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Original title: Siunin Wong Fei-hung tsi titmalau
Release Date
Oct 12, 2001
DVD Release Date
• R1: Mar 26, 2002
• R2: 26 Mar 2001
Budget $2,000,000
Official Website:
Iron Monkey Website
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for martial arts action/violence and brief sexuality.
Running Time
1 hour, 26 minutes
Country Hong Kong
Studio Miramax Films
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• Iron Monkey (1993)
• Iron Monkey: The Young Wong Fei Hong (1993)
• Shao nian Huang Fei-Hong zhi tie ma liu (1993)
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Genre: Action, Martial Arts, Period Piece, Experimental, Doctor, Superhero
Tagline: Sometimes the only way to become a hero is to be an outlaw
Plot: 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
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