i be zap through and look for something to watch in a post lunch sunday afternoon when i stop at this tv show which usually air martial art film . i stand in rapt amazement when i saw that this week film would be iron monkey ii . i have rent the first film ( from 1993 and remastered by tarantino in 2002 and i think ) and have really enjoy it . so i think represent ok and donnie yen kick ass throughout the film . how wrong i be . the plot be somewhat hard to explain represent a brother and a sister cheat a just arrive in town guy to help them rob some weapon . then they get in trouble with the mafia like bad guy of the film . meanwhile and the cheated guy be look for his dad and bump into iron monkey . the first film depict the iron monkey a a sort of ninja and conceal his identity . donnie yen play a support role there . here and he the monkey and but he wear no mask ( except in one scene but you can not even get if it him or someone else ) and and wanders around try to save the day with his face reveal . furthermore and the action and if any and be focus on the two brother and the other guy and and the monkey do not appear much . the rest be the usual fighting scene asian film have accustom u to . it manage to keep me watch and but merely to see something spectacular happen ( and i be still wait ) a big problem here be that the movie do not fit much with the first one represent the 1993 film be set in the 19th century . this one go in the 20th and and the monkey be probably the only link to the other . i be incline to believe this be a script ( how rare it sound here ) for something else and and they turn it into this sequel . if so and they should not have stain the previous movie with such a mediocre result . conclussion represent if you like donnie yen and try and watch hero among hero and his cameo in shanghai knight and highlander representendgame and blade ii and or the original monkey ( all but blade be recommend ) rather than this . if you like martial art and watch it without expectation and you might end up not that disappointed and like me . i give it a 3 .