fcabanski
The movie would have been great with a re-ordered story. Having the main villain, Tyson, give up 3/4 through the movie rendered the remaining 1/4 moot.Yes, the movie is really about a guy cherishing his loved ones. Tyson gave up because he cherished his daughter and wife more than he wanted land and fortune. That was symbolized by the balloon. "We can get another balloon" is Tyson saying "I can buy other land". His family was more important to him than continuing the war with a guy who was his equal.But that should have been the end of the movie.Because the main villain was dispatched early, the fight with the other master seemed meaningless. It was like a second movie.
coolbreezera
The story-line is to simple they should have put more time into building up the characters.I would have liked them to show more of the real story of ip man they made this part into a b-level action flick with no real story or depth in the movie.(of course the fighting scenes are OK but also not as good as you would aspect from Donnie yen.Chan Wah Shun en Leung Bik both where important in ip mans life yet nothing to very little is to bee seen in the movie about them In my opinion ip man 1-2 where way more authentic better fight scenes better story and more bio type stuff in it .so in my opinion this movie is OK but far from as good as part 1-2
Reno Rangan
A few movies about Yip Man were made in the past, but Donnie Yen's 2008 version rewrote the history. Because the craze about martial arts in the last two decades and of course digital world made it to reach every corner of the world. Followed by a sequel and its massive hit, then came many unofficial versions to this series that set in a different timeline of the martial art legend's life.With this movie, the narration gets lots closer to tell the personal life of Yip Man. But in the first half, like the previous two films, focused on the social issue. Yip Man is fighting for the children's education, when a real estate tycoon plans to replace the school building to a commercial complex. That's it, later the story begins to take us to the random events like a man who's hungry for the best fighter in the town title who end up challenging Yip Man to face him. From there, it's all about Yip Man and his ill wife where the movie switches from action mode to sentimental.That's not what we expected from a man who's famous for his martial art. Surprisingly, this different approach in storytelling was refreshing. Saving school, the clash for the title and ill wife, so the overall movie was like had three episodes and each dealt on a different motive. Being a biopic and also a martial art movie, it exploited the theme fairly.I can't say Mike Tyson's acting was so good because it was weird him to speak Cantonese. He was in a minor role, but his presence was a big boost for the movie. If we see him in an action movie, then we all know what to expect and it did not fail to fulfill our wish."There's nothing more important than the love of those by your side."The stunts were not as good as the previous two films and they were too short as well, but technically looked so perfect, especially locking horns between Tyson and Donnie Yen was like head-to-head confrontation between Hollywood and Hong Kong. The other reason to shorten stunts in the movie was to get closer to the legend's personal life. After the survival and fighting the foreign forces, now the time to focus on his own life issues.The first two films were breathtaking, no one can doubt that. I don't know why it took so long for this third movie, but it still worked. Yet not the best in the trilogy, but remained very close to them with unlike storyline and action sequences. I was disappointed for not continuing from where it ended in the 2nd part. I mean the story has a clean flow, but not what I expected, like, I wanted Bruce Lee and the grand-master coming together.Actually, I never expected the third installment, I considered it was one of the best duologies you could find in world cinema. But I'm happy they made this one and I'm very much sure there will be fourth. So at least I can expect the Bruce Lee's part in the Yip Man's life story. I was waiting for that from a very long and I believe it won't let me down this time. All the above, I'm looking for the official announcement.7½/10
