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Genre	Drama Biography Kung Fu
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Setting	Pacific War
Protagonists	Family Imperial Japan Army Kung Fu
Demographic	Guys Thinkers
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Production	Subtitled Origin Story Period Piece Hong Kong Chinese
Period	1940s 1930s
Source	Fiction Actual Events
Location	China

By Trust Created	Summary	Acting	Film	Edge	Reality
TRUST WEIGHTED	Great	Very Good	Great	Risqué	Surreal
AVERAGE	Great	Very Good	Great	Risqué	Surreal
Wick 66 Trust Points Read Full Review » Trust This Reviewer WikChip - Image Ip Man amid the Japanese occupation More » Created Sep 05, 2013 06:02PM PST Edited Nov 17, 2019 04:06AM PST	Great 4.0 This great martial arts movie follows the beats and tropes of fictional king fu movies while burnishing the legend of I… More »	Very Good 3.5 Donnie Yen's mild mannered demeanor serves him well as Ip Man, making him sympathetic and believable as a Confucian übe… More »	Great 4.0 Director Wilson Yip and writer Edmond Wong have crafted a fine film, studding it with classic kung fu touchstones, whil… More »	Risqué 2.3 Real violence occurs, especially in the life-during-wartime middle reel. More »	Surreal 2.6 The kung fu battles remain hard to swallow in a supposedly realistic biopic such as Ip Man. Fortunately the overall … More »
BrianSez 17 Trust Points Read Full Review » Trust This Reviewer WikChip - Empty Created Jul 06, 2014 07:26AM PST Edited Jul 06, 2014 07:26AM PST	Great 4.0 Ip Man is a great story of Kung Fu lineage and Chinese nationalism. Led by the sometimes comically cool Donnie Yen, ma… More »	Very Good 3.5	Great 4.0	Risqué 1.9	Glib 1.6

Jul 6, 2014 12:44PM

Wick

Regarding BrianSez’s Review
“well worth the subtitle-concentration necessary.”

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