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Ip Man [Audio: Chinese]
Ip Man is a biographical historical action film that follows the premier teacher of martial art of Wing Chun.
1 January 1981, Hong Kong, British Crown Colony
27 December 1978, Shandong, China
24 November 1976, Ibaraki, Japan
29 August 1982, Beijing, China
2 November 1983, Hong Kong, China
10 January 1981, Taiwan
27 July 1963, Canton, China
21 September 1967
19 June 1973, Hong Kong, China
10 October 1981, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
1 August 1984, Laiwu, Shandong, China
October 03, 2010
Not only is it one of the most entertaining and exciting movies out of Hong Kong for many years; Ip Man is a bona fide martial arts classic.September 21, 2010
The astonishing fight scenes are some of the most exciting ever filmed in a martial arts movie that raises the bar for the genre. For any martial arts fan, "Ip Man" is mandatory viewing.October 01, 2010
First-rate martial-arts film about Bruce Lee's real-life teacher.October 07, 2010
An explosive exercise in bare-knuckled myth-biography.October 02, 2010
A dazzling, exhilarating, refreshingly character-driven and thoroughly captivating experience that must be seen on the big screen. It's unlike any martial arts film you've seen before.October 01, 2010
If you're looking for great action scenes, you've found them. But if you desire more than eye candy, such as character and plot development and historical accuracy, you'll have to look elsewhere.October 06, 2010
It remains an inexplicable, contextless bit of kung fu historicosploitation -- albeit a very satisfying one.October 28, 2010
A period piece filmed on obvious but eye-pleasing studio sets with wall-to-wall kung fu and a simplistic, philosophical message.September 30, 2010
As an exaggerated, myth-making martial-arts movie, Ip Man is often thrilling.September 29, 2010
Yen's handful of duels do delight; it's everything surrounding them that feels tired and trite.October 01, 2010
The fanboys and girls won't notice such failings amid the displays of wing chun kung fu--the extras and body doubles do some truly impressive acrobatics--and those with a taste for big historical tearjerkers will be happy as well.October 01, 2010
Wilson Yip has crafted a gripping, rousing, beautifully structured yarn, built around a calm but charismatic star performance by Donnie Yen and magnificent action sequences choreographed by the legendary Sammo Hung.