Directed by Wilson Yip
Written by
Edmond Wong
Chan Tai-lee
Produced by Raymond Wong
Starring
Donnie Yen
Simon Yam
Lynn Hung
Gordon Lam
Fan Siu-wong
Xing Yu
Chen Zhihui
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
Tenma Shibuya
Release date: 18 December, 2008
January 2009 (Australia)
Synopsis
In 1930s China, a martial artist loses his home after the
Imperial Japanese Army invades the country. With little means to
survive, he must find a way to sustain his family.
Review
Ip Man is a very serious film about horrible crimes the Japanese commited in the time of WW2. Yeah, sure none of it impacts me mentally, but it's still bad.
Anyways, Ip Man's action scenes might not have any life-threatening over the top stunts, but the film does not dissapoint.
It shows a (kinda) accurate description of the life of Ip Man while mixing it with carefully and perfectly choreographed action scenes for this type of film.
The film makes the biography genre amazing to watch, with amazing writing and great acting. This was the film that introduced me to Donnie Yen and the only reason why Jackie Chan isn't the only action star I watch a lot. His films don't dissapoint to and this is an example of it.
Ip Man is a great film, that might be boring at some times with a dull background score, but the film's contents in itself are amazing.
Yeah, Bruce Lee's amazing.. but do you ever think about who taught him?
This is the film about his life.
Watch Ip Man at the
https://archive.org/details/ipman_1 (Tagalog version)
https://archive.org/details/sdlehongkong1-15 (Along with other Hong Kong action movies)
https://archive.org/details/l62h9k62 (Along with other Hong Kong action movies)
https://archive.org/details/film-list (Along with other movies that some random dude on IA likes named "Sam")
https://archive.org/details/sdhongkon41-50 (Along with other Hong Kong movies)
