Ip Man 3

Name: Ip Man 3
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Released: January 22, 2016
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 57
Cast: Donnie Yen, Jin Zhang, Ka-Yan Leung, Kai-Chung Cheung, Karena Ng

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Well Go USA Entertainment | Release Date: January 22, 2016 | Not Rated

Starring: Donnie Yen, Jin Zhang, Ka-Yan Leung, Kai-Chung Cheung, Karena Ng, Kent Cheng, Lynn Hung, Mike Tyson, Patrick Tam

Summary: In this explosive third installment of the blockbuster martial arts series, when a band of brutal gangsters led by a crooked property developer (Mike Tyson) make a play to take over the city, Master Ip (Donnie Yen) is forced to take a stand. Fists will fly as some of the most incredible fight scenes ever filmed play out on the big screenIn this explosive third installment of the blockbuster martial arts series, when a band of brutal gangsters led by a crooked property developer (Mike Tyson) make a play to take over the city, Master Ip (Donnie Yen) is forced to take a stand. Fists will fly as some of the most incredible fight scenes ever filmed play out on the big screen in this soon-to-be classic of the genre.
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Director: Wilson Yip

Genre(s): Action, Biography, Drama, History

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 105 min

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RogerEbert.com Odie Henderson

Jan 22, 2016

Ip Man 3 also sneaks in welcome moments of mushy romantic sweetness between Master Ip and his wife, Cheung Wing-sing (Lynn Hung). Read full review

Noel Murray

Jan 20, 2016

As it happens, the weakest part of Ip Man 3 is its run-of-the-mill, almost juvenile potboiler plot. Read full review

Michael Rechtshaffen

Jan 21, 2016

Ip Man 3, set in Hong Kong circa 1959, combines the customary, inventively choreographed action with an unexpected emotional depth, proving as hard to resist as its entertaining predecessors. Read full review

James Marsh

Dec 21, 2015

This time, celebrated action director Yuen Wo-ping, taking over from Sammo Hung, ensures the film’s fight sequences remain the film’s primary focus, although the overall tone is smaller and quieter, reflecting both the personal drama Ip Man encounters and Donnie Yen’s own encroaching retirement from kung-fu cinema. Read full review

Sam C. Mac

Jan 19, 2016

Donnie Yen's performance is so good that it's a shame Wilson Yip's films have never strived to be more than briskly entertaining hagiography. Read full review

Tirdad Derakhshani

Jan 22, 2016

For all its grand promises, Ip Man 3 teeters uneasily among B-movie clichés. Read full review

Maggie Lee

Jan 29, 2016

Less offensively nationalistic than the second installment but falling short of the glowing humanity, genial Cantonese humor and visual flair of the first, the pic is somewhat tarnished by its pedestrian plot and limp characterization. Read full review

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vr7

Jan 23, 2016

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Tapash

Dec 29, 2020

This movie is great it's the third third part and I am still watching Mike Tyson vs if man was great

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DominArsen

Dec 8, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ip Man 3
J'adore ce type de film. Des chorégraphies soignées, un mec qui à la classe, de beaux ralentit même s’ils sont moins nombreux, Ancré dans la réalité même si pour le spectacle elle est envenimée. Un Mike Tyson gonfler à bloc... [spoiler] (en parlant de ça le combat n'est pas fini...) [/spoiler] Dans le final je ne veux pas spoil, mais [spoiler] on voit le fameux One inca Punch, considéré comme le summum du Wing Chun !!! [/spoiler] c'est magique !!

Si on parlait de la trilogie. Je suis un grand fan. J'ai adoré un peu comme les Matrix. On rescend la puissance des coups porté par et contre l'adversaire avec de véritables stratégies de combat qui mettent (de se point de vue) les chorégraphies de Matrix un cran en dessous , puis qu'est que c'est classe. L'histoire malgré le fait qu’elle soit bateau (Reste quand même sur des problématique emblématique comme [spoiler] le cancer [/spoiler] [spoiler] et [/spoiler] la corruption). Dans les 3 opus elle révèle quelque chose de plus grand soit l'affrontement d'une majorité de styles de combats et la popularisation du Wing Chu dans le monde. J'ai aimé la prise en compte des conflits géopolitiques des pays du soleil levant. Ce qui renforce l'effet de grandeur.

Si vous ne connaissiez pas cette trilogie je la conseille surtout lorsuqe vous savez que la chorégraphie est issue de Matrix et kil bill (Yeun Woo Ping).
Rien que pour les chorégraphies c'est film rejoignent un style Bollywood, mais au lieu de danser on se bat… Expand

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LeZee

Mar 24, 2016

It gets closer to the legend's personal life.

A few movies about Yip Man were made in the past, but Donnie Yen's 2008 version rewrote the history. Because the craze about martial arts in the last two decades and of course digital world made it to reach every corner of the world. FollowedIt gets closer to the legend's personal life.

A few movies about Yip Man were made in the past, but Donnie Yen's 2008 version rewrote the history. Because the craze about martial arts in the last two decades and of course digital world made it to reach every corner of the world. Followed by a sequel and its massive hit, then came many unofficial versions to this series that set in a different timeline of the martial art legend's life.

With this movie, the narration gets lots closer to tell the personal life of Yip Man. But in the first half, like the previous two films, focused on the social issue. Yip Man is fighting for the children's education, when a real estate tycoon plans to replace the school building to a commercial complex. That's it, later the story begins to take us to the random events like a man who's hungry for the best fighter in the town title who end up challenging Yip Man to face him. From there, it's all about Yip Man and his ill wife where the movie switches from action mode to sentimental.

That's not what we expected from a man who's famous for his martial art. Surprisingly, this different approach in storytelling was refreshing. Saving school, the clash for the title and ill wife, so the overall movie was like had three episodes and each dealt on a different motive. Being a biopic and also a martial art movie, it exploited the theme fairly.

I can't say Mike Tyson's acting was so good because it was weird him to speak Cantonese. He was in a minor role, but his presence was a big boost for the movie. If we see him in an action movie, then we all know what to expect and it did not fail to fulfill our wish.

"There's nothing more important than the love of those by your side."

The stunts were not as good as the previous two films and they were too short as well, but technically looked so perfect, especially locking horns between Tyson and Donnie Yen was like head-to-head confrontation between Hollywood and Hong Kong. The other reason to shorten stunts in the movie was to get closer to the legend's personal life. After the survival and fighting the foreign forces, now the time to focus on his own life issues.

The first two films were breathtaking, no one can doubt that. I don't know why it took so long for this third movie, but it still worked. Yet not the best in the trilogy, but remained very close to them with unlike storyline and action sequences. I was disappointed for not continuing from where it ended in the 2nd part. I mean the story has a clean flow, but not what I expected, like, I wanted Bruce Lee and the grand-master coming together.

Actually, I never expected the third installment, I considered it was one of the best duologies you could find in world cinema. But I'm happy they made this one and I'm very much sure there will be fourth. So at least I can expect the Bruce Lee's part in the Yip Man's life story. I was waiting for that from a very long and I believe it won't let me down this time. All the above, I'm looking for the official announcement.

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Broyax

Dec 29, 2016

Voici la fin des aventures d'IP Man, l'homme qui entraîna le petit Dragon... enfin la fin ?... du moins on l'espère... au moins pour son bien, le bien de la "légende" du Wing Chun, cette variété de Kung Fu d'une étonnante sobriété et toujours d'une incroyable efficacité apparemment !

CarVoici la fin des aventures d'IP Man, l'homme qui entraîna le petit Dragon... enfin la fin ?... du moins on l'espère... au moins pour son bien, le bien de la "légende" du Wing Chun, cette variété de Kung Fu d'une étonnante sobriété et toujours d'une incroyable efficacité apparemment !

Car Mike Tyson sur l'affiche... et dans le film (?)... on dirait une mauvaise blague et ça l'est, d'assez courte durée heureusement, mais quel gâchis assez ridicule pour appâter le badaud ignare de la beauté de l'art martial dont la boxe est un avatar foireux d'enfoirnazes abrutis... qui ne saurait donc être mêlée à la grâce du Kung Fu et ses variantes !

Nonobstant cet écart regrettable, Donnie Yen reprend son rôle de sage enseignant ici sur le retour avec toujours le regard plein d'humilité qui caractérise le personnage. C'est aussi l'occasion de tirer encore un peu plus sur la corde des violons avec une guimauve maladroite et longuette.

Heureusement (quand même !) les combats sont encore présents et toujours bien mis en scène et filmés correctement. Très peu ou quasiment pas de câbles, une caméra plutôt fluide, des plans raisonnables, que demande le peuple ? d'apprécier les chorégraphies pardi ! et à cet égard, ce troisième IP Man convainc encore. Les meubles sont saufs, on a eu chaud.… Expand

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YorkMan

Mar 11, 2016

Donnie Yen returns as Yip Man, reprising the role for a third time.
The film is a step down in quality from the original and its sequel. Although it doesn't feel like a cash in, as there's plenty of decent elements to it, the overall sense is that the story has been put together simply toDonnie Yen returns as Yip Man, reprising the role for a third time.
The film is a step down in quality from the original and its sequel. Although it doesn't feel like a cash in, as there's plenty of decent elements to it, the overall sense is that the story has been put together simply to facilitate a third movie.
The film also suffers from not having Sammo Hung acting as the fight choreographer. Yuen Woo Ping is instead tasked with putting together the action scenes and, whilst he's competent enough, the action lacks the ferocity and directness of the first two films. Woo Ping is acclaimed for his stylisations, rather than his realism.
Overall the acting is good. Yen is worth watching as always, as is Zhang Jin who plays a rival Wing Chun master who Yen battles in the finale. Amazingly, after being terrible in the first two films, Lynn Hung actually displays some real acting ability. Mainly because her character develops cancer, and she has to express a deep sense of emotive despair.

The direction of the film is adequate. I was hoping for some sweeping establishing shots, like those in the Wong Fei Hung film Rise of the Legend (even if those were CGI, they looked impressive!!), but instead everything is tightly filmed, with very few extended shots at all.

The fight scenes are well shot though, Woo Ping makes great use of wide angles, overhead cameras, close ups etc. But as mentioned, the choreography just isn't as good as Sammo's, which is a real shame.

So, good acting (including former undisputed Heavyweight World Champion "Iron" Mike Tyson, who plays a Triad boss who Yip Man fights in a 3-minute contest), decent direction, decent enough choreography/fight scenes....

Then why only a 5 out of 10.....

Simple. The film takes the piss in terms of the known timeline and what we know about Yip Man.
Couple of examples (out of many!).... Bruce Lee is in the film (played by Danny Chan), who is attempting to get Man to take him as a disciple. It's well known that Lee was taken on as a lay pupil by Man, and trained part-time through his teenage years, before leaving Hong Kong in 1958 (the film is set in 1959/60).
Another glaring mistake (and integral to the plot) is having Man's son (Ip Ching) as an 8 year old. It's well known that Ching was born in the 1936, and that Man had an older son (Ip Chun, born 1924) who isn't in the film at all. That discrepancy really annoyed me, as when the opening credits revealed the year, I was hoping we'd get to see Man (and both his then adult sons) getting into some action!

Overall, it's a passable kung fu film. The fight scenes are decent enough, and the completely fictional storyline bowls along nicely. It's just a bit of an insult to the memory of one of Hong Kong's (and China's) folk heroes.… Expand

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Longshots

Jun 11, 2016

worst new ip..........................................................................................................................................

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