Iron Monkey

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Iron Monkey ★★½ Siunin Wong Feihung Tsi Titmalau; Shao Nian Huang Fei Hong Zhi Tie Ma Liu; Iron Monkey: The Young Wong Feihung 1993 (PG-13)

Historical fantasy martial arts is built around the Iron Monkey (Rongguang Yu), a Robin-Hood figure who defeats whole armies of opponents and can leap tall buildings in a single bound. The humor and outstanding choreography of the fight scenes put this one a cut above the usual martial arts action flick. 87m/C VHS, DVD . HK Rongguang Yu, Donnie Yen, Yam Saikun, Tsingying Wong; D: Wooping Yuen; W: Tseng Pik-Yin, Tsui Hark, Tai-Muk Lau, Cheung Tan, Pik-yin Tang; C: Arthur Wong Ngok Tai; M: James L. Venable.

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