![]() ![]() The release of Iron Monkey 2 was even accompanied a documentary about him and his life philosophy, directed by a member of his family and humbly titled Warrior. Donnie Yen fights a deadly assassin named Tiger Yu and teaming a band of insurrectionists battling a malevolent gang of weapons smugglers. And Yue Song’s dead-serious sense of vanity grows wearisome: when he’s not doing push-ups, brooding, or beating up dozens of opponents, he’s in the rain screaming at the heavens (exactly like in Super Bodyguard). When Jins son arrives he soon becomes caught up in the. The fighting is still abundant, but less hard-hitting than in the first film: the two climactic fights are hampered by a montage-like editing that goes for emotional power rather than kinetic entertainment – unwise, as emotion is absent anyway. Iron Monkey teams up with his blind friend Jin to bring underworld agent the Tiger to justice. There’s a wealth of melodramatic flashbacks to Thunder’s upbringing, and quite a bit of speechifying about things like honor and loyalty. ![]() After the action-packed first film, this is a slightly more introspective affair, though whatever introspection happens, isn’t exactly profound. Now, the rest of his former comrades are still hellbent on killing him for his treason, and a confrontation with the leader is inevitable. The rest of the clan has been in hot pursuit, and Thunder already dispatched quite a few of them in the first film. It obviously picks up exactly where the first film abruptly left off: post-apocalyptic warrior Thunder (Yue Song) has rebelled against the leader (Chen Zhihui) of the cult-like warrior clan that adopted him at a young age, and fled with captive women who were destined for a grisly fate. Jins son now joins the Iron Monkey to avenge his fathers memory, as they launch an attack on the Tigers lair. When Jins son arrives he soon becomes caught up in the conflict, leading to Jins death. ![]() And so two weeks after the VOD release of Yue Song’s 62-minute long Iron Monkey, came the 63-minute long Iron Monkey 2. Iron Monkey teams up with his blind friend Jin to bring underworld agent the Tiger to justice. It is not unusual to see four or five-hour long epics being shot in one go and split in two films, but a lean two-hour actioner being split in two barely feature-length films? That’s a novel idea indeed. ![]()
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