gamergcfan
The first 20 or so minutes are a bit slow, but it picks up with good actions scenes later on. It doesn't hold a candle to the first Ip Man, but it's about equal to Ip Man 2 overall. Ip Man 2 had a better, more interesting plot than Ip Man 3. On the other hand, Ip Man 3 had better and more exciting action scenes. I'd say they are roughly equal.The flaw this movie has (that the first two didn't have) is that is can be melodramatic, but the superior action scenes make up for the overall weaker drama and plotline.Score: 8
alexhiro
Ip Man 3 is the third movie about Ip Man, who is interpreted by Donnie Yen. I really enjoyed the movie because it is not only action and fights, rather it also focuses on Ip Man's private life with his family and wife in particular. Furthermore, I also liked how the fight scenes were made, above all the one Wing Chun v Wing Chun. So, in the third movie we see that Ip Man can fight and win against other Chinese martial arts such as Wing Chun, Thai box and box.I would have given 10, but I expected a better use of Mike Tyson. I think he should have been given more space and a better fight against Donnie Yen. In fact, their fight only lasts 3 minutes and after it, he is not seen anymore in the movie.In conclusion, I really loved this movie and I hope they will continue to make movies about Ip Man.
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
nicholls_les
This is a good movie that goes beyond the usual Martial Arts storyline and focuses on the human side of Ip Man. The love for his wife is the backbone f this story and the ending is very sad. Donnie Yen is excellent as IP man and portrays him with real sincerity. The Wing Chun is more accurate than in previous films and shows how amazing it is a close up technique. This is shown especially in the elevator scene wit the Muay Thai kick boxer played by Simon Kuke of Tony Jaa's stunt team.The fight with Mike Tyson is also good and although some criticise the shortness of the fight (3minutes) I think this is fair as it would have been a matter of time before Tysons power knocked out Ip man Yen's finale with Zhang could have been better but it did at least show some very authentic Wing Chun.I thought the introduction of Bruce Lee did not work on a number of levels. The actor playing Bruce portrayed him as he became later on, whereas Bruce was very much younger when he met Ip man. Bruce would not have used much if any martial Arts skills when he first met Ip man as he had not been trained in any and certainly would not have used high kicks. IP man took on Bruce and following criticism from other students that as Bruce was only half Chinese he should not be taught Kung Fu, IP Man taught him privately. Also Ip man was much older than portrayed in this movie when he started to train Bruce. If they had kept to the facts this could have made an interesting part of this film, instead it seemed like a comedic element had been added.So over all a good but not Brilliant movie. Well worth a watch though.
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