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- 2010
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- Well Go USA Entertainment
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- 2010
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- Well Go USA Entertainment
- 1 h 46 m
Summary Ip Man is the award winning film adaptation about the life story of Ip Man, the grand master of the Wing Chun style of kung fu and sifu (master) of legendary kung fu superstar Bruce Lee. Set in Foshan, China, during the Sino Japanese War, Ip Man vividly brings to life the brutality of the infamous Japanese occupation, where once proud me...
Directed By: Wilson Yip
Written By: Edmond Wong, Tai-lee Chan
- 2010
- R
- Well Go USA Entertainment
- 1 h 46 m
- 2010
- R
- Well Go USA Entertainment
- 1 h 46 m
Ip Man
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8.3
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Summary Ip Man is the award winning film adaptation about the life story of Ip Man, the grand master of the Wing Chun style of kung fu and sifu (master) of legendary kung fu superstar Bruce Lee. Set in Foshan, China, during the Sino Japanese War, Ip Man vividly brings to life the brutality of the infamous Japanese occupation, where once proud me...
Directed By: Wilson Yip
Written By: Edmond Wong, Tai-lee Chan
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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44% Positive
4 Reviews
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56% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
59
44% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
56% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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Like his narrative, Yip's aesthetics are more muted and traditional than those of well-known florid imports "Hero" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." Yet such modesty is in tune with his soft-spoken protagonist, and also provides clean, sharp views of Yen's awe-inspiring skills, which, in choreographer Sammo Hung's thrilling one-against-many skirmishes, make literal the term "fists of fury."
It's a highly entertaining, big-budget, kick-butt kung fu movie, the best of its kind since Jet Li's "Fearless" in 2006.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 184 User Ratings
8.3
86% Positive
159 Ratings
159 Ratings
12% Mixed
22 Ratings
22 Ratings
2% Negative
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3 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 184 User Ratings
8.3
86% Positive
159 Ratings
159 Ratings
12% Mixed
22 Ratings
22 Ratings
2% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Ip Man will be manna for those who like their kung fu straight and wireless, their villains Japanese and their heroes unconflicted Chinese patriots.
The highlights, of course, are the competitions and duels, choreographed by Sammo Hung.
The action is enthralling even if the storyline doesn't always have the ring of truth about it.
Over all, the film is a prime exhibit in the relentless and regrettable shift away from a natural, allusive, romantic Hong Kong style and toward a mainland studio aesthetic that is stagebound, literal, overstuffed and sentimental - like the big-budget Hollywood weepies of the '60s or the '80s.
Everything from the direction of actors to the dialogue signifies the work of a filmmaker who favors easy audience-baiting reactions over dramatic momentum. Doesn't the man who would later teach Bruce Lee how to kee-yah deserve better than a chopsocky Punch-and-Judy show?
I enjoyed that movie a lot and I've watched it multiple times.
Donnie Yen is my favorite martial artist actor. In this movie the fight scenes respect the traditional Wing Chun fighting style and Donnie execution is flawless.
Donnie does Ip Man justice in a very humble way.
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Une biographie romancée du Maître d'un certain Bruce Lee, le Maître expert dans cette "boxe du sud" appelée Wing Chun que se fait une joie de restituer à l'écran le très posé et humble Donnie Yen décidément très à l'aise dans son interprétation d'une belle sobriété.
La première partie du film penche volontiers du côté de la comédie, la seconde est nettement plus sombre puisqu'elle se déroule lors de l'invasion japonaise. Il est alors à regretter une désaturation des couleurs qui va presque jusqu'au sépia de temps à autre, un choix pas très heureux à dire vrai. En tout cas, que les combats soient plus "légers" ou deviennent par la suite beaucoup plus brutaux n'enlève rien à la chorégraphie soignée et spectaculaire de l'ensemble.
La réalisation est d'assez bonne facture malgré des ralentis trop rares ; de nombreux plans sont judicieusement choisis mais le montage aurait mérité plus de soin et d'attention. Nous suivons les difficultés du grand Maître en ces temps difficiles qui ne sont pas sans rappeler ce que l'on a déjà vu dans nombre de films d'arts martiaux chinois... rien de vraiment nouveau sous la botte du soleil levant à part les clichés habituels (dont le Kung fu contre le Karaté !).
Distrayant et plutôt convaincant, Ip Man souffre par ailleurs de quelques longueurs (et de ses clichés) et ne s'avère en fin de compte pas aussi brillant que le défunt Maître qu'il est censé honorer.
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Energetic and generic, but doesn't make the fact that Ip Man can live up an "Oh", an "Ah", and a "Yay!" like enjoying the movie itself. Give this one a shot.
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Wilson Yip's 'Ip Man' isn't the masterpiece a lot of people on this site think it is. It's not bad, but definitely not 'the best martial arts film ever', and other such nonsense.
Donnie Yen is good as always, balancing the dramatic with the physical. The rest of the main cast are also very good....
All except Lynn Hung, who plays Man's wife Cheung Wing Sing. Every scene she's in she's just whining and moaning about something, it's like her entire character arc is based on the notion of being the 'unlikable' one in the film... It's very grating!
The Direction of the film is pretty basic, nothing really special in it at all. Production values are exactly what you'd expect for a mid-budget martial arts film made in 2008.
The musical score is very 'by the numbers', a bit of a crescendo here... A bit of dramatic music there.... Sombre music when it's needed....
The only outstanding things in the film are the fight scenes. Sammo Hung worked as the action director, and choreographed some of the best Wing Chun action put on screen. Hung is well known for being a close associate of Bruce Lee (who was a student of Yip Man), and Hung does a brilliant job of putting the ferocity and speed of this very effective (but particularly vicious and brutal) kung fu style on film
However, everything outside the martial conflicts is very slow paced and mundane. It's like a porn film, where you fast forward the bits where the plumber checks out the pipes, to get to the actual 'interesting' bits!
The storyline is predictable, and doesn't really conform to the actual life story of Yip Man anyway. I understand that there needs to be a little artistic license.... But if you're going to make stuff up, don't just make the fight scenes exciting, add some intensity and real drama to the story and the narrative.
Overall, it's a watch it in its entirety once kind of film. After that you can just go online and look up the fight scenes on YouTube!
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"Ip Man" fails to rise above the rest of the mediocre, poorly-written martial arts films.
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Production Company
Golden Harvest Company,
Beijing ShengShi HuaRei Film Investment & Management Co.,
China Film Co-Production Corporation,
Mandarin Films Distribution,
New Film Studio of Beijing Starlight International Media Co. Ltd.,
Prosperity Pictures,
Shanghai Film Group,
Time Antaeus Media Group
Release Date Oct 1, 2010
Duration 1 h 46 m
Rating R
Tagline The celebrated Kung Fu master of Bruce Lee
Awards
Hong Kong Film Awards
• 2 Wins & 12 Nominations
Beijing Student Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Huabiao Film Awards
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
