Top 14 Wuxia Films Of The Recent Past

By E.F. Camacho / September 23, 2013

5. Iron Monkey

While this is a fictionalised account of an event occurring in Wong Fei-Hung's childhood, it is essentially a wonderful piece on the character and prowess of Wong Kei-Ying, Fei-Hung's father. Kei-Ying is himself part of a larger legendary group called the Ten Tigers of Canton, essentially a kind of superhero group from the Qing dynasty that fought to defend and protect the people.

Wong Fei-Hung was actually not a part of this group (as many originally believed), but he was associated with them through his various travels; he was known as the Tiger After the Ten Tigers. This film loosely touches upon many events in his life throughout his history, and the first three are regarded as the best in the series by most critics.