Ip Man 2

Rating: 7.6/10

Genre: Action

Overall value for time and money: 8.0/10

The long awaited.... wait a min... there wasn't much publicity done on Ip Man 2 in the first place and it wasn't until a month before its official opening that it started its publicity. But considering what an impressionable and "impactful" movie Ip Man was, it got me bursting with excitement. After a failed attempt at his assasination in part 1, he fled with his family to Hong Kong to start a new life, to introduce the martial arts of Wing Chun to those interested to learn.

However, the different martial arts masters didn't make it easy for him under the influence of the reign of the British. Similar to its prequel, the story gradually turned into a battle between the union of the Chinese against the bullying British. What I didn't like about the movie was the extreme portrayal of how bad the British were, and how predictable and similar the storyline of Ip Man 2 was to its first. What I loved about the movie was the action, action and action. The first half of the movie was really intense, while the ending fight scene was kinda disappointing, but still pretty good.

Overall, I liked the cinematography, where the setting really brings me back to the olden days and was touched by how magnanimous the Wing Chun master was. *spoilers ahead* The last scene with Bruce Lee coming to "bai" Ip Man as a teacher was a complete joke. Felt redundant and totally off. Though this movie is inferior to its first, its still one of the better chinese movies I've caught so far.