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To me, this movie is perfection.

Load of rubbish!!

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

The acting in this movie is really good.

Quite honestly, I've never really been impressed by watching Chinese jumping around on the big screen like Peter Pan. The main reason I watched this movie is because Donnie Yen's in it. Also because Yuen Woo-ping was directing it, I liked Woo-ping's older movies, 'Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, 'Magnificent Butcher' and 'Dreadnaught' to name a few. So I thought at first "Donnie Yen in a Yuen Woo-ping movie, how can it go wrong?". But then then right in the few minutes we see characters flying across the screen and I thought to myself: "Oh no, this movie isn't for me". The fact that characters can fly already made it clear to me that they will be able to break heavy blocks of wood and stone slabs easily, make inanimate objects fly 20 meters across the screen and a lot of extravaganza about making people look elegant flying across the screen. Which I really don't have any interest in. To make it worse many of the fight scenes were noticeably sped up. I find it tolerable if it is in tiny parts of the movie; also it is not foreign that some fight scenes get sped up in Chinese martial arts movies. But in 'Iron Monkey' I thought it was taken to ridiculous lengths to be any entertaining. I didn't find the plot interesting either since it is Robin Hood just in a Chinese setting.But what I did enjoy about the movie was the acting, I have a weakness for the slightly exaggerated acting of Chinese actors, it reminds me of the German Expressionistic movies I love to watch. Whenever I am tired of the American acting or European acting then I usually watch late 70's and 80's Chinese movies. I also liked the story, with Miss Orchid and Iron Monkey having a past together that gave them a strong bond. A bond which they share with deep devotion and loyalty. I find it romantic. The story of the Wongs is interesting kind of too, with Donnie playing a strict father who raise his son. With strong disciplin and some physical punishment as well. But it has been repeated many times before so it is not as interesting as the story of Iron Monkey (Yang Tianchun) and Miss Orchid. Production value looks quite impressive, but it didn't make it more interesting or entertaining in my opinion. So my opinion will be not good but not bad either. I have no interest in watching it again. 5/10

The amazing Iron Monkey! This movie has a legendary status amongst martial arts fans, and for good reason!Iron Monkey is the Chinese robin hood and he owns in this totally cool martial arts flick directed by Yuen Woo Ping. The action is super fast paced (again, it's like a Donnie Yen movie trademark) and filled with wires and unrealistic stuff like that. But Donnie and Rongguang excel and shows true ass kicking moves. T he story is not really special or anything, but it suffices and the acting is good. I think about 70 % of the movie consists of fight scenes, 25% dialogue and acting and 5% classic Chinese actors making funny face at the camera. If you like unrealistic and speedy martial arts flicks, then this is the movie for you.

Loved the movie. Good fighting scenes. Very funny. Definitely recommend. 1st time seeing this movie. Never a dull scene. Not disappointing. Very good story. One of the best martial arts movies. Loved the movie. Good fighting scenes. Very funny. Definitely recommend. 1st time seeing this movie. Never a dull scene. Not disappointing. Very good story. One of the best martial arts movies. Loved the movie. Good fighting scenes. Very funny. Definitely recommend. 1st time seeing this movie. Never a dull scene. Not disappointing. Very good story. One of the best martial arts movies. Loved the movie. Good fighting scenes. Very funny. Definitely recommend. 1st time seeing this movie. Never a dull scene. Not disappointing. Very good story. One of the best martial arts movies.

This was a surprise, being more entertaining than I expected. Like most Hong Kong action films, this mixes comedy in with all the martial arts violence. When I saw this in 2002, I could safely say no film - among the thousands I have seen - has action scenes quite like this! It was the wildest kung-fu/Crouching Tiger- type action I had ever seen....and plenty of it. In fact, too much. At least the film was short at 85 minutes but, man, it still needed some lulls in here.This is so cartoon-like, it could have been labeled such, especially with the dubbed in version in which the voices and dialog just don't seem to add up. It's so corny, so bad, that it's hilarious! And those action scenes? Well, you just have to see them to believe it.