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Ip Man may not sound magnificent or like a befitting title of a superb classic film, but do not underestimate the biographical movie of this grand master of martial arts who came from the same hometown as every one's favourite Shadowless Kick master - Wong Fei Hong.
Ip Man, the founder of the now famous martial art Wing Chun, showed how his powerful fists could call upon the unity of his fellow Chinese during the Japanese Occupation. It was through China's occupation by the Japanese, did he realize the need for him to spread the spirit of Wing Chun as well as to stand up against tyrants of sovereignty. This movie served as a tribute-paying biography to one of the greatest martial artists of all times with Ip Chun, eldest son of Ip Man, rendering his consultation services to this film.
Credits must be given to Donnie Yen and Director Wilson Yip as this serves to be their best collaboration project till date. Their previous works include SPL, Dragon Tiger Gate and Flash Point. Donnie's martial art talents are well showcased in this film, we believe that this time everyone will be convinced that he is the best martial artist ever, period. I don't think Jet Li and Jackie Chan can ever achieve what Donnie has done for this movie. Donnie oozes charisma, composure, and class, all while displaying a great set of martial art skills with agility, speed and style.
Flamboyant moves and strikes amidst subtle spirit and composure, combat sequences are fabulously honed, timed and choreographed by Sammo Hung. Every fight scene relishes with emotion that can be deeply felt by the audience, perfectly enables understanding of what the character is going through at specific scenes through motion visuals. Undoubtedly, the action is definitely the biggest selling point of this film. My personal favourite fight scene is the one at the Ip's Residence. When we compare what Sammo has done for war epic Three Kingdoms, we feel that he is better off arranging kungfu sequences than battlefield scenes.
Cashing on the Donnie Yen sensation that has been heated up recently after raving reviews, the limelight is finally on him. With a higher degree of exposure this year with films like Painted Skin and The Empress and Her Warriors, Donnie Yen is receiving intensive attention that he deserves. He's been far too undervalued by the community with stars like Jet Li and Jackie Chan stealing the show, it's high time for the rise of Donnie Yen. Do catch his previous works like Flash Point if you are interested in his award winning Mixed Martial Arts experiment, where he gets to try out various forms of martial arts achieving some interesting choreographic visuals.
Ip Man is definitely one of the best martial art films of recent times, we can even see it going down as one of the classics in the history of kungfu flicks.
Ip Man, the founder of the now famous martial art Wing Chun, showed how his powerful fists could call upon the unity of his fellow Chinese during the Japanese Occupation. It was through China's occupation by the Japanese, did he realize the need for him to spread the spirit of Wing Chun as well as to stand up against tyrants of sovereignty. This movie served as a tribute-paying biography to one of the greatest martial artists of all times with Ip Chun, eldest son of Ip Man, rendering his consultation services to this film.
Credits must be given to Donnie Yen and Director Wilson Yip as this serves to be their best collaboration project till date. Their previous works include SPL, Dragon Tiger Gate and Flash Point. Donnie's martial art talents are well showcased in this film, we believe that this time everyone will be convinced that he is the best martial artist ever, period. I don't think Jet Li and Jackie Chan can ever achieve what Donnie has done for this movie. Donnie oozes charisma, composure, and class, all while displaying a great set of martial art skills with agility, speed and style.
Flamboyant moves and strikes amidst subtle spirit and composure, combat sequences are fabulously honed, timed and choreographed by Sammo Hung. Every fight scene relishes with emotion that can be deeply felt by the audience, perfectly enables understanding of what the character is going through at specific scenes through motion visuals. Undoubtedly, the action is definitely the biggest selling point of this film. My personal favourite fight scene is the one at the Ip's Residence. When we compare what Sammo has done for war epic Three Kingdoms, we feel that he is better off arranging kungfu sequences than battlefield scenes.
Cashing on the Donnie Yen sensation that has been heated up recently after raving reviews, the limelight is finally on him. With a higher degree of exposure this year with films like Painted Skin and The Empress and Her Warriors, Donnie Yen is receiving intensive attention that he deserves. He's been far too undervalued by the community with stars like Jet Li and Jackie Chan stealing the show, it's high time for the rise of Donnie Yen. Do catch his previous works like Flash Point if you are interested in his award winning Mixed Martial Arts experiment, where he gets to try out various forms of martial arts achieving some interesting choreographic visuals.
Ip Man is definitely one of the best martial art films of recent times, we can even see it going down as one of the classics in the history of kungfu flicks.
In our opinion, there's no reason why anybody should give it a miss.
Kacang Puteh, anyone?
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