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Format: DVD
Mar 2002
Rated PG-13
Recording Mode: Stereo
Sound: HiFi
85 min.
Color
UPC: 786936173123 |
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Details
Movie Description
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 choreograph the intricate fights of THE MATRIX and CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON.
Film Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85:1
Audio:
TBD
Additional Release Material:
Introduction - 1. Quentin Tarantino
Production Interview - 1. Danny Yuen
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Interactive Menus
U.S. Theatrical Release: October 5, 2001.
Original Production Year: 1993.
Industry Reviews
"...The action is consistent..."
USA Today - Mike Clark (03/29/2002)
"...[With] ingeniously choreographed, gravity-defying fight sequences..."
Sight and Sound - Geoffrey Macnab (07/01/2001)
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Other Editions
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VHS - $19.99 Save 77%
VHS, Aug 1999 - $0.76 Save 96%
DVD, May 1999 - $26.00 Save 13%
VHS, Aug 1999 - $0.75 Save 96%
VHS - Not in stock. Add to Wish List
VHS, Nov 1997 - $6.99 Save 82%
VHS, Aug 2000 - $2.50 Save 74%
VHS, Mar 2002 - $0.75
VHS, Mar 2002 - $1.27
VHS, Mar 2002 - $2.00
VHS, Mar 2002 - $0.75
Blu-ray Disc, Sep 2009 - $24.60
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