Ip Man: The Final Fight
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  • Summary: In postwar Hong Kong, legendary Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man is reluctantly called into action once more. What began as simple challenges from rival kung fu schools soon finds him drawn into the dark and dangerous underworld of the Triads. Now, to defend life and honor, Ip Man has no choice but to fight - one last time. [Well Go USA]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Marc Mohan
    Sep 19, 2013
    75
    The world may not get another Ip Man film for a while after the last few years, but this one and Wong’s masterpiece should be more than sufficient.
  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Rob Staeger
    Sep 17, 2013
    70
    Not quite a biopic, the film presents an overview of Ip's years in Hong Kong; Anthony Wong's dignified performance begins with the grandmaster almost fully formed.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Deborah Young
    Sep 20, 2013
    70
    Wong is such a fine, subtle actor that it comes as a surprise to find him a superb martial artist as well, as he convincingly demonstrates the superiority of Ip Man’s technique over competing schools.
  4. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Kenji Fujishima
    Sep 15, 2013
    63
    Anthony Wong does a creditable job of conveying Ip Man's reflectiveness through his twilight years, occasionally cutting through the hagiographic nature of the enterprise.
  5. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Nicolas Rapold
    Sep 19, 2013
    60
    Seriously, if not always elegantly, the film portrays the great Ip Man as someone trying to survive, which is to say just as often a victim as a victor.
  6. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Abele
    Sep 19, 2013
    50
    The overall sense is of a rushed, simplistic installment in a well-worn biography franchise.
  7. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Nick Schager
    Sep 18, 2013
    33
    From fawning beginning to maudlin close, it’s a monotonous, wannabe-mythmaking biopic for Ip completists only.

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