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.
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