Breaking bones and being set on fire
‘Iron Monkey’, one of the greatest martial arts films ever made, can never be repeated
Dr Sean Tierney lived and worked in Hong Kong from 2005 to 2022. In addition to teaching about film at the undergraduate and graduate levels, he was a film critic, and wrote about film in both the academic and popular realms. He was also professionally involved in the Hong Kong film industry as an actor and consultant.
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