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Summary: Iron monkey rocks!
Review: Iron monkey is THE best martial arts movie i've ever seen. It has an interesting, understandable plot (unlike many others i've seen) combined with incredible action sequences. Everyone should definatly see this movie if their at all interested in martial arts movies.
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Summary: won't be 1/4 thru, and you won't be able to shut your jaw
Review: "Iron Monkey", starring Donnie Yen, is one of the most impressive kung-fu movies ever. It features various kung-fu styles, mostly focusing on Shaolin Temple's style, though.The fact that "Iron Monkey" is about legendary Wong Fei Hung when he was a child is reason enough to buy it. The most impressive aspect of the movie, of course, is its amazing kung-fu sequences, which are far higher than that of "Matrix." "Iron Monkey" and "Matrix" may be compared, for Yuen Woo Ping was the kung-fu choreographer for both. The only difference is that Donnie Yen, who acts as Wong Fei Hung's father, Wong Kei Ying, actually knows martial arts. The most impressive scene is the last one. "Iron Monkey"'s last scene has never failed to open the jaws of the audience at its last scene. Many kung-fu movies, the next kick is very predictable, but "Iron Monkey" is not one of them. Unpredictable, and hot with fire. - Priscilla
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Summary: One of the Best Ever
Review: This is probably Yeun Woo-pings masterpiece. Constant fight scenes, all of which are done to perfection. The plot is a pre-quel for the Wong Fei-hong series, with the young Wong Fei-hung accompanying his father (Donnie Yen) in a town rulled over (inevitably) by a corrupt official. They both get caught between the official and The Iron Monkey, an urban Chinese Robin Hood with whom they eventually become allied and with whom they eventually confront and battle the corrupt goveners self-appointed replacement, a former Shaolin monk. Donnie Yen was especially good, shooting round-house kicks like a jab and leaving you to wonder why we haven't seen more of him since. While not well known, it's definately one of Hong Kong's all time best.
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Summary: This movie is cool
Review: I rented this movie and will be purchasing it ASAP. It's probably one of the best Kung-fu flicks I've ever watched. It's up there with Street Fighter as one of my alltime faves. It's got a cool story that borrows a little from Robin Hood. Of course the martial arts is super tight and the crazy aerials are fun to watch. Especially the roof top fight between The Iron Monkey and the boys father who must fight the Iron Monkey to save his son. That was great. If you're looking in this section of DVD's and you need a Kung-Fu movie, buy this. Do it or you're missing out.
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Summary: DAMN!!!!!!!!!
Review: I saw this movie for the first time about 5 years ago. It was lent to me buy a friend of mine whose parents had recently rented it from an asian movie store. The movie was spoken in Chinese, I'm not sure which dialect, but it didnt really make a difference since I'm not chinese. Needless to say, I didnt understand anything, because it didnt have any subtitles. However, that didn't matter. For the first time I watched a movie that I didnt understand, and quite frankly didn't care to understand, the kung-fu prowess of the actors in this film were astounding. Infact, I've seen a lot of kung fu films, and I've been involved in martial arts for 12 years, but the scenes in this movie remained burned in my memory. Just recently I purchased the movie on DVD, it now has english subtitles and an english audio track (the subtitles are better), and the movie is even more enjoyable than the first time. My brother and I watched it together, and man, we were blown away. The story is exciting, it's a robin hood-ninja type thing with a huge twist. I know that may not sound too enticing, but believe me, this is one bad movie! Infact, it's my favorite kung-fu movie of all time, let alone one my top 5 movies of all time. The directing was good, the story was good (not the average story of a kung fu flick, nothing to do with a teachers death, etc), and the martial arts were magnificent. You should pay attention to the two women, well, one is actually a little girl playing the role of a boy (Wong Fei Hung)...but she got that role because she is just that good. And the other woman, man, she's bad. Watch when she fights the 4 crooked monks, you'll be flabbergasted to say the least. Oh, she's good looking too. The fight choreography in this movie was fantastic. There were a lot of fights, and they were all explosive. Donnie Yen plays the father of Wong Fei Hung, and its his job to...I won't spoil anything. Let's just say that there are some awesome martial arts involved. To put it simply, the fight scenes in this movie are a sight for sore eyes. Can we all say "No Shadow Kick"? Listen, I'm avoiding too much commentary on the movie, because I want you to see it. It's honestly a great movie, you should watch it, you won't be disappointed. You go buy it, if you dont like it I'll give you your money back....hahahaha, no, that was a joke, I'm not giving any money to anyone, but go see it. One of the best you'll see. Feel my "King Kong Fist" aka "Shaolin Wonder Palm."
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Summary: your kung fu does not belong to the mainstream!
Review: this movie RULES! i'd never seen it before i received it for my birthday. i ended up watching it three times in one night. most people know me as the kind of person to watch stuff that makes me think, you know. like, say, crouching tiger hidden dragon. iron monkey, however, did not try to make me think, and i liked that. there's this one character in the movie, this woman who everyone calls the 'witch.' man, she gets BEAT UP. there's one part, where wong keiying throws her up into the ceiling, and she busts away a big chunk of the wall, then hits the ground. within a minute or so, orchid throws a handful of bullets at her, one of which goes right through her sword and buries itself in her eye. then, iron monkey drives her through a cement wall with a rod. she falls to her death. man, that was awesome. and then there's the part where iron monkey throws a few daggers at the monk, who uses a woman in green as a human shield. then, he throws the woman in green at orchid, who's leaping through the ceiling. orchid kicks the woman out of the way. later, the monk kicks the woman at iron monkey. the flying bodies dont stop there. the monk uses his 'flying sleeves' technique to snare the young wong feihong. when feihong is rolled out onto the table, the monk swiftly crescent-kicks the poor boy (girl) in the stomach. during their first big fight, the monk tells wong keiying, just after he demonstrates his shadowless kick (created especially by the wong family), 'your kung fu does not belong to the mainstream.' wow. i have something in common with the great wong keiying! his kung fu does not belong to the mainstream, just as my writing does not belong to the mainstream. we're like brothers, separated by an ocean and a hundred or so years. kind of. ahem. anyway, usually, before watching an action movie i require a bit of persuasion. after watching an action movie, i usually find myself at a loss to recall details. iron monkey was different. the way i could, on only my third viewing, predict every attack and entrance of hero or villain indicates to me neither my own potential for kung fu mastery (ahem) or my potential for direction of wuxia films -- it indicates to me how solidly yuen woping put this thing together. the mandarin dub is nice -- real fluid-sounding. while the english dub isnt bad by any means, i would suggest leaving the subtitles on. they can be downright hilarious sometimes in their 'engrish.' the japanese subtitles are suprisingly literate, by the way. the spanish ones are kind of sad -- worse than the english ones (it's like they got someone to translate them from english into spanish). i cant vouch for the thai subtitles. sorry. there shouldnt even be simplified chinese subtitles; all of china should just learn the traditional characters. aw, i'm just kidding. really. all i'm doing is trying to indicate how impressed i am with the subtitle selection. still... how come there are no korean subtitles? a serious oversight. yeah, well, anyway, as the young girl portraying the legendary man who grows up to be both jackie chan and jet li says: now you know the level of my kung fu! (sorry if this seems weird; i wrote it after watching the movie twice in a row and not sleeping for three days. i promise i won't let this sort of thing happen again.) NOW YOU KNOW THE LEVEL OF MY KUNG FU!
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Summary: One of Yuen Wo Ping's best.
Review: This is a great example of Hong Kong wire fu at its best: likable characters, an effective and seamless mixture of humor and serious drama, and stunning action choreography. The DVD quality is much better than that of many HK films. The character of young Wong Fei Hong had a much larger role in this film than I'd expected -- large enough that this could justly be called a prequel for Once Upon a Time in China. It's great fun to hear the "Wong Fei Hong" music in this context. Donnie Yen and Rongguang Yu steal the show, however, as two very different men whose shared moral compass brings them together to fight corruption and evil. The backstory of the Shaolin monk and his cohorts wasn't developed at all (at least not in this movie), but the plot is otherwise engaging and well-balanced. And the choreography is among Yuen Wo Ping's very best, including some extravagant and groundbreaking wire work. If you're a fan of the genre, this one should be in your collection. If not, Iron Monkey could be a great introduction to some of the best that HK action cinema has to offer.
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Summary: Donnie's BEST!
Review: I just thought that this movie was the BEST Donnie Yen movie ever! There were amazing fight scenes between Donnie Yen and Rongguang Yu. I especially liked the rooftop fighting scene. The plot was pretty decent too and actually made some sense- in other words it wasn't too choppy at all. However,I thought the quality of the picture could have been better and the subtitles were a little inaccurate. Overall, I really recommend this movie to everyone.
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Summary: The best fight sequences I've seen
Review: I've watched a lot of kung-fu films, and this is my favorite in terms of action sequences. The storyline is not very engrossing and the comedic moments are corny, but, boy, are the fight sequences good!! Many well-choreographed kung-fu movies have beautiful movement sequences, but the movements feel "fluffy" - i.e., no real power in each punch or kick. Bruce Lee's old films, by contrast, has palpable power but lack choreographic beauty. In Iron Monkey, however, there's a rare combination of power and beauty in each movement which makes the fight scenes truly marvelous.
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Summary: Kung Fu that Rocks!
Review: This movie is loads of fun, great kung fu, excellent choreography and characters that are likeable, developed and tough as nails. Compare this movie to Crouching Tiger..HA! Crouching tiger is an angst ridden love story, This movie has the story Crouching Tiger wished it had...a surgeon who by day cures the poor and by night is a Ninja Robin Hood with a 900 mph round kick! IF YOU LIKE ACTION FLICKS SEE THIS MOVIE!
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