Donnie
Yen reprises his role as the legendary Wing Chun master in the grand finale of
the revolutionary martial arts series. Following the death of his wife, Ip Man
travels to San Francisco to ease tensions between the local kung fu masters and
his star student, Bruce Lee, while searching for a better future for his son.
From the action visionary behind Kill Bill and The Matrix, witness the heroic
sendoff to the saga that inspired a new wave of martial arts movie fans.
The film is truly good. The action is awesome, just like any IP Series fan would expect. Several themes are well put together. But I love how a crucial theme, parenting, has been coined in the movie. The movie proves that parenting is tough and it is difficult to get it right when it comes to guiding your child into adulthood and career and life in general. Many parents focus less on what their kids want but more on what they want them to become. At first, it is usually thought that kids cannot decide what they can become but as time goes by, it gets clearer and clearer that parents want a perfect life, theoretical life for their children. One without the mistakes they made or the challenges they went through themselves. My favourite scene is when Master Ip tears a letter forged by Wan's daughter and actually makes her smile the next minute by asking her what she wants to do, this strengthens the connection between them and even makes Yonah think IP is better than her father when in reality, IP has issues with his own son (Jin) like she has with her father.
I will surely miss the IP MAN series and Donnie Yen as well for portrayed all the films so well.
Christopher Keys
2 months ago
I LOVED THIS MOVIE!!! I have watched and enjoyed the entire Ip Man series several times alone, and now my son has started to enjoy them. They have all been wonderful and inspiring in their own ways. Each has shown a very specific time and place and not only showing this man with his complete and dominating abilities, but also everything he and his people have had to overcome. I know every ethnicity has had their fair share of oppression at some point in history and I really think it is something that should be explained in a way that shows how horrible humans can be but also that if you have faith and discipline whether it's religious, familial, or a martial discipline like Master Ip you can overcome great adversity. This great man trained his mind and body and pulled his family and community, even some from his home land that didn't even want his help through terrible experiences. I don't know about accuracy, but Donnie Yen has done the most amazing job making these films and portraying a man that inspires me with everything he does that seems like his natural day to day. I can't recommend these movies too much to anyone. Watch with your family, significant others, friends and enjoy a series of gut wrenching movies about dealing with bullies and human hatred at it's worst being conquered.
יוחנן בן הרננדז
4 months ago
I belong to the old school generations of Martial Artists. I am 65 Years old, and a great admirer of Grl. Choi Hong Hi, Jong Soo Park, Toshiro Mifune, Bruce Lee, Donnie Yen, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Sammo Hung, Michelle Yeoh, just to name a few. As it happens in most MA films there is this very faint line that separates fiction from reality as many historic facts tend to be idealized. However, this movie, as all the Ip Man series, have taken this concepts to a higher level. I have enjoyed to the utmost Donnie Yen's actuation as well as Scott Adkins performance. True Martial Artists and actors. Superb photography and a coherent plot related to the historical facts that surround the legend of this incredible character.
Becoming
is a supernatural thriller about Alex (Toby Kebbell) and Lisa (Penelope
Mitchell), a couple newly engaged and deeply in love. While on a road trip,
they encounter an ancient evil force that chooses Alex as its new host and
begins to slowly take over his mind and body, gradually transforming him into
someone terrifying and violent. The changes are small at first. His
handwriting. His body language. As Alex struggles with the horror of losing his
identity, Lisa notices the shifts in the man she thought she loved. Is he
falling out of love with her, or is it something far, far worse? Lisa tracks
down Kevin (Jason Patric), a damaged survivor of the entity who has dedicated
his life to defeating it. Together, they must outwit an indestructible malevolence
that doesn't want to destroy Alex, it wants to be him.
Blake
Lively stars as Stephanie Patrick, an ordinary woman on a path of
self-destruction after her family is tragically killed in a plane crash. When
Stephanie discovers that the crash was not an accident, she enters a dark,
complex world to seek revenge on those responsible and find her own redemption.
Based on the novel by Mark Burnell, from director Reed Morano ("The
Handmaid's Tale") and the producers of the James Bond film series, The
Rhythm Section also stars Jude Law and Sterling K. Brown.Written by Paramount Pictures
Very interesting concept, but The Gentlemen needs time to do what most movies do better. Most movies can interpret their plot while still having an engrossing story throughout. The Gentlemen takes what feels like forever to get the story moving along. There’s more dialog in the first fifteen minutes than other films have in a two-hour production. No worries though, just give it time, you will understand later. So if you don’t mind hearing about everything and everybody every time the action stops, this is for you. Honestly, all that talk is mainly at the beginning of the film. If you can get past the most tedious part of this movie, it will pay off in the end. That doesn’t mean the dialog is less, it means you’ve been conditioned. This is an English (filmed in London England) film done in a traditional “let me tell you what this is all about before we get started” style they are known for. As for the story, it’s about several drug lords fighting over territory. That’s an overly simplified explanation but ultimately, that’s all it is. The plot is very convoluted and ever-changing and best of all, it gets better as it goes. It has more twist than anything M Night Shyamalan has ever done with all of his films combined. I will admit, I was surprised by the ending because no matter what I thought was going to happen was changed halfway through, and it was better. Mickey Pearson (Matthew McConaughey), Dry Eye (Henry Golding), Lord George (Tom Wu), and a horde of henchmen on both sides make this film a non-stop mystery. Hugh Grant is almost unrecognizable as Fletcher, an investigator paid to get as much dirt on Mickey Pearson’s marijuana business as he can as instructed by another person of interest, but later, he is more of a money-hungry opportunist. I would say Fletcher was the catalyst that created the domino effect of every drug-related issue but that would only be partially right. Every kingpin has a hand in making things go from bad to worse. There are times when you are not sure if what you are seeing is real or a story being told by the person involved. Nonetheless. It all comes together in the end, satisfyingly and unexpectedly, making The Gentlemen one of only a handful of movies worth seeing more than once. . . on video, of course.
Jason Bishop
I read some of the over indulged reviews from some keyboard hacks!!
In all this is a thoroughly good film.
What it isn’t is a polished and unbelievable James Bond rip off!! Although I do see similarities with Mitch Rapp (American Assassin) and his character evolution!!!
Blake Lively is genuinely superb!!!
In my opinion this film absolutely deserves more than the squashed tomatoes paltry percentage!!! I’d recommend to read the book too.
I
follow modern F1, but I'll admit my history is patchy. I know Juan Manuel
Fangio of course, one of the very best... if not the best, but there's an opportunity to learn much more. However, the bar is set high for documentaries
these days and this doesn't really reach that bar. It's quite formulaic, pretty
dry, certainly in the opening half-hour which is a dull history lesson through
Fangio's initiation into motor racing. Granted I learn he started at a
surprisingly late age by today's standards, being 37 when he first raced in
Europe. It was a different time in motorsport, near impossible to compare
today's drivers to those from Fangio's era and the pacing of A Life of Speed
grinds to a halt as this topic is covered. Today it's marginal gains, fast
reaction speed, different tracks, radically different cars. There was no desire
for comfort in the 50s and little thought to safety. I only mention this as it
sadly seems to be the key point of the film. There are lots of familiar faces,
Stewart, Prost, Häkkien, Rosberg, Alonso, Wolff, coupled with plenty of archive
footage, but it feels as much a history of F1 and motor racing as Fangio
himself and nothing particularly new. Senna's death, the horrific crash at Le
Mans and some archive audio dubbing that sounds slightly suspect. Much is made
of Fangio's achievements, winning 5 championships with 4 different
constructors, but this feels bolted on and really should have been the central
theme. For me that's where this suffers, structurally it's very loose, well-intentioned, but lacking pace and a good story arc. Frankly, I think Fangio
deserves better.
