The Legend Is Born: Ip Man

The Legend Is Born Ip Man

Synopsis

This movie serves as a prequel to Ip Man’s life before becoming the Master of Wing Chun. It depicts Ip Man’s (Dennis To Yu-Hang) younger days in Hong Kong as a student, and returning to Foshan, China, where he spends his formative years training to become the ultimate martial arts legend. The movie stars IP Chun, the eldest son of Master IP Man, as Leung Pik, IP Man’s second Wing Chun master, Dennis To Yu Hang, the youngest World Kung Fu Champion of Hong Kong who plays the young IP Man and Fan Siu-wong, who also performed in the “IP Man” series.

Official Site: NA

Singapore Release Date: 24th June 2010, Thursday

Running Time: 100 minutes

Ratings: G

Genre: Action

Cast: Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, SiuWong Fan, Dennis To Yu-Hang, Ip Chun

Crew: Director (Herman Yau), Producer (Sin Kwok Lam), Writers (Erica Lee)

The Trailer

The Review

The Ip Man series has been a huge success so far, and this latest installment is trying to squeeze every dollar out of it before the novelty runs out.

It’s wise that Donnie Yen has pulled out of this prequel as it’s a water-down version of the previous Ip Man movies.

Yes it scores high marks on the action sequences, but beyond that it was a bore.

The scenes was patchy, and plot was really loose. Give this a miss as it ruin the Ip Man legacy.

The Good

• Superb fight sequences

The Bad

• Deadpan lifeless acting
• Dennis To is no Donnie Yen

Editor’s Ratings