#IRON MONEY 2 MOVIE#
There is a lot of talent in this movie and it is definitely worth watching. Yes, the production value is kind of low, but if that upsets you that much you can't be much of a fan of Hong Kong cinema. There are some very good action sequences in this movie, comparable to those in the masterpiece Once Upon a Time in China. Still, there is some very good classic-style action in this movie, and if you can't see past the attempt to cash in on another, admittedly better movie, you're missing out. I suspect that this may be a case much like American releases entitled Rumble in Hong Kong or Return of the Dragon, trying to cash in on the fame of better, unrelated movies. Donnie Yen's character (supposedly the Iron Monkey) isn't even the central character in the movie.
There is no reason to believe that Donnie Yen's character is supposed to be Wong Kei-Ying. In fact, looking at it I'm not entirely convinced that it was intended to. The first and most important thing to do is to forget that it has anything to do with the movie Iron Monkey. Reviewed by megadoomer 7 / 10 Don't judge too harshly Cool, but still so super fast and therefor less cool then it could have been. Then Billy and Donnie duke it out, the piéce de la résistance of the finale. It's strange how he (or they) speed up all his fights that much. The fight is cool, although sped up to an incredible extent. Donnie fights a bunch of baddies hand to hand and with a rope dart, beating them all up in a fairly nice manner. The only thing from keeping this movie from a 1 are the fight scenes where Donnie and Billy are in. So basically we're dealing with some unknowns whose fights scenes are silly, are acting badly, portraying a story that is totally ridiculous and filled with plot holes so big you can run Eddie Murphy's repertoire of yo-mama jokes through it. They said on the cover Donnie Yen starred in it and Yuen Woo Ping directed it, but apparently Yuen Woo Ping had nothing to do with the entire project and Donnie is only there for a minute or 20.
it still sucks! The movie is totally weird. This sucks! Compared to most other martial arts movies. Well compared to the brilliant Iron Monkey 1.
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