enjoyable

Rating: 7/10 (4 April 2011)

There are so many martial arts films out there with Donnie Yen in it I never know if I've seen a film with him in it or not. But Ip Man does stand out from the others. I enjoyed the character's relationship with his wife, which I thought gave an interesting side to him. And most of the fights were cool. The whole film had a classy look to it that seemed real. I'm a little sick of the Chinese beating up on Japanese storyline, but I guess it's true to the era which the film is set in. And I thought the final fight was really disappointing. The Japanese general was built up to be such a fantastic fighter but in the end he just seemed lame. But all in all it was an enjoyable film. Gonna watch Ip Man 2 now. :)