The remarkable true story of the early life of Ip Man, the formidable kung fu genius who would become Bruce Lee's mentor; beginning at the start of his journey from his initial training through to the ultimate battle to become supreme master of the art of Wing Chun.
Mei Ah Entertainment National Arts Films Production Limited Zhejiang Hengdian World Studios Co. Ltd.
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A shameless rip-off that stands head and shoulders above the majority of the 'official' sequels. Where else will you see Ip Man go watch Nosferatu at the cinema?
The love letter elements to the martial arts genre are plentiful: Yuen Biao and Sammo Hung face-off without stunt doubles, the screen Ip Man fights the elderly son of the real Ip Man in a Sam Seed style match, and the story implements a number of elements from the Bruce Lee mythos. This time around Ip Man has to learn new Wing Chung moves that are looked down upon by traditionalists. There is no one style!
The plentiful action by Tony Leung Siu-Hung (SUPERFIGHTS!) feels fresh and exciting, implementing the complex close combat style of Wing Chung, with a surprisingly mobile camera that works in close tandem with the choreography. I'm always happy to see Fan Siu-Wong (RICKI-OH!) get a meaty screen fighting role.
Oh yeah, another movie about Ip Man. This one covers his early years, growing up in a kung fu school, his first romance, years in college and such. The emphasis, more than in any of the others, is on the specifics of the Wing Chun technique itself, with a whole plot line built around the issue of whether or not a high kick is authentic enough. To this end, the film is aided immeasurably by the presence of Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao. The two old pros play the young Ip's teachers, and the film begins with a beautiful blindfolded sparring sequence between the two. The early scenes in the school are reminiscent of some scenes from Painted Faces, the Hung-starring 1988 film that chronicles his own youth in a Peking Opera school, growing up with Yuen Biao, Jackie Chan, Corey Yeun etc.
Chapter Zero of the saga of Ip Man, Kung Fu Jesus & defender of the Chinese people against disrespectful foreigners (both Western & Japanese).
Despite some solid and frequent enough martial arts sequences, this is a frustrating experience. Even in his early years, there is no effort to explain or understand the sage-like Man. He is born with the peace Buddhist monks train for decades to achieve and need only work hard at his Wing Chun. On top of this bland protagonist without a character arc, we have his bland half brother who has some plot based machinations late in the film, but no personal arc to match them. The two female leads exist just to moon and mope after Man in…
Director Herman Yau (Ebola Syndrome) rides the coattails of Donnie Yen's Ip Man series, but this rip-off movie is better than most of the official entries. Martial artist Dennis To stars as the young folk hero, and he's here more for his fighting skills than his charisma. He's supported by a great cast of Hong Kong veterans: Louis Fan (Riki-Oh himself), Yuen Biao, Lam Suet, and briefly, Sammo Hung. I wondered who played the really old master who teaches Ip a new approach to the martial arts, and it turns out it's Ip Man's actual son, Ip Chun. The melodramatic plot (which I assume has no relation to the actual Ip Man's life) works, and the fight scenes are very good, especially the final one between To and Fan.
Ugh. This is the sort of movie I should be seeing with Justin at the Yonge & Dundas Cineplex instead of at home under quarantine. Tired of this pandemic!
"The Legend Is Born: Ip Man" tries to be the "Ip Man Begins" to the original "Ip Man" film from 2008 starring Donnie Yen. It ends up being more of a "Wing Chun Origins: Ip Man".
Dennis To plays the young Ip Man who practices Wing Chun, gets into a love triangle, uses Wing Chun to kick ass, practices a little more and then of course defends his chinese friends against the japanese, aided by his Wing Chun mastery.
To is totally okay here. He's certainly not a Donnie Yen who can act while also being a stunning martial artist. Ip Man is always being described as a humble and friendly person with a great sense of honour and Donnie…
"Ip Man Zero"
Kommt nicht an die Qualität der ersten beiden Filme heran ist aber dennoch ganz interessant und spannend.
Dennis To war eine gute Wahl als junger Ip Man.
Die Geschichte des jungen Ip Man. Viel Drama, Liebe und Tradition. Und wenn gekämpft wird, ist es auch in diesem nachträglich gedrehten Prequel sehenswert.
Insgesamt ein schöner Einstieg in die nachfolgenden Filme.
It’s at least three different movies, only one of which is any good—the one that one has a bunch of really cool fighting in it. The rest is either undercooked (the romance with Lam Suet’s daughter) or just bizarre (Japanese sleeper agents infiltrating Chinese martial arts clubs for reasons I guess).
I like Dennis To, but he hasn’t had much of a chance to do anything interesting since. Apparently he was in the Jeffrey Lau movie that came out last year that I haven’t seen yet.
Fight scenes were awesome and well choreographed. The in between parts uhhhhhhhhhhh. Mild recommendation. 👍
Not enough Sammo Hung. Yuen Biao was kept in the background. Dennis To literally looked like this the whole film: 🌝. Watching Ip Chun was a very lovely experience though, I must point out.
