Mad Monkey Kung Fu

Mad Monkey Kung Fu

Directed by	Lau Kar-leung
Produced by	Mona Fong
Written by	Ni Kuang
Starring	Hsiao Ho Lau Kar-leung Lo Lieh Kara Hui Ching Chu
Distributed by	Shaw Brothers Studio
Release dates	1979 (1979)
Running time	109 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Mandarin

Mad Monkey Kung Fu is a 1979 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Lau Kar-leung. Later, the film was released on DVD in Dragon Dynasty.

Plot

Kung fu master Chen (Lau Kar-leung) is tricked and his hands crippled by the villainous gangster and brothel-keeper Tuen (Lo Lieh), who also forces his sister (Kara Hui) into becoming his concubine. No longer able to practice the martial arts, he becomes a lowly street entertainer, performing with his beloved trained monkey Ah Mao. Monkey (Hsiao Ho) is a petty thief and meets Chen and the two begin an odd friendly relationship until Tuen's men slaughter Chens pet monkey, causing Little Monkey (Hsiao Hou) to try and take revenge for him. Monkey is trained by Master Chen and, although the training is not quite complete, believes he is strong enough and leaves Master Chen. He goes into the streets and fights Tuen's money collectors. He easily defeats them all and soon he is led to Tuen. Monkey confronts Tuen initially and gets beat, Miss Chen helps Monkey escape but is killed by Tuen. Monkey returns to Master Chen and tells Chen about the meeting with his sister. Chen, this time finishes training Monkey, and then Monkey comes back to the brothel to fight Tuen again. He gets past all the men but gets trapped. Chen appears and saves him and they fight side by side. After that, Monkey engages combat with Tuen and soon gets the advantage. Tuen, seeing that he can't win tries to escape but Monkey doesn't let him and takes his hands. He smashes them into glass to cripple them, the same as what Tuen did to Chen. After that, it seems Monkey is done but then he says he also wants to avenge Chen's sister and kills Tuen.

External links

Mad Monkey Kung Fu at Hong Kong Cinemagic
Mad Monkey Kung Fu at the Internet Movie Database
Mad Monkey Kung Fu at AllMovie

Films directed by Lau Kar-leung

Challenge of the Masters (1976)
Dirty Ho (1976)
Executioners from Shaolin (1977)
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
The Deadly Mantis (1978)
Heroes of the East (1978)
Deadly Strike (1978)
Mad Monkey Kung Fu (1979)
Return to the 36th Chamber (1980)
My Young Auntie (1981)
Martial Club (1981)
Legendary Weapons of China (1982)
Cat vs Rat (1982)
Lady Is the Boss (1983)
The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter (1984)
Disciples of the 36th Chamber (1985)
Martial Arts of Shaolin (1986)
Tiger on Beat (1988)
Aces Go Places 5: The Terracotta Hit (1989)
Drunken Master II (1994)
Drunken Master III (1994)
Drunken Monkey (2003)

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