| | Iron Monkey Blu-ray
| Category | Foreign Films DVDs, Blu-ray Movies, Action/Adventure Videos, Action, Recommended, Martial Arts, Period Piece, Heroes, Chinese/Cantonese, Kung Fu, Classic Fight Scenes | | Starring | Donnie Yen, Yu Rong Guang, James Wong, Yuen Shun-Yee, Tsang Sze-Man, Jean Wang | | Director | Yuen Woo-ping | | Composer | Richard Yuen | | Producer | Tsui Hark | | Screenwriter | Tsui Hark, Cheung Tan, Tang Pik-Yin, Lau Tai-Muk |
Widescreen; Soundtrack English; Blue Ray HD-DVD Yuen Woo-Ping's exhilarating martial arts film stars Yu Rong Guang as Dr. Yang, a kind family doctor who charitably provides medicine and care to impoverished villagers, along with his assistant, Orchid (the lovely Jean Wang). Yang, however, also masquerades as the crime-fighting Iron Monkey, who robs gold from the rich and gives to it the poor, much to the dismay of the corrupt local governor (James Wong). When famed fighter and physician Wong Kei-Ying (Donnie Yen) and his young son, Wong Fei-Hung (crossdressed actress Tsang Sze-Man), wander into town, the cowardly ruler captures the boy and pits his father against the elusive Iron Monkey. Eventually, the heroes must unite to face an even greater foe--a renegade Shaolin master (Yen Yee Kwan) and his treacherous lackeys.
This Chinese variation on the legend of Robin Hood is a good-natured (and often funny) action movie that features numerous outstanding fight scenes (including a battle fought on poles over a raging fire) and a surprising amount of cooking (yes, cooking). The film is the prequel to Tsui Hark's ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA series, which follows the adventures of folk hero Wong Fei-Hung as an adult. IRON MONKEY is particularly revelatory due to the amazing action sequences directed by Woo-Ping, who went on to choreograph the intricate fights of THE MATRIX and CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON. U.S. Theatrical Release: October 5, 2001.
Original Production Year: 1993. Iron Monkey Reviews: "...The action is consistent..."
-- Mike Clark, USA Today "...[With] ingeniously choreographed, gravity-defying fight sequences..."
-- Geoffrey Macnab, Sight and Sound "...Damn if it isn't crackling fun....There's no resisting..." -- Rating: B+
-- Marc Bernardin, Entertainment Weekly Iron Monkey | List Price | $39.99 (You save $9.50) | | Studio | Miramax Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 1993 | | CD Universe Part number | 7967901 | | Catalog number | 10150500 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 15, 2009 | | Rating | PG-13 (MPAA) | | Also Known As | Siunin Wong Fei-hung Tsi Titmalau; Iron Monkey: The Young Wong Fei Hong | | Running Time | 86 Minutes | | Movie Details | Color; Digitally Mastered |
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