Product Details

• Actors: Donnie Yen Ji-Dan
• Format: NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Bonzi DVD RSP
• Run Time: 85 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000KS8P0O
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #74,032 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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A classic in it's own right! --Risngsunproductions.net

Product Description

cted by Yuen Wo Ping (best known as the action director on The Matrix), Iron Monkey features a very straightforward Robin-Hood-type story as the background for fast-paced, wall-to-wall action. The film features some incredibly imaginative choreography and great camera-work making it quite possibly the quintessential wire-work martial arts extravaganza of the '90s. Some of the wire-enhanced acrobatics may look a little fake at times, but it rarely detracts from the stunning, inventive fight scenes that fills the screen. Especially entertaining is the final battle atop a court-full of burning wooden poles! Each one of the main characters are top-notch martial artists, and the film gives them all a chance to show just how good they really are. For pure jaw-dropping, no-holds barred fantasy action, nothing beats Iron Monkey.

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Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars Still not the ideal version of this masterpiece, August 17, 2009

By	Daniel Wiencek (Tinley Park, IL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Iron Monkey, if you didn't know, is one of the best martial arts movies ever made. If you're reading about this edition rather than the cheaper and more popular Miramax version, you probably do know that.

This is the original version of Iron Monkey released in Hong Kong in 1993. As far as I can tell, it's the only Region 1 version of the original edit available right now. Unlike the Miramax version, it includes uncut fight scenes and the original music and sound effects, while dispensing with the explanatory prologue. That, however, is the best that can be said for this version. Though it recycles the cover art for the superb Hong Kong Legends edition (right down to the HKL logo), it doesn't include any of that version's special features (it doesn't have any except for a few trailers), the picture quality is lousy and the subtitles often nonsensical. Though Iron Monkey is a five-star movie on its own merits, I can't rate this edition that highly. Maybe Dragon Dynasty will someday, finally, give this movie a proper North American release.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best Martial Arts Film Ever!, March 26, 2008

By	Samuel Rivera "SAM E SURFER" (New York) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This is in short, the best martial arts film to date.
It has great wire works, great fighting, great storyline.
Robin Hood meets shoalin. Wow!!!!