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Iron Monkey
Unmask the legend
Unmask the legend
Action, Crime, Drama - 1993
7.5
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Iron Monkey is a Hong Kong variation of Robin Hood. Corrupt officials of a Chinese village are robbed by a masked bandit known as "Iron Monkey", named after a benevolent deity. When all else fails, the Governor forces a traveling physician into finding the bandit. The arrival of an evil Shaolin monk, brings the physician and Iron Monkey together to battle the corrupt government.
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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
90 min
Release date:
3 Sep 1993
Country:
HK
Languages:
cn
Budget:
$11,000,000
Revenue:
$14,681,661
Awards:
2 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
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.
– David Edelstein,
Slate,
12 Oct 2001
fresh:
Think of Iron Monkey as the potboiling cousin of Crouching Tiger, rather than its most honoured forefather, and you'll be on the right wavelength.
– Peter Howell,
Toronto Star,
12 Oct 2001
fresh:
[Yuen's] fights are innovative and intense, whether they're a whirlwind one-on-one duel or one of many struggles featuring multiple combatants.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
16 Oct 2001
fresh:
Yuen tosses off nimble, elegantly witty solutions to life's most vexing problems regarding rooms full of bad guys who won't take thwak for an answer.
– Lisa Schwarzbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct 2001
fresh:
A crackling Cantonese action caper in the tradition of Robin Hood, Zorro, Batman et al.
– Rita Kempley,
Washington Post,
6 Jan 2002
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