![]() ![]() Venable says he likes John Williams and Bernard Herrmann, but frankly he's got a way to go yet. The liner notes are peculiar, in that the director seems awfully proud of his film but doesn't mention the music at all a brief biography of composer James L. It's fun while it lasts but doesn't leave any impression. The music is based around percussion, with occasional passages for synthesisers and an erhu. ![]() The only trouble is, the real thing doesn't seem that far removed from the parodies. It's fun, I suppose, but suffers from bringing to mind not only the great Hong Kong Phooey (ah, memories of youth) but also the numerous parodies of this sort of thing that are all shot at four-speed and feature lots of high-pitched screaming. The score is more Enter the Dragon than Crouching Tiger. Cue titles such as "Cooking Montage", "Iron Monkey Fights Woman" and "Miss Orchid Shows Her Stuff" do little to detract from the idea that the film was made for about 26 pence. Iron Monkey seems to be at the other extreme of the spectrum - I've no idea whether it's meant to be a comedy, but even the title of the film is hilariously tacky and awful. Of course, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon opened a new generation of filmgoers to Far Eastern action movies while from a safe distance it's clear to see that the hysteria surrounding the movie was somewhat over-the-top, the film certainly was visually stunning and took itself very seriously. Visit, the world's biggest soundtrack store! 4: Don't Be Greedy / Many Iron Monkeys / Wong's Fight (2:46)ĩ: Shaolin Monk Fight / Ugly Virgin Fight (2:48)ġ0: Iron Monkey Recognised / Miss Orchid's Flashback (2:00)ġ2: Iron Monkey's Charade / Open the Warehouse / Fei-Hong Sees (1:43)ġ3: Fei-Hong's Fight / Fei-Hong Fights Again (3:01)ġ4: Street Band / Evil Royal Minister (:58)ġ5: Poetic Justice / Iron Monkey Fights Woman / Buddha's Palm (5:43)ġ8: Who's That Knocking / Tearful Goodbye (2:12)ġ9: Miss Orchid Shows Her Stuff / Witch vs Kid (4:25)Ģ1: New Governor's Band / Farewell (1:24)Īrtwork copyright (c) 2001 Miramax Films Corp review copyright (c) 2001 James Southall ![]()
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