IP MAN

14 Ratings: 4.1

Action film based on Bruce Lee's Teacher in Hong Kong

Ip Man is a 2008 semi-biographical martial arts film based on the life of Ip Man, a grandmaster of the martial art Wing Chun and the first person to teach Wing Chun openly. One of his students was the widely influential … see full wiki

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Cast: Simon Yam, Donnie Yen

Director: Wilson Yip

Genre: Action, Adventure

Release Date: 12 December 2008 (China)

MPAA Rating: R

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review by woopak_the_thrill. February 17, 2009

posted in ASIANatomy

Thrilling Martial Arts Action Film Based On the Life of Bruce Lee's Teacher...

In the tradition of Jet Li's "Fearless" and "Fist of Legend", comes the fourth collaboration between the Wilson Yip-Donnie Yen tag team who also brought us the phenomenal "Sha Po Lang" in 2005. "IP MAN" is based on the life of the man responsible for making the Chinese kung fu style of "Wing Chun" (invented by a woman), which is up … more

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Quick Tip by Trekscribbler. November 17, 2010

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A Quick Tip by Trekscribbler

I watched this last night whilst I wasin between a few busywork tasks on the couch (I watched the English dubbed version), and I enjoyed it for the most part. It's a very interested true story that combines some elements of other WWII flicks (one part SCHINDLER'S LIST, one part THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK) and thrusts in the age-old debate between kung-fu (Chinese) and karate (Japanese) with some masterful fight sequences. I wanted a bit more meat on the story between Ip and his wife and his son, but, … more

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