The real movers and shakers of Ip Man: The Final Fight are Ip Man's batch of students. The serenity displayed by Donnie Yen's iteration of the character comes off more as caustic senility here. This is an old man movie, in which time advances rapidly and great events come and go with little concern, all buzzing around this stoic constant like a bunch of annoying flies. The film is all about Ip Man in his final years, teaching a group of students in Hong Kong, having a sort of romance with a younger lady, reconnecting with his son, and eating lots and lots and lots of food, all without a drop of emotion. There is some fighting, but it focuses more on community and the philosophy behind kung fu than its actual practice. This is not really much of a martial arts film. Directed by Ip Man: The Legend is Born's Herman Yau, I assume it has more in common with that film, though given the overall tone of The Final Fight, I'm not sure how that could be possible. Ip Men: The Final Fight is not related to the Donnie Yen-Wilson Yip films. In the Donnie Yen films, he also has a really fun fondness for giving people repeated slow punches to the face while appearing totally uninterested, sort of how Forrest Gump looks when he takes people down.
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He is most famous for teaching Bruce Lee, but more than anything, he's loved (by me) for his ability to punch people 1,000 a second. Now, with Herman Yau's Ip Man: The Final Fight, we have the old one.įor those who don't know, Ip Man was a master of the Wing Chun school of martial arts.
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We've had the young one, the smiley one, the artsy one, and the little dog who won't be quiet one.