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Iron Monkey Platinum Edition One of the most visually spectacular films ever produced by a Hong Kong studio this is a traditional epic style movie boasting fight choreography by Yuen Woo Ping action director of The Matrix Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Kill Bill vol 1 and soon to be Hollywood star Donnie Yen. This film is credited by fans and critics as containing some of the most intricte and technically difficult fight action ever shot for the screen. Set in the late Ching Dynasty 'the film depicts the life of legendary herbal doctor Dr Yang whose high kicking alter ego Iron Monkey protects the poor and needy against the barbaric excesses of the corrupt political regieme. Relentlessly pursued by the goverment's most accomplished fighters Yang must utilize all his skills to avoid capture and protect his people. Dir. Yuen Woo Ping 1993 Cert. 12 New Dragon Gate Inn Bursting with enery hyper kinetic fight action and stunning imagery 'New Dragon Gate Inn' tells the story of fabled resistance fighter Zhou Huaian and his heroic struggle against despotic eunuch and master swordsman Cao Shao qin played with considerable menace by martial arts supremo Donnie Yen. 'New Dragon Gate Inn' is an atmospherically tense action drama packed to the brim with amazing fight sequences awe inspiring cinematography and nail bitting drama. The final fight sequence shot in the Gobi desert is an adrenaline pumping masterpiece which is undoubtedly one of the most memorable scenes in any Hong Kong movie. Dir. Raymond Lee 1992 Cert. 18 Once Upon A Time In China 2 martial arts expert Wong Fei Hung Jet Li faces Kung a mercenary rival with skills to equal his own. In addition Canton is convulsed by a struggle between the local representatives of the Chinese government and Europeans who want to control China and Wong ends up in the middle of this fight. The climatic shipboard fight sequences are simply amazing! Dir. Tsui Hark 1992 Cert. 15
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