Hong Kong Iron Monkey sits in the top 6% of Hong Kong films on this catalog — ranked #47 of 836 by TMDB audience score.
Synopsis
少年黃飛鴻之鐵馬騮
“Unmask the legend.”
Iron Monkey is a Hong Kong variation of Robin Hood. Corrupt officials of a Chinese village are robbed by a masked bandit known as "Iron Monkey", named after a benevolent deity. When all else fails, the Governor forces a traveling physician into finding the bandit.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #47 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (94th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.1 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #23 of 516 (top 4%).
Audience Engagement
262 audience reviews — more than 90% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 84th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Iron Monkey. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Orange Sky Golden Harvest
Action + Crime in Hong Kong
119 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Action and Crime genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Iron Monkey itself).
The 1992–1994 Hong Kong Window
Among 78 Hong Kong films we catalog from this window, Iron Monkey places #6 — near the top of its class.
The 1990s Hong Kong Landscape
1993 was the decade’s peak output year for Hong Kong — 30 titles released, including Iron Monkey. Bars below show how the 1990s stacked up year by year (215 total).
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 30m runtime, production spent $122K per minute on screen and earned $163K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 29 other Hong Kong films in 1993.
The 378th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Iron Monkey, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- secret identity · 3
- robin hood · 1
- iron monkey · 1
- martial arts · 369
- kung fu · 121
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Production Companies | Orange Sky Golden Harvest, Film Workshop, Long Shong Pictures, Media Asia Films |
| Runtime | 1h 30m |
| Release Date | September 3, 1993 |
| IMDb | tt0108148 |