein

It's funny, heroic, exaggerated and, most of all, energetic; the film speeds along as though afraid to lose the audience's attention for even a moment. Read full review

Chris Kaltenbach

Viewers impressed by the fairly standard martial-arts action of "Crouching Tiger" will really be wowed after seeing this film.

Lisa Alspector

Scenes of ingenious slapstick violence. Read full review

Carrie Rickey

It's indescribable fun. Read full review

Mike Clark

A long-on-video 1993 release now restored to its original Cantonese with different music and more audio pop. Read full review

William Arnold

The movie is never engaging on anything but a superficial level, and it gradually gets decidedly tiresome. Read full review

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aadityamudhar

Apr 17, 2016

I really liked the plot. It made you really think, "ok, how are they going to get out of this?" and I really liked the English dub. But my only problem with it was that the Shaolin thing wasn't not focused on enough, and I wasn't sure what was going on with it. Great movie though andI really liked the plot. It made you really think, "ok, how are they going to get out of this?" and I really liked the English dub. But my only problem with it was that the Shaolin thing wasn't not focused on enough, and I wasn't sure what was going on with it. Great movie though and definitely worth a watch!!… Expand

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[Anonymous]

Nov 23, 2005

Yuen Wo Pingis an ace choreographer, as he helped bring the Matrix trilogy, Kill bill and Kung Fu hustle to the top of the action genre. When he directs on his own, he pulls out all the stops and breathlessly packs tons of his fight sequences into one explosive package. If you like his Yuen Wo Pingis an ace choreographer, as he helped bring the Matrix trilogy, Kill bill and Kung Fu hustle to the top of the action genre. When he directs on his own, he pulls out all the stops and breathlessly packs tons of his fight sequences into one explosive package. If you like his fight choreography, there's plenty of it here, and it dominates most fo the screen time. THere's little, if any, filler in these intense 89min.… Expand

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clem666

Nov 11, 2022

Hard to rate because it is only pure entertainment.
Effectively physics doesn't apply the same way it does in our world, I guess it is the point. Fights remains quite impressive when they are not contaminated by those acrobatics. I still must underline the speed of execution and the varietyHard to rate because it is only pure entertainment.
Effectively physics doesn't apply the same way it does in our world, I guess it is the point. Fights remains quite impressive when they are not contaminated by those acrobatics. I still must underline the speed of execution and the variety of fight movements.

Characters are quite attractive, especially Yu Rong-Kwong and Donnie Yenn. I guess the scenario ain't that important. In any case, there is very little to be gained from it. The final scenes are as intense as they are dumb.

I love that kind of humour Woo-ping Yuen introduced in this. Obviously it is not 'occidental-friendly' but it is inspiring however.… Expand

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gracjanski

Nov 26, 2019

Most of the fights are completely unrealistic, because there is no physics. Most of the characters are very onesided. The story is just a little bit interesting.

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