I have forever been a fan of the old Wu-Tang and Shaolin kung fu movies. They relied on incredible martial arts and flashy moves, and achieved greatness in their simplicity. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon captivated audiences with its involving and meaningful story line, while also backing it with aeronautic kung-fu. Iron Monkey tries SO hard to mix these two movie styles, but falls short...way short. Take the kung-fu by itself and you have a terrific movie. Rongguang Yu has feet faster than any I have ever seen, which made for exciting battles. However, even though the storylines of the old Wu-Tang/Shaolin movies weren't rock solid, the dialogue was intense! Iron Monkey's dialogue was cheesy as best, and the plot of a pseudo-Robin Hood hero is lost after the first 20 minutes, from then on its just a free-for-all. Iron Monkey is a decent kung-fu movie if you want to see some leg-action, but if you want a true old style kung-fu movie, I suggest The Mystery of Chessboxing!
Review of Iron Monkey
