
In 1935 in Foshan, south China, there are martial arts schools on every street corner. Ip Man is the undisputed martial arts champion, yet he has not devoted himself to teaching. Despite this, it seems that all the kung fu masters of the city are eager to fight him to improve their reputation.... (Full plot summary below)
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In 1935 in Foshan, south China, there are martial arts schools on every street corner. Ip Man is the undisputed martial arts champion, yet he has not devoted himself to teaching. Despite this, it seems that all the kung fu masters of the city are eager to fight him to improve their reputation.
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| NYC Movie GuruAvi OfferA dazzling, exhilarating, refreshingly character-driven and thoroughly captivating experience that must be seen on the big screen. It's unlike any martial arts film you've seen before. |
| Slant MagazineJoseph Jon LanthierAn explosive exercise in bare-knuckled myth-biography. |
| Village VoiceNick SchagaerLike his narrative, Yip's aesthetics are more muted and traditional than those of well-known florid imports "Hero" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." Yet such modesty is in tune with his soft-spoken protagonist, and also provides clean, sharp views of Yen's awe-inspiring skills, which, in choreographer Sammo Hung's thrilling one-against-many skirmishes, make literal the term "fists of fury." |
| San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonIt's a highly entertaining, big-budget, kick-butt kung fu movie, the best of its kind since Jet Li's "Fearless" in 2006. |
| The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayAs a slice of history, Ip Man is disappointingly simplistic. Yip, Wong, and Yen never develop any real tension between Ip's true story and the exaggerated myth-making of a martial-arts movie. But as an exaggerated, myth-making martial-arts movie, Ip Man is often thrilling. |
| New York PressSimon AbramsIt remains an inexplicable, contextless bit of kung fu historicosploitation -- albeit a very satisfying one. |
| Common Sense MediaBrian CostelloExcellent martial arts biopic on man who trained Bruce Lee. |
| Village VoiceNick SchagerLegend trumps fact in Ip Man, a kickass fictionalized biopic of the titular grandmaster of Wing Chun martial arts and mentor to Bruce Lee. |
| Seanax.comSean AxmakerIt's all quite conventional... and nonetheless rousing. |
| Shadows on the WallRich ClineA terrific true story, clearly elevated to mythical proportions, this film benefits hugely from the lucid fight direction by the master Sammo Hung, which gives the film a remarkable resonance. |