With dashes of comedy, some simple yet effective twists of myth and complex combo after combo of slick, hyperkinetic action by Yuen Woo Ping, this funky Monkey never lets down its guard.
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10/12/01
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Iron Monkey (1993)
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Reviews Counted:89
Fresh:80
Rotten:9
Average Rating:7.3/10
Consensus: Iron Monkey may not have the poetic lyricism of Crouching Tiger, it makes up for it in fun and energy.
Theatrical Release:Oct 12, 2001 Wide
Box Office: $14,231,964
Synopsis: 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,... [More]
Starring: Yu Rong Guang, Donnie Yen, Tsang Sze-Man, Jean Wang
Director: Yuen Woo-ping
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12/06/05
Pure ballet, pure candy for the eyes.
10/12/01
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12/08/02
Not only has nothing essential been compromised, but the film seems crisper, cleaner and better organized than I remember.
10/11/01
Top CriticWhile purists may balk at not getting Yuen Woo-ping's complete "vision" here, Iron Monkey manages to make its case, even within the mangled material provided.
09/17/09
With its slapstick tone and cartoonish action, Iron Monkey is probably appropriate for all but the youngest martial artists.
10/11/01
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was like fusion food, Chinese for Western tastes. Now, get ready for the real thing.
10/12/01
Top CriticAction fans who like their kung fu in period costume and with little blood will likely think they’ve struck the motherlode.
10/11/01
Top CriticModestly successful on its own terms, but simply doesn’t stand up to comparisons with the infinitely more substantial Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
10/11/01
Everything that happens is ridiculously predictable, but it is staged with such dynamic forcefulness that we savour the stunts as if watching an ancient ritual.
10/12/01
It doesn't have much in the way of plot. But this high-flying tale about a Robin Hood/Zorro figure boasts spectacular action sequences that make story irrelevant.
10/11/01
Top CriticIts production values may not be as good as when Ang Lee or the Wachowski brothers are behind the camera, but the creative vigor of its originality, distilled in a pure and unadulterated form, is simply exhilarating.
10/11/01
In a movie where the action never lets up, this little tiger is too busy leaping, kicking and whirling to do much crouching.
10/11/01
Many of the action set-pieces from Crouching Tiger show up here in embryonic form, but overall this is a much less serious movie geared to niche action audiences.
12/09/01
The story is fairly generic, but plot has as little to do with the pleasures of kung fu movies as story lines do in musicals.
10/12/01
Top CriticIf you missed it back in 1993. Hey, even if you didn't miss it, here's your chance to see it on a big screen again.
10/11/01
A rollicking, comic-book Robin Hood plot and more furiously entertaining fight scenes than the ones in Ang Lee's solemn martial-arts art movie.
10/12/01
A cinematic marvel to behold.
10/12/01
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