![]() His fluid transitions from one stance to another are a joy to watch and he conveys a sense of power often lacking in Monkey style fight scenes. "You're still full of hatred," the elderly monk tells him: "And, this time, I smell blood." In order to work his way up the ranks of the Ching army to get to the man he wants, Iron Monkey kills a lot of innocent people- including some "Shaolin rebels." Chen Kuan Tai doesn't monkey around in IRON MONKEY: he's a surprisingly capable director, and his Monkey Fist kung fu is far superior to the usual over-the-top antics we usually see from Monkey stylists. Once he's learned what he needs to know, Iron Monkey bids farewell to the Shaolin Temple. You'll repay him in kind." Monkey, it's decided, will learn Monkey Fist from The Bitter Monk. The next time we see Ma, he's a sneak thief known simply as "Monkey." He's allowed to join a Shaolin Temple he's been stealing food from and an elderly monk observes: "In your life, someone has planted much evil. Iron Monkey Rongguang Yu (Actor), Donnie Yen (Actor), Woo-ping Yuen (Director) Rated: PG-13 Format: DVD 1,061 ratings IMDb 7.5/10.0 -9 1359 List Price: 14.99 Prime Video 3.99 12.99 Blu-ray 23.09 DVD 13.59 Multi-Format from 16.54 VHS Tape 13.10 Additional DVD options Edition Discs Price New from Used from DVD Ap1st 1 24. ![]() The entire family is subsequently murdered. To stop a younger son from revealing the truth to their jailers, Ma's father strangles the boy with a chain. He's beaten senseless by a benevolent benefactor who claims that Ma is HIS insane son. By the time he realizes what's going on and tries to intervene to save them, his relatives refuse to openly acknowledge that he's a member of the family. Ma (Chen Kuan Tai) is too busy gambling and womanizing to be of much help when his family is rounded up by a local general.
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