Ip Man 3

Well Go USA Entertainment | Release Date: January 22, 2016

7.0	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 88 Ratings

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YorkManMar 11, 2016

Donnie Yen returns as Yip Man, reprising the role for a third time.
The film is a step down in quality from the original and its sequel. Although it doesn't feel like a cash in, as there's plenty of decent elements to it, the overall senseDonnie Yen returns as Yip Man, reprising the role for a third time.
The film is a step down in quality from the original and its sequel. Although it doesn't feel like a cash in, as there's plenty of decent elements to it, the overall sense is that the story has been put together simply to facilitate a third movie.
The film also suffers from not having Sammo Hung acting as the fight choreographer. Yuen Woo Ping is instead tasked with putting together the action scenes and, whilst he's competent enough, the action lacks the ferocity and directness of the first two films. Woo Ping is acclaimed for his stylisations, rather than his realism.
Overall the acting is good. Yen is worth watching as always, as is Zhang Jin who plays a rival Wing Chun master who Yen battles in the finale. Amazingly, after being terrible in the first two films, Lynn Hung actually displays some real acting ability. Mainly because her character develops cancer, and she has to express a deep sense of emotive despair.

The direction of the film is adequate. I was hoping for some sweeping establishing shots, like those in the Wong Fei Hung film Rise of the Legend (even if those were CGI, they looked impressive!!), but instead everything is tightly filmed, with very few extended shots at all.

The fight scenes are well shot though, Woo Ping makes great use of wide angles, overhead cameras, close ups etc. But as mentioned, the choreography just isn't as good as Sammo's, which is a real shame.

So, good acting (including former undisputed Heavyweight World Champion "Iron" Mike Tyson, who plays a Triad boss who Yip Man fights in a 3-minute contest), decent direction, decent enough choreography/fight scenes....

Then why only a 5 out of 10.....

Simple. The film takes the piss in terms of the known timeline and what we know about Yip Man.
Couple of examples (out of many!).... Bruce Lee is in the film (played by Danny Chan), who is attempting to get Man to take him as a disciple. It's well known that Lee was taken on as a lay pupil by Man, and trained part-time through his teenage years, before leaving Hong Kong in 1958 (the film is set in 1959/60).
Another glaring mistake (and integral to the plot) is having Man's son (Ip Ching) as an 8 year old. It's well known that Ching was born in the 1936, and that Man had an older son (Ip Chun, born 1924) who isn't in the film at all. That discrepancy really annoyed me, as when the opening credits revealed the year, I was hoping we'd get to see Man (and both his then adult sons) getting into some action!

Overall, it's a passable kung fu film. The fight scenes are decent enough, and the completely fictional storyline bowls along nicely. It's just a bit of an insult to the memory of one of Hong Kong's (and China's) folk heroes.… Expand

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BariscanBozkurtMar 13, 2016

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Hikaye bütünlüğü yok, kurgu kötü, dövüşler tatmin edici değil. Müziklerde önceki filmlerden aşağıda. Mike Tyson'ı olabildiğince kötü şekilde kullanmışlar. Kötü bir film değil ancak kesinlikle Ip-Man serisine yakışmayan bir film.

Final dövüşü tam bir saçmalık.… Expand

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EpicLadySpongeApr 28, 2016

"Ip Man 3 will possibly be interesting, right?"

Not exactly as I wanted it to be but it still works anyways. It can live up a few moments of kung fu, but the rest of us will have to watch it again to understand the plot of Ip Man 3.

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BroyaxDec 29, 2016

Voici la fin des aventures d'IP Man, l'homme qui entraîna le petit Dragon... enfin la fin ?... du moins on l'espère... au moins pour son bien, le bien de la "légende" du Wing Chun, cette variété de Kung Fu d'une étonnante sobriété et toujoursVoici la fin des aventures d'IP Man, l'homme qui entraîna le petit Dragon... enfin la fin ?... du moins on l'espère... au moins pour son bien, le bien de la "légende" du Wing Chun, cette variété de Kung Fu d'une étonnante sobriété et toujours d'une incroyable efficacité apparemment !

Car Mike Tyson sur l'affiche... et dans le film (?)... on dirait une mauvaise blague et ça l'est, d'assez courte durée heureusement, mais quel gâchis assez ridicule pour appâter le badaud ignare de la beauté de l'art martial dont la boxe est un avatar foireux d'enfoirnazes abrutis... qui ne saurait donc être mêlée à la grâce du Kung Fu et ses variantes !

Nonobstant cet écart regrettable, Donnie Yen reprend son rôle de sage enseignant ici sur le retour avec toujours le regard plein d'humilité qui caractérise le personnage. C'est aussi l'occasion de tirer encore un peu plus sur la corde des violons avec une guimauve maladroite et longuette.

Heureusement (quand même !) les combats sont encore présents et toujours bien mis en scène et filmés correctement. Très peu ou quasiment pas de câbles, une caméra plutôt fluide, des plans raisonnables, que demande le peuple ? d'apprécier les chorégraphies pardi ! et à cet égard, ce troisième IP Man convainc encore. Les meubles sont saufs, on a eu chaud.… Expand

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clem666Apr 11, 2021

I didn't expect this franchise to try something new since we already are at the third instalment of the 'Ip Man' saga. With such low expectations I was not disappointed.

The first scene is really dumb and drafty even if Bruce Lee's lookalikeI didn't expect this franchise to try something new since we already are at the third instalment of the 'Ip Man' saga. With such low expectations I was not disappointed.

The first scene is really dumb and drafty even if Bruce Lee's lookalike is more than correct. It's a shame that he doesn't appear more in the movie even if he has way more space in 'Ip Man 4: The Finale'. Seeing Mike Tyson in here was a pleasant surprise but his acting is not even better than Donnie Yen's (Ip Man). As Tyson seems to pursue an effortless and predictable acting, Yen in his side is satisfied by its totally boring placidity and emotional impassivity. By the way Tyson's plan (I mean the villain's plan) is really stupid and inconsistent. Several characters with varied bad intentions make the scenario look really drafty and incomplete. In overall the turns of events are truly predictable all along even if the logic of 'Ip Man 3' is quite strange from time to time. Fortunately the scenarists took some time to eventually give some depth to Ip Man's wife who especially appears to be the star of this feature. The plot around her and the couple is interesting and bring some variety in what we are used to see in a 'Ip Man' movie. Some scenes honestly are moving.

However about two thirds of the way through the film the rhythm breaks down and becomes quite annoying. Special effects are okay in general. Some fighting scenes are quite weird even if choregraphies are great. I guess they couldn't prevent themselves to insert some truly ineffective and terrible combat moves here and there.

As always I appreciate the way the movie combines real historic facts and fiction but here it looks like they took too much freedom as some events don't match at all with past reality.… Expand

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