Ip Man: The Final Fight

Name: Ip Man: The Final Fight
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama
Released: September 20, 2013
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 55

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Well Go | Release Date: September 20, 2013 | PG-13

Summary: In postwar Hong Kong, legendary Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man is reluctantly called into action once more. What began as simple challenges from rival kung fu schools soon finds him drawn into the dark and dangerous underworld of the Triads. Now, to defend life and honor, Ip Man has no choice but to fight - one last time. [Well Go USA]

Director: Herman Yau

Genre(s): Action, Biography, Drama

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 100 min

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Marc Mohan

Sep 19, 2013

The world may not get another Ip Man film for a while after the last few years, but this one and Wong’s masterpiece should be more than sufficient. Read full review

Rob Staeger

Sep 17, 2013

Not quite a biopic, the film presents an overview of Ip's years in Hong Kong; Anthony Wong's dignified performance begins with the grandmaster almost fully formed. Read full review

Deborah Young

Sep 20, 2013

Wong is such a fine, subtle actor that it comes as a surprise to find him a superb martial artist as well, as he convincingly demonstrates the superiority of Ip Man’s technique over competing schools. Read full review

Kenji Fujishima

Sep 15, 2013

Anthony Wong does a creditable job of conveying Ip Man's reflectiveness through his twilight years, occasionally cutting through the hagiographic nature of the enterprise. Read full review

Nicolas Rapold

Sep 19, 2013

Seriously, if not always elegantly, the film portrays the great Ip Man as someone trying to survive, which is to say just as often a victim as a victor. Read full review

Robert Abele

Sep 19, 2013

The overall sense is of a rushed, simplistic installment in a well-worn biography franchise. Read full review

Nick Schager

Sep 18, 2013

From fawning beginning to maudlin close, it’s a monotonous, wannabe-mythmaking biopic for Ip completists only. Read full review

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Toffenuff

Jan 20, 2014

I think Anthony Wong did an excellent job portraying the grandmaster Ip Man in his twilight years in Hong Kong. Full of some surprisingly great dialogue that is occasionally punctuated by fairly good fight scenes. The overarching plot didn't really do much for me and I didn't really investI think Anthony Wong did an excellent job portraying the grandmaster Ip Man in his twilight years in Hong Kong. Full of some surprisingly great dialogue that is occasionally punctuated by fairly good fight scenes. The overarching plot didn't really do much for me and I didn't really invest in any of the supporting characters - understandably this film is about Ip Man so the focus is largely on him. It did feel more like a filmed play than a movie production. An OK film but nothing to write home about.… Expand

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BobLandry

Aug 20, 2020

Disappointingly boring movie with very predictable plot considering the previous entries in the series. The anti-American bigotry pervading the movie is so over the top, it's way beyond a caricature.

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clem666

Jul 8, 2023

I did enjoy the overall production of the movie, the way it tries to be unconventional, its way to tell the story. Too bad it shows it in such a disjointed manner. The whole movie looks like a collection of semi-linked events that doesn't even gravitate around a plot excepted Ip Man's life.I did enjoy the overall production of the movie, the way it tries to be unconventional, its way to tell the story. Too bad it shows it in such a disjointed manner. The whole movie looks like a collection of semi-linked events that doesn't even gravitate around a plot excepted Ip Man's life. This makes it even more complicated to identify which character takes up which place. This goes in every directions.

Colours are great, some camera angles are truly inspired while fights are very agreeable to watch (excepted the group fights that quickly look chaotic). The pace of the feature is quite bad. Characters are really hard to get in touch with, especially Ip Man (embodied by Anthony Chau-Sang Wong) that very often appears to be emotionless.

I guess it did the job as a biopic movie but it certainly not that entertaining and way too often falls flat.… Expand

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