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If you're looking for a good biopic movie centred on Ip Man, this movie is a good intro to you. Donnie Yen did do a good job in embodying the role of Ip Man and portraying the strength of the Wing Chun martial art style that may often get belittled, just because it was created by a woman. Storyline is pretty simple, as we get to see how Ip Man had been living peacefully in Foshan before his life was upended after the Japanese invaded China. While at first, he preferred to remain in passivity and refused to take in disciples despite his impressive martial arts skills, Ip Man ended up making a choice to stand up against the Japanese and help his fellow countrymen during times of need.
If you're expecting this movie to just be an impactful action movie, you may end up being disappointed since there were quite a number of slow scenes... as well as some interludes of several historical events that happened in between the story. There were some parts that weren't quite satisfying to me, as there wasn't much focus on Ip Man's relationship with his wife and son and how his status as a martial artist affects them indirectly, which made the latter scene that's supposed to be emotional, feel a bit lacking. And the movie seemed to be unable to decide between being a story about Ip Man or being a documentary about the life during the period Ip Man lived in.