IP MAN 3 SUBTITLE ENGLISH SERIES

Ip Man 2 shifts focus to 1949 Hong Kong and the British control of the region. We the audience learn about these key events through his eyes, whether or not he lived them is irrelevant. Historical accuracy is a bit loose, some basic research punches holes in key events, but that's not really the point of this film - or the sequels. It remains a heck of a film with a big scope and set the template for the sequels to follow. Of the four films, this one is the most dramatically pleasing with thoroughly explored character arcs with some amazing martial arts cinematography thrown in for good measure. But then his world is shattered with the start of WWII and the Japanese occupation of China and his refusal to train Japanese soldiers in Wing Chun. The first time we meet Donnie Yen in Ip Man, he's young, rich, and established as a teacher respected in the community.

IP MAN 3 SUBTITLE ENGLISH SERIES

Instead, Wilson Yip and his various writers throughout the series based each film partly on historical facts about the man but also used his character as a lens through which to observe a turbulent world. And while Master Ip is most famous for this particular student, the series wisely didn't bench its entire focus on the eventual meeting and/or training of Bruce Lee. Only in Ip Man 3 and Ip Man 4 The Finale was Bruce ever personified and with appreciable vigor by Danny Kwok-Kwan Chan. The first film establishes that relationship in a photo montage epilogue in such a way to suggest there weren't originally going to be any sequels. Because the Lee family is notoriously protective of Bruce's likeness (except for crappy CGI whiskey commercials) the franchise - and the numerous other Master Ip films that came in the first decade of 2000 were all subject to approval - or simply skirted around that historical fact. When the Ip Man franchise began in 2008, it was amid a flurry of other films about Wing Chun Grandmaster Ip Man and his relationship with martial arts mega-star Bruce Lee.

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