The screenwriter and producer was Tsui Hark, who was at the peak of his creative power at that time, so this story of Huang Feihong is still the heroic theme of saving the country and loving the people. The Iron Monkey is a very charming Chinese version of Robin Hood. He used his pseudonym as a doctor to help the world during the day, and he was dressed in black to rob the rich and help the poor at night. After reviewing the "Iron Monkey", I realized that after more than 10 years of the old film, many memories are broken or even wrong, and rediscovering the details in the old film is also a very interesting harvest.
For example, in order to create the licentiousness of the county master, not only three wives and four concubines, but also servants fan hard on the sidelines.
story is simple, and the plot is not many twists and turns, but the action designed by Baye is really exciting.
The martial arts style of this film is quite ninja style, one move, one static and one move, the fighting is clean and tidy, which is simply pleasing to the eye. The light work of the iron monkey, the leaf does not touch the body, and the dripping water does not leak; the shadowless feet of Huang Qiying are sturdy and fast, which brings great visual satisfaction to the audience. The lens language of Hong Kong martial arts films in the 1990s has a familiar set of routines. The shooting angles are mostly elevation angles to highlight the stalwart figures of martial arts characters; the later editing makes full use of the changes in speed to create a colorful and dazzling thrill of fists and feet; using methods such as reverse shooting, Highly difficult movements that express the characters' smoothness and integrity; the characters often shout the names of martial arts moves like "Saint Seiya". impression.
The climax action scene "Burning Plum Blossom Pile" is simply a circus acrobatics. The cooperation of Iron Monkey and Huang Qiying is clearly a juggling performance of acrobats, of course, this must be done with the help of that invisible wire. Ren Shiguan and Donnie Yen, who played monk Yankong, were once classic villains in the "Huang Feihong" series. This time they finally have a chance to have a dialogue with each other. Yankong's Liuyunfeixiu is an exaggerated and cheap visual spectacle, which slightly makes up for the fantastic imagination beyond the iron horse and hard bridge in this film.
image of Huang Qiying, played by Donnie Yen, has already become the master of "Ip Man" in the future, but Yu Rongguang, whom Tsui Hark tried to praise, failed to make it into the front line of action. Of course, Donnie Yen became a universe pill, and it was ten years later that he started his action movie era.
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