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So much average

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Donnie Yen comes across as a Chinese version of Shane. Instead of a Western, IP MAN 2 is a true Eastern. Humble and unassuming, it is easy to see how Bruce Lee reached international status after encountering the calm, self-controlled mentorship of such a Master Martial Artist. Donnie Yen's Ip Man is one of the most memorable characters to appear in Cinema in the last 25 years. Only Jet Li's Wong Fei-hung from the ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA trilogy rivals this portrayal.Donnie Yen's performance in the original IP MAN had me thinking Oscar; something I don't usually associate with Martial Arts movies. Loved the scene where Ip Man sets up his first Martial Arts school in Hong Kong. Truly enjoyed Donnie Yen as Ip Man demonstrating his level of knowledge to potential new students and gradually building up a body of students. To have individuals come to you to learn what you know must be a very gratifying feeling. This came across very poignantly in the scenes where Ip Man the Martial Arts enthusiast slowly becomes Ip Man the Martial Arts teacher. I loved the scenes where he was in his Dojo going over and correcting techniques with his students. I would have wished there were more scenes of him mentoring Bruce Lee in his school.Enjoyed also Ip Man having to meet with the Martial Arts Masters of his community and having to earn his right to teach and practice in their territory. The scenes of contest between him and them make a memorable and brilliant directorial set piece. These scenes where Ip Man starts his own school and meets with the Masters makes the whole movie to me. Sammo Hung as Master Hung Chun-Nam orchestrates very impressive Martial Arts choreography and presents a true three dimensional character. The climatic fight between Ip Man and Twister is simply a plus. People have likened it to the ROCKY IV movie, but I don't believe this particular action sequence suffers from the comparison. I never got the feeling that Ip Man was fighting for anything more than a restoration of community standards of civility and respect. There was no cocky posturing or desire for self aggrandizement in his body language. He fully came across as a teacher seeking to teach an arrogant Westerner an important lesson in Respect. Darren Shahlevi as Twister plays his role a little broad, but comes across as a worthy villain for Ip Man. The only thing I could have wanted more would have been to have Bruce Lee in the audience rooting him on to win.When Ip Man speaks at the end of the fight you know he is delivering the moral of the story. This is something heroes used to do in my youth. Returned was the idea that right makes might rather than the other way around. Fascinating to observe a man of high moral stature speaking through his most exhaustive effort to restore community order through the practice of his Art.

After reading up on the life of the ip man it seems that the makers tell quite a few major fibs in this movie and it is something of a nationalism propaganda film. Despite this i found it pretty entertaining, albeit for the wrong reasons. This movie gets more and more ludicrous as it progresses, highlights include old men flying about like they are in the matrix, a part where ip man manages to fight off about 50 machete wielding blokes with only a wooden pallet as a weapon, and also the ultra dramatic scene when old sammo is being punched to death to really sad music by 'twister' the evil racist English boxer. I nearly cried. The representation of the English 'foreign devils' in this film is absolutely stunning, in fact its worth watching this film just for the funny lines and menacing laughs that the English characters deliver as they strut about and ruthlessly torment the Chinese. This is definitely no martial arts masterpiece but worth a watch for the unintentional hilarity and ridiculous fight scenes.

I'm not really a fan of martial arts movies , but I liked the first one , so I had to give this one a chance too. The movie is kinda less interesting than first one , because it's not set during the war (which made the first movie so interesting). It feels more like a standard kung fu movie , yet the story has some interesting twists that make it interesting to watch. Since this is the sequel it does follow the familiar path sometimes and obviously isn't that fresh.This movie is based on real story , yet I'm not sure if the portrayal of Brits in this movie is accurate . They are here very one dimensional, arrogant and evil. Simple villains. Just like Ivan Drago in "Rocky 4" . Actually the movie quite easily turns into a cousin of "Rocky 4" near the last 40 minutes. Since I like the Stallone movie I didn't had any problems with that.The fight scenes are just as impressive as in the first one. There is a good portion of drama and some well placed humor moments . The music is still epic and acting is good. The ending is predictable , but cute.I give it 7/10.

Directed again by Wilson Yip (for the last time in the series) Ip Man 2 continues the tale of Ip Man and his rise to worldwide fame. There have been less complaints about the film makers "frugality" with actual events this time around. Picking up where Ip Man finished, the film takes place in Hong Kong.Donnie Yen reprises his role as the modest yet powerful Wing Chun master Ip Man. But he is not alone, he's got company from several actors from the first film. Actors Simon Yam, Lynn Hung, Siu-Wong Fan, and Li Chak are all back reprising their roles from the first film.One very delightful addition to the cast is Sammo Hung, who choreographed Ip Man 1 and 2, playing the overbearing martial artist master Hung-Chun Nam. Despite recovering from major heart surgery just prior to filming, Sammo gives his usual level of acting and (performing all his own stunts and getting injured in the process) fighting.This time around it's not just other martial arts masters that Ip Man has to deal with, it's the occupational British who have claimed Hong Kong for their commonwealth. With an overbearing attitude, which to be far the English in those days practised wherever they happened to occupy, and a clear distaste for the new British commonwealth citizenry; the people who "run" Hong Kong are equal to the Japanese in their attitude if not their actions.Despite this being the real focal point of the film, the actors playing the snobby and dislikable English overseers of Hong Kong are abysmal. Not one of them can decide which accent to use sounding like a strange combination of Australian, quasi-English, American, and God knows what else.Bad accents aside, the acting level was such that I harboured suspicions that the film makers had grabbed foreign tourists off the street to plug into the roles of the villainous British leaders. In a film where most of the climatic scenes take place against these oppressors, it really hurt not only the credibility of the film but it marred the film's message as well.Still, the fight scenes were impressive, the students were likable, irritating and endearing, and Ip Man's wife was a lot more understanding this time around.I need to say a quick word about Siu-Wong Fan who got to reprise his role as Jin from the first film, his character is a reformed man after the experiences from his interactions with Ip in the first film. He gets more of a part to play in the proceedings as a good guy, but then, he practically disappears for the rest of the film. I loved what he did with Jin and he was easily my favourite character besides Ip and Hung.Donnie Yen has gone on record as saying that this is the definitive Ip Man film and that it easily overshadows the first film. I disagree. While he does a brilliant job, again, as Ip; the film doesn't have quite the same structure or fluidity that the first film offered. The scenes of Ip fighting Master Nam (and his sycophants) could have been a lot longer although, admittedly, the premise of fighting on a loose table top was pretty damned impressive.When Ip Man 2 was in its pre-production stage, it was going to focus on Ip's relationship with famous pupil Bruce Lee. Due to their inability to get legal clearance from Lee's family in time, Lee's "appearance" in the film is shortened to just a few seconds of a very young Lee "meeting" Ip Man. A short sequence that was amusing, but intimately un-needed, I thought.Overall, despite Yen's assurances that this the Ip Man movie that will gain legendary status, I did not enjoy the film nearly as much as I did the first one. Consequently, I've given it a 4 out of 5 stars after taking a full star off for the un-even acting skills of the non-Chinese actors in the film.Although I am sure that all the "foreign" actors in the film were hampered somewhat by working in a film that doesn't feature English as its main language, a problem that I've noticed in most Asian films that feature English or American actors/characters. I hope that the next project they work on doesn't handicap them as badly as this film did.This is available on iTunes at the moment.