| R |1 hrs. 24 mins. | Action |
IP MAN: KUNG FU MASTER harks back to Ip’s early days before the Communist Revolution in 1949. Ip, portrayed by Dennis To for the third time as the martial artist who famously tutored Bruce Lee, was then a police captain who was framed for the murder of a ruthless but honorable mobster, and targeted for vengeance by his dangerous daughter. Forced to quit the force, Ip soon also has to contend with the arrival of the Japanese army in Guangzhou.
Director: Liming Li
Writers: Liming Li, Qingshui Shi
Cast: Yu-Hang To, Michael Wong, Wanliruo Xin | See full cast & crew »
Ip Man: Kung Fu Master (Chinese) is a 2019 Chinese martial arts film co-written and directed by Li Liming and starring Dennis To as Ip Man. It is To’s third portrayal of the Hong Kong martial artist, after The Legend Is Born: Ip Man (2010) and Kung Fu League (2018). The film depicts Ip Man’s stint as a police officer in Guangzhou before the Chinese Communist Revolution in 1949.
Release
Ip Man was released in China exclusively through the video hosting service Youku on 23 December 2019. The film will be given a limited release in the United States on 11 December 2020.
Critic Review
A fist-filled, high-kicking frenzy of flailing limbs where the quality of the many ripper chop-socky sequences is inversely related to the calibre of the film’s acting, which is often so wooden you could build a nest of tables with it.
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