Film Threat

Despite my ignorance of Hong Kong, I'm convinced that Iron Monkey could be the best, most entertaining martial arts film I may ever see.

Slate by David Edelstein

A rollicking, comic-book Robin Hood plot and more furiously entertaining fight scenes than the ones in Ang Lee's solemn martial-arts art movie.

Wall Street Journal by Joe Morgenstern

Now the movie can be seen for what it was all along, remarkable by any standards.

New Times (L.A.) by Andy Klein

It's funny, heroic, exaggerated and, most of all, energetic; the film speeds along as though afraid to lose the audience's attention for even a moment.

Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan

If Asian martial arts movies interest you even a little bit, you're going to want to see Iron Monkey. Not only that, you're going to want to see it more than once.

Baltimore Sun by Chris Kaltenbach

Viewers impressed by the fairly standard martial-arts action of "Crouching Tiger" will really be wowed after seeing this film.

Washington Post by Desson Thomson

Not only visually brilliant, it's funny, too.

The New York Times by Dave Kehr

Saving the big number for the climax, like any good musical director, Mr. Yuen finishes up with a spectacular variation on the traditional kung fu pole fight.

Philadelphia Inquirer by Carrie Rickey

It's indescribable fun.

Boston Globe by Jay Carr

They're as special as special effects get.