
In postwar Hong Kong, legendary Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man is reluctantly called into action once more, when what begin as simple challenges from rival kung fu styles soon draw him into the dark and dangerous underworld of the Triads. Now, to defend life and honor, he has no choice but to fight one last time ...... (Full plot summary below)
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In postwar Hong Kong, legendary Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man is reluctantly called into action once more, when what begin as simple challenges from rival kung fu styles soon draw him into the dark and dangerous underworld of the Triads. Now, to defend life and honor, he has no choice but to fight one last time ...
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| Film Journal InternationalDaniel EaganCut off from his home and family in China, martial-arts teacher Ip Man tries to adapt to life in Hong Kong. Intriguing if reverential account of an icon's final years. |
| AV ClubNick SchagerFrom fawning beginning to maudlin close, it’s a monotonous, wannabe-mythmaking biopic for Ip completists only. |
| Portland OregonianMarc MohanThe world may not get another Ip Man film for a while after the last few years, but this one and Wong’s masterpiece should be more than sufficient. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeMore a frequently elegant drama than an outright action movie. |
| The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungWong is such a fine, subtle actor that it comes as a surprise to find him a superb martial artist as well, as he convincingly demonstrates the superiority of Ip Man’s technique over competing schools. |
| Eye for FilmJennie KermodeWith a political edge that recalls some of the work of Ip Man's most famous pupil, the film is nevertheless at its strongest as a character study. |
| UR Chicago MagazineJohn EstherIp Man was a notable martial arts instructor, he was not a saint. Perhaps someday, somebody will make an accurate film about the man. Meanwhile, we have these kung fu pseudo-biopics to entertain us. |
| New York TimesNicolas RapoldSeriously, if not always elegantly, the film portrays the great Ip Man as someone trying to survive, which is to say just as often a victim as a victor. |
| Washington PostMark JenkinsAs a character study, Ip Man: The Final Fight would be more convincing if it didn’t look so distractingly like a Hollywood musical. |
| Slant MagazineKenji FujishimaAnthony Wong does a creditable job of conveying Ip Man's reflectiveness through his twilight years, occasionally cutting through the hagiographic nature of the enterprise. |