The corrupt officials of a Chinese village are continually robbed by "Iron Monkey" a sort of Robin Hood masked bandit named after a benevolent deity. When all else fails, the Govenor forces a traveling physician into finding the bandit. The arrival of an evil Shaolin monk, brings the Physician and Iron Monkey together to battle the corrupt and barbaric government. Iron Monkey is a thoughtful and visually striking martial arts actioner from the action director behind the Matrix and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.