Ip Man

A beautiful movie. It doesn't only feature amazing martial arts, but also focuses on the Qui of Wing Chun.

A martial arts biopic. I really enjoyed this but it has it's problems. At times laughable, cringe and melodramatic but at other times rightfully emotional and bleak—thankfully it was more of the latter! The story is ultimately predictable but it at least kept me captivated with how Ip Man would react to everything happening around him. I like his character and character arc. The martial arts action sequences are THE reason why this is elevated to 'great' though. Watching Donnie Yen kick the shit out of overly confident bad guys is so satisfying. Amazing creative choreography and impressive stunts and I think those scenes were well shot and edited. At other times it has some weird editing and overall it's a very ugly looking movie, I don't know why they went with that color grading. The acting is hit and miss also but it rarely misses in the physical scenes. I enjoyed all the villains. Great ending.