The Final Master

Name: The Final Master
Genre: Action, Drama
Released: June 3, 2016
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 72

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United Entertainment Partners North America | Release Date: June 3, 2016 | Not Rated

Summary: The Final Master follows a Wing Chun practitioner’s ambitious journey to open a martial arts school in the Northern Center to fulfill his master’s death wish of passing down the art. In order to gain the rights to achieve this, he has to send his apprentice to secretly challenge & defeat eight martial arts schools. What he doesn’t realizeThe Final Master follows a Wing Chun practitioner’s ambitious journey to open a martial arts school in the Northern Center to fulfill his master’s death wish of passing down the art. In order to gain the rights to achieve this, he has to send his apprentice to secretly challenge & defeat eight martial arts schools. What he doesn’t realize is that he is merely a pawn being played in the power game within the martial arts community.… Expand

Director: Xu Haofeng

Genre(s): Action, Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 109 min

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G. Allen Johnson

Jun 2, 2016

The fight climax and very interesting resolution cap off an exhilarating two hours of entertainment — and suggest a sequel to come. Hope there is one. Read full review

Simon Abrams

Jun 1, 2016

Xu (The Sword Identity) may not be a household name, but The Final Master proves that he's the next big thing in martial-arts cinema. Read full review

Soren Andersen

Jun 2, 2016

The film’s action scenes are masterpieces of stately choreography, with elements of humor incorporated. Read full review

Mark Jenkins

Jun 2, 2016

In the Chinese martial-arts film The Final Master, the fighting is more lucid than the plot. That may be characteristic of the genre, yet this smart, stylish movie diverges from the expected in many ways, most of them enjoyable. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Odie Henderson

Jun 3, 2016

As for the fights: There are plenty of well-choreographed battles in The Final Master. The award-winning choreography eschews wire work, keeping the action sequences squarely on the ground. Read full review

John DeFore

Jun 2, 2016

Some viewers will find the film's mannered performances and direction silly; but while Wang Tianlin's lensing doesn't match the luxuriant sheen that Christopher Doyle and Philippe Le Sourd have delivered for Wong, the production elements do add up to a coherent style. Read full review

Oleg Ivanov

May 25, 2016

The film is a seemingly endless series of convoluted double-dealing, backstabbing, and factional realignment. Read full review

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