Here's the right way to handle action movies. The characters are given enough and convincing combat motives before they compete in front of the screen that keeps the audience emotionally attached. Antagonist or not, you do not care where they are on which side. Constancy of principle makes the actions of the characters right from their respective perspectives.
Set in 1959, we meet again with Ip Man - Wing Chun kung fu master better known as Bruce Lee's teacher - in the third installation that reunites directors Wilson Yip and Donnie Yen. There are other biopics about the master, but this role is very synonymous with Donnie Yen, so it's hard to imagine being played by someone else.
If in the first film, Ip Man had to deal with the Japanese army while in the second film against the British boxer after he fled to Hong Kong, then the scriptwriter takes the focus of a more personal narrative, which is surprisingly quite sentimental.
Known and respected by many, Ip Man lives quietly with his wife, Wing Sing (Lynn Xiong) and his son. This tranquility is disturbed by the local monster assigned by property mafia Frank (Mike Tyson) to displace the local school, causing the conflict to cross the street with a rickshaw puller who is good at kung fu, Cheung Tin Chi (Zhang Jin).One of the most highlighted elements of the film is Bruce Lee's appearance. If the second film closes with a cameo from little Bruce Lee, then the film opens with Ip encounter with with an adult Bruce Lee (Danny Chan). "How fast are you?", Challenged Ip to Bruce Lee. This simple short sequence is presented with a stylish through slow motion scene with effective shooting angle.
After a somewhat long-winded exposition of the theme with the two previous films, the new story goes into a more essential part when Ip's wife is diagnosed with cancer. Manuscripts from Edmond Wong want to re-humanize Ip. He is a great master of kung fu, but he is not the perfect father and husband. The intimate moments between the two (which are sometimes depicted implicitly) show the portrait of Ip Man who loves family more than the kung fu world. This factor also that menyurutkannya accept challenges from rivalnya.
Yuen Woo-ping who took over from the action director of Sammo Hung took a different approach here. Not many scenes against gravity aka the lightening science of the body are displayed, but the choreography shown is not inferior. Again, Ip Man reminds us of the totality of his players who do most of his martial arts scene.
When you watch a movie like this, you certainly expect the fight scenes. On paper, all the battles that are served are the dream lovers of the action movie Mandarin: Ip Man beaten dozens of people in the port, Ip Man fight Muay Thai champion in the elevator while protecting his wife, and of course confrontation with the Neck Concrete (maklumi only acting bad). I will not describe the fight in detail because you better enjoy yourself. Broadly speaking, this is quite satisfying to me and certainly satisfying for Donnie Yen and Mike Tyson fans. The shooting and choreography are easy to understand.
However, the fight with fellow Wing Chun rivals is a top attraction. This duel involves a stick property as well as a machete and ends with an empty handed-out. Ip finally found a balanced opponent, both from skill and principle. This is a physical as well as ideological fight.
Wilson Yip seems intent on closing the Ip Man trilogy with a touching farewell, a factor that might make Donnie Yen want to play back as master, though initially unwilling. At the end of the film, Ip Man sits alone in a chair and we can feel the emotional impact of this scene and the movie as a whole. Unfortunately, the road there is not so smooth.