Iron Monkey 2
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| Traditional | 街頭殺手 |
| Simplified | 街头杀手 |
| Mandarin | Jiē Tóu Shā Shǒu |
| Cantonese | Gaai1 Tau4 Saat3 Sau2 |
| Directed by | Chao Lu-jiang |
| Produced by | Lan Tien-hong Lee Shin |
| Written by | Lee Min-choi |
| Starring |
Donnie Yen Billy Chow Wu Ma Yuen Man-hing |
| Music by | Wong Kin-yuen Brad Fiedel (stock music from True Lies) Jay Chattaway (stock music from Braddock: Missing in Action 3) |
| Cinematography | Tong Yu-tai |
| Edited by | Wong Yuk-cheung |
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Golden Sun Film
Gold Rush Film |
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Running time
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92 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese Mandarin |
| Box office | US$14,569,178 (United States) |
Iron Monkey 2 is a 1996 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Chao Lu-jiang and featuring action choreography by Yuen Woo-ping. This film starred Donnie Yen as "Iron Monkey", a role played by Yu Rongguang in the 1993 film Iron Monkey, which also starred Yen, but in a different role. The story in Iron Monkey 2 is not related to that of Iron Monkey.
The film is set in the final years of the Qing dynasty. A triad boss known as "Jade Faced Tiger" collaborates with foreigners to take over a town and exploit the residents. That night, while Tiger is watching a Chinese opera performance, the actors on stage suddenly attack him. The lead actor is "Iron Monkey", a masked fighter who helps the poor and punishes the wicked. Tiger narrowly survives the attack when his henchmen show up and drive away Iron Monkey.
Jin, a young peasant from the countryside, travels to the town in search of his father. He meets a pair of orphans, Xiaochun and Xiaoqian, who make a living by conning others. After seeing that he is very good in martial arts, they lie to him that they will help him find his father if he impersonates Iron Monkey. The naive Jin agrees and accepts a deal offered by a rich girl to help her avenge her father, who was murdered by Tiger. Jin's father is actually the blind old man who sings and plays songs on an erhu in town.
The following night, Iron Monkey robs a truck full of firearms purchased by Tiger. However, Jin, Xiaochun and Xiaoqian show up, and Jin declares that he is Iron Monkey. While Jin and the real Iron Monkey are fighting with each other, Xiaochun and Xiaoqian escape with the firearms. The fight between Jin and Iron Monkey is interrupted by Tiger's men. They manage to escape but Jin's father, who happens to be nearby, is captured by Tiger's men.
Xiaochun and Xiaoqian visit Tiger and sell him the firearms they have stolen. In return, Tiger employs them to work at his nightclub, but they leave the nightclub later after an unhappy incident. In the meantime, Iron Monkey goes to Tiger's office, pretends to be another triad boss, and demands for Jin's father to be released. Tiger does not know Iron Monkey's true identity, falls for the ruse, and almost allows Jin's father to leave with him. Just then, one of Tiger's henchmen who survived the attack on the truck returns to his boss. He recognises Iron Monkey and identifies him as the attacker. A fight breaks out. Jin's father is shot and killed while Iron Monkey escapes.
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