Ip Man is a film about the life of Ip Man, the legendary martial artist who trained Bruce-Lee amongst others.
Film Info:
| Produced by | Raymond Wong |
|---|---|
| Written by | Edmond Wong |
| Starring | Donnie Yen Simon Yam Lynn Hung Hiroyuki Ikeuchi Lam Ka-Tung |
Donnie, has done a fantastic job of playing Ip, considering he wasn’t a Martial Artist before he began making the film. In some of the DvD bonuses he says that he spent a lot of his time to research Ip Man so that he could play the past as perfectly as possible. I must say, he did the job well enough!
The film follows the first part of Ip Mans exciting life, before he moved to Hong Kong.
The amount of absolute kick-@$$ action is superb! The story is consuming and the realistic enviroments are fabulous. Trying to comprehend how hard this film was to make is near-to impossible. Simply put, it’s stunning.
Trailer:
The plot:
The film starts in the 1930s, in Foshan a bustling Martial Arts city the home of Ip Man. Ip has a private duel with a local Martial Arts master and wins, however the Masters reputation is at risk due to a young boy seeing the whole duel through one of the windows in the room where the duel was held.
As an out-of-towner arrives, he duels and beats all the martial artists of Foshan, all except Ip, who whips the foreigner real good! The baddie comes back to haunt later in the movie though!
During the Japanese invasion of China many are forced to leave Foshan, however, Ip stays but is rendered homeless. Things get tough and Ip finds a job in coal-works. Lin, one of Ip’s best friends also works there.
One day the Japanese come calling for a tournament. Lin goes as whoever wins gets a sack of rice but when he dosen’t come back Ip gets curious and enters the tournament to look for his friend.
Things get nasty when people get angry, and that is what happens from this point on. Watch the movie to find out what happens next.
During Japan’s invasion into China, Ip Man is driven homeless, and sees life in new eyes, everything in his life goes downhill from then.
When he is brought into General Miuras attention, things get nasty.
The Overview:
Realisticness: 10/10
Fight-Scenes: 10/10
Characters: 10/10
Plot: 9/10
