Probably the greatest martial-arts film I've ever seen. A great telling of the story of Ip Man, very dramatic, stellar acting, and amazing fight sequences. The characters and story were just phenomenal.

I recommend for everyone to watch this if you are into Hong Kong films and martial arts films.

If not, watch it anyways. I'm sure this movie could change your mind.

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The beginning is really bad – filled with stupid humor and cartoonish performances – but thankfully, after it segues into the Japanese invasion of China, the film takes on a more serious tone and gets much better. The fight choreography is terrific.

Every second was fantastic.

Ip man is a badass. There's no denying that. It's really cool seeing how they balanced his undeniable badassness with a story, since he just rolls over everyone. The balance was well done, but the story seemed to falter a bit since you kinda just knew that nobody could ever stand up to him. The film became more a critique of his surroundings than of his skill. but at the end of the day, the story came through and the intense action remains in my mind.

I'm looking forward to compare and contrast this to Wong Kar-Wai's Grandmaster. A nice bit of straightforward myth-making, though I think the filmmakers miss the opportunity to flesh out Ip's relationship with his family. Fight choreography is impressive but works best when it connects directly to story and character such as Ip's battle in his home and the fight in the factory.

Excellent fighting scenes in beautiful set pieces. As a pure kung fu movie the pacing was a bit slow at times, seeing it as a sort of biography about Ip Man it made more sense.

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I think this is about as accurate to the real Ip Man's life as it is to mine, but who really cares when it's this entertaining? The stunningly choreographed fight sequences are obviously the centerpiece and like most martial arts films the plot is used merely as a transition between them. But I'm willing to let story go when you've got Donnie Yen beating people up with a feather duster.

Entertaining martial arts biopic. The fight scenes are really good, much more grounded and realistic than other movies like this that have made it to the west.

After watching several intense and emotional family dramas, Ip Man was a welcome relief. The choreography was very good, although nowhere near the perfection of Hero, one of my favorite films. Donnie Yen is perfectly cast as is Hiroyuki Ikeuchi playing the Japanese general. The last fight between the two men is exhilarating. The washed out color, which changes from scene to scene helps set the mood as does the music composed by Kenji Kawai.

A thoroughly diverting two hours.