The plot centers on a masked martial artist known as Iron Monkey. Iron Monkey is actually the alter ego of a traditional Chinese medicine physician called Yang Tianchun. In the day, Yang runs his clinic and provides free medical treatment for the poor, which he subsidises by charging his rich patients. At night, he dresses in black and travels around town to rob the rich and help the poor. Once, he breaks into the governor's residence and makes off with a hoard of gold. The guards and four Shaolin monks are unable to stop him. The governor orders the chief constable, Fox, to hunt down Iron Monkey and to arrest anyone who is linked to him in any way. Fox appears to be a bungler who is not aware that Iron Monkey is actually the physician treating his injured men who fought with Iron Monkey the previous night. Read more on Wikipedia.
MPAA Rating: | PG-13 |
Genre: | Action, Crime, Drama |
Country: | Hong Kong |
Produced By: | Hark Tsui, Quentin Tarantino |
Directed By: | Woo-Ping Yuen |
Written By: | Richard Epcar, Elsa Tang, Hark Tsui, Tan Cheung, Tai-Mok Lau |
Cast: | William Duen Wai-Lun, Derek Stephen Prince, James Wong, Chi Wah Ling, Siu Wah Chan, Mona Marshall, Jack Wai-Leung Wong, Rongguang Yu, Kirk Thornton, Peter Doyle, Tai Wo Tang, Chi Tai Lam, Mei-Yee Sze, Kwai Po Chin, Choi-Nam Yip, Brianne Brozey, Shun-Yee Yuen, Shi-Kwan Yen, Chi-Hung Ling, Sze-Man Tsang, Donnie Yen, Jean Wang, Dion Lam, Fai Lee, Kim-Ban Wong, Bob Papenbrook, Mandy Chan, Ezra Weisz, Cheung Fung-Lei, Simon Broad, Hou Hsiao, Joe Ochman |
In Theaters: | Oct 12, 2001 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 25 minutes |
Box Office: | $14,681,661 |