Fist of the Golden Monkey is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen, which is more impressive when you consider it's not a comedy. It's the story of a young kung-fu fighter in training, who meets new people, insults them and spends the rest of the movie either running away or trying to kill them. I think. I've seen it dozens of times, and I'm still not sure what the plot is. Something to do with a manual, possibly. It doesn't matter, because the beauty of this film does not lie in the story.
This is one of those movies that's great because it's terrible. I don't even know where to start. The fight scene set to the Peter Gunn theme? The learning of all a fighter's moves with a series of seven stick figures? Or that guy with the crazy eyebrows? And then there's the dialogue. There is so much great stuff in this movie, I could go on and on, but I don't want to ruin too many surprises. You have to see it for yourself.
This is one of those movies that's great because it's terrible. I don't even know where to start. The fight scene set to the Peter Gunn theme? The learning of all a fighter's moves with a series of seven stick figures? Or that guy with the crazy eyebrows? And then there's the dialogue. There is so much great stuff in this movie, I could go on and on, but I don't want to ruin too many surprises. You have to see it for yourself.
