Ip Man

I got around to finally seeing this and must say I've become a big Donnie Yen fan. The movie based on the real life Ip Man was done excellent and the fight scenes were second to none. It was a real treat to hear the various actors nd director for their take on the movie and working with each other.Two of those "behind the scenes' stood out and made me appreciate the movie even more...Donnie Yen had to learn the Wing Chun style of fighting from scratch.He was so thurough in research, studing and doing the Wing Chun moves that traditional practionist of Wing Chun were so impressed with his demostration in front of them they thought he had been doing it for years. He got all "108" moves done on the Wooden Wing Tsun Dummy right.Second was the actor who protrays the Kung Fu Japaneese General in the movie, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi didn't know much of actual Martial Art like Kung Fu and Wing Chun. He does hold a Black Belt in JudoI guess I'll snag Ip Man 2 after seeing this one...well worth it for any martial art movie fan.

Donnie Yen blew me away with his performance in this movie. I am a huge fan of Yen's and although his acting skills in previous movies have never jumped to the top of the list of what I love about him, they are on full display here. For most of us that crave Martial Arts action in movies, we have to lower our expectation of plot and character development, and we know there probably isn't going to be an award winning dramatic performance by the guy going around kicking people's you know what. There are a few exceptions to this and Ip Man is without a doubt one of those.I didn't know much about the real story of Ip Man so I can't say too much about the historical accuracy of this movie. I can guess that some creative license was taken but in the end I wasn't watching this looking for a documentary. What we do get is brilliant acting, awesome fight choreography, character development, and a very moving story. This is easily my favorite martial arts movie moving Jet Li's Fearless into spot #2.

A lot of us have never really heard of Master IP until this movie came out. This is one of the best true to life martial arts movie ever made.Started from the time before World War II. Before the Japanese invasion there was Master IP. He was a well known good martial arts fighter and a good man who loved to help his people in need. Although he never had a martial arts school people knew how good he was and he was the best at it. He was modest to the core a really nice guy that cared for his family and respected his wife fully.In china in the old times in order for a master to start a school for martial arts they had to fight the best to make their name known so students will sign up at their school.if the masters wanted to make a name for themself they had to fight the best. And in master IPs town he was the best so they had to test him if they could really defeat his style. In order for IP not to embarrass the losers he always asked them to fight inside his home so no one can find out who won or lost or how bad the oponent can get beatten.then the Japanese invasion came. You will have to watch the movie and then you'll know how it used to be in China when they were invaded in WW II.

The case is the standard plastic case and card stock sleeve. This doesn’t come with a digital code but with the Blu-ray! Looked great in 4K. Great cinematic experience! I got this for only 10 bucks ant the time and it was well worth the price. Considering I’ve already seen this one before! Even if you have not watched this before it’s worth buying for a first time viewer!

I rented this movie based on the strong reviews. (At the time I had not heard of Donnie Yen). I was blown away! Two of my favorite martial arts movies are Bruce Lee's "Return of the Dragon" (a real classic!) and Jet Li's "Fist of Legend." I didn't think I would see anything that could live stand up in overall quality and appeal of those two movies; this one does. I even showed it to my wife (who is not crazy about these types of movies) and she liked it very much. That says a lot.So I highly recommend you see this. If you like the overall feel, mood and quality of Jet Li's best, along with the skill and effect of Bruce Lee, you will definitely like this.Also, the sequel (IP Man 2) is just about as good and the prequel (although not with Donnie Yen) is also very good and gives context to the characters before IP Man 1. The actor who plays a young IP Man in the prequel does an excellent job and looks enough like Donnie Yen that it is believable.