At the end of the day, while I see this film as similar to the original (in a lesser way), upon reflection, I see it as an independent film in its own right, telling its own story. That being said upon my re-watching of the film, I really appreciated the different layers of the film between (initially) Ip man and the other local masters, and, eventually, the Chinese versus the corrupt British officer as personified by Twister, the racist British boxing champ. Honestly the first time I saw this film that was my thought too, and I dismissed it as a poor carbon copy of the original without the same level of tension between Empire and subject. Story Review 8.6/10Īs a general rule of thumb, everyone knows that the original is better than the sequel. This culminates in challenges between the British champion “Twister” (who of course is a racist antagonist) and a number of Chinese “boxing” masters, culminating with Ip Man. Once that challenge is met, the viewer is introduced to the wider strife between the Chinese citizens and their (at times) corrupt British overlords. Once he overcomes that obstacle (not without some strife), he now has to deal with the cabal of other local martial arts schools and their “rules.” This leads to the second arc of drama. His first challenge is to attract new students to his art. The first portion focuses on Ip Man opening a new Wing Chun school in Hong Kong. That being said, the general plot flow of this film follows two main directions. This review will not give away any spoilers. If you would like a historically oriented account of Ip Man, you should check out Jaredd Wilson’s episode on Ip Man on his Martial Thoughts podcast. That being said, this is a fantastic film, and watching it is certainly worth your time. I am reviewing it solely as a martial arts film, and not as a proper representation of its title character. I don’t know very much about Ip Man (or Yip Man) as a historical figure, but I’m pretty confident this film was not meant to be historically accurate. Just as a note, I am not reviewing this film as any kind of historical documentary. Ip Man 2 was the highly anticipated follow up to Donnie Yen’s Ip Man(you can check out the review for Ip Man here) following our hero from his time in China to his new life as a martial arts instructor in British Hong Kong. Style: Action, Hong Kong Action, Foreign Films, Martial Arts.įor more information about filming and/or credits, please visit the movie’s IMDB page. Writer: Tai-lee Chan, Hiu-Yan Choi, Edmond Wong(screenplay) Starring: Donnie Yen, Xiaoming Huang, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung Language: Mandarin, or dubbed in English or “European Spanish” (subtitles in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Traditional Chinese or Simplified Chinese.) Where to Watch: The film is available on Netflix (US). This review will not contain any spoilers.
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