During this
lockdown, I decided to watch some of the best action movies from the Asian side
of things, and Ip Man ranks as one of the best you can see. Donnie Yen is just
graceful in his movies as he shows us the might of Wing Chun, a martial art
developed by a woman named Ng Mui, for a lady named Yim Wing-chun, so she could
defend herself without needing a muscular build. The way Donnie uses this style
of martial art is so beautiful to see.
Donnie Yen is
fast, smooth, and I’ve never seen anyone move the way he does. The fight
choreography in this movie is tasteful, and you’ll appreciate how the film
portrays the character of Ip Man as a gentle soul who would rather not fight.
This is in line with the way of the martial art, which emphasizes being
relaxed.
This movie is a
biographical one on the life of Ip Man, who trained the very popular martial
artist Bruce Lee. The movie itself is fiction, and the story doesn’t reflect
the real life of Ip Man, but it was made to show that he was that good as a
martial artist.
The movie’s plot
runs through the Japanese invasion of 1937. It starts in 1930 and introduces us
to Ip Man when a martial arts teacher wanted to know if he could beat him.
After the fight, someone saw what happened and told everyone in town that Ip
Man had beaten the popular teacher.
This led to
people seeing Ip Man as someone to respect. That respect was solidified when
some Northern Chinese martial artists came to Foshan, where Ip Man lived, to
challenge the martial arts teachers there. Their intention was to set up a
school in the area, and by beating the local teachers, they hoped everyone
would pay to learn from them.
The movie
doesn’t have one fight scene that you’d say, “Now that’s the one to watch.”
Every fight scene in it is worth seeing. There’s no explosive ending where he
defeats all the bad guys—just him trying to get by.
The martial arts
choreography was done by Sammo Hung and Tony Leung Siu-hung, and they received
accolades for it.
The movie did
well both critically and commercially, which led to a sequel, Ip Man 2, and it
won numerous Asian awards.
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