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Ip Man: Kung Fu Master

Original title: Zong shi Ye Wen
  • 2019
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 24m
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4.6/10
1.3K
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Ip Man: Kung Fu Master (2019)
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.
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During his time as a police captain in Foshan, Ip Man is targeted by a vengeful gangster just as the Japanese army invades the region.During his time as a police captain in Foshan, Ip Man is targeted by a vengeful gangster just as the Japanese army invades the region.During his time as a police captain in Foshan, Ip Man is targeted by a vengeful gangster just as the Japanese army invades the region.

  • Director
    • Liming Li
  • Writers
    • Liming Li
    • Qingshui Shi
  • Stars
    • Yu-Hang To
    • Wanliruo Xin
    • Xiaohu Tong
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.6/10
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    • Director
      • Liming Li
    • Writers
      • Liming Li
      • Qingshui Shi
    • Stars
      • Yu-Hang To
      • Wanliruo Xin
      • Xiaohu Tong
    • 18User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Yu-Hang To
    Yu-Hang To
    • Ip Man
    Wanliruo Xin
    • Qing Chuan
    Xiaohu Tong
    • Chief Yuan
    Dongfeng Yue
    • Qiao Wu
    Michael Wong
    Michael Wong
    Qinyuan Chang
    • Zhang Yongcheng
    Matt Fowler
    Matt Fowler
    • IP Man
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Jiayi Guo
    Jiayi Guo
    • Mei Zanzi
    Philip Hersh
    Philip Hersh
    • Chief Yuan
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    • …
    Rizhu Li
    • Pai Guzi
    Yu Ren
    • Ichikawa
    Xiaoguang Zhao
    • Chairman Zuo
    • Director
      • Liming Li
    • Writers
      • Liming Li
      • Qingshui Shi
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    3nikoskont

    Oh boy what a mess

    30 minutes in the movie and i feel so bored.

    Its obvious that tries to mimic the Ip Man 1/2/3/4 and fail flat out,
    4paul_m_haakonsen

    Lacking a properly thorough storyline...

    I must admit that when I stumbled upon the 2019 movie "Ip Man: Kung Fu Master" here in 2021 then I was fairly surprised and thrilled. I didn't know that they had made another Ip Man movie, so this was a nice surprise. And needless to say that I needed no persuasion to sit down to watch it.

    Well, hold your horses there for a second. This movie is not as good as the most other Ip Man movies were, particularly the ones with Donnie Yen. No, not even close.

    Sure, "Ip Man: Kung Fu Master" was watchable, but don't get your hopes up high for this 2019 movie from writers Liming Li and Qingshui Shi. It was watchable, yeah, but this movie was just lacking a properly thoroughly thought-through storyline. Everything in the movie seemed rushed and shallow.

    Yu-Hang To - playing Ip Man - definitely knew his martial arts and put on a rather impressive display. But a movie about him just fighting was hardly something that counted as properly entertaining. A shame really, that the writers had failed to come up with a more interesting and complete storyline.

    While I managed to sit through the entire movie, this is hardly a martial arts classic, nor is it a movie that warrants more than a single viewing.

    My rating of "Ip Man: Kung Fu Master" lands on a four out of ten stars. The movie came and went without leaving much of a lasting impression. If you enjoy martial arts movies, there are far better movies out there. And if you enjoy movies about Ip Man, there are far better movies out there.
    4chasbolo

    Beautifully filmed, boring as hell

    Just not in the same realm as the other Ip Man films, Donnie Yen is still the King.
    medhodman

    I LIKE IT

    ITS LIKE A DONNIE STYLE HE TRY TO ACT LIKE HIM , BUT ITS NOT BUT , COUSE NOBADY CAN REPLACE DONNIE YEN , ITS TIME TO GET MORE FROM DONNIE BEFORE HES GONNA OLD TO MUCH LIKE JET LEE , JACKIE CHAN ETC , SO THEY CANT NEVER EVER REPLACE AND WE GONNA MISS FOREVER , SO ITS GOOD TO WORK HARD IN THE LAST YEARS AND GET AS MUCH AS THEY CAN FROM DONNIE TO MAKE MOVIE A CLASS ... Europa fans !!
    2whatsyourboggle

    Tepid garbage

    From the opening scene this movie does more to make wing chun look stupid than it does to entertain. It's very much performed in the style of "lots of movement, little visibility" and usually against numbers that makes the burly brawl from the Matrix Reloaded look positively gritty and realistic by comparison, while reducing wing chun to mostly chain punching. Poor representation of the art, retelling a story you've seen plenty of times before, and all of them done a lot better.

    Music's good, though.

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      Opening fight scene is similar to Stephen Chow final fight scene in Kung Fu Hustle. (Not to mention the axe gang)

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    • Release date
      • December 11, 2020 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • China
    • Official sites
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    • Language
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • 宗師葉問
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $3,439
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,107
      • Dec 13, 2020
    • Gross worldwide
      • $158,953
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