Along the way, Hung develops a quiet respect for Ip Man. They battle to a standstill, but when Ip Man is still too honorable to pay into the club, which he sees as a form of brivergy, e remains unprotected. If he’s so much as knocked off the table, he’s out. He has to pass a test: Around a sea of upturned chairs-which used to be knives, we’re told-he has to stand on a wide, round table and take on all comers until an incense stick burns itself out. Now Ip Man has to meet the other Hong Kong masters. Students fighting amongst themselves lead to Ip Man taking on 30 of the students, which leads to the reveal of the rival school’s master, Master Hung, played by Hong Kong legend, and this movie’s action choreographer, Sammo Hung. First dilemma resolved.īut it leads to the second: Rival schools tear down the Wing Chun posters and insult Ip Man. Defeated, Leung flees, then returns with three friends, whom Ip Man takes down without breaking a sweat. Then Wong Leung (Huang Xiaoming, Marco from “Women Who Flirt”), a brash kid, arrives and says he’ll study if Ip Man can beat him. His son asks for student fees but he can’t pay them when the landlord knocks they pretend not to be home. But does anyone want to study? That’s the first dilemma. Kan (Ngo Ka-nin), an old Fushun friend, shows him an apartment with a rooftop where he can set up his Martial Arts school. “2” opens with Ip Man, his young son, and his forever disapproving wife, Wing Sing (Lynn Hung, doomed to be the Adrian in the series), moving from his hometown of Fushun to Hong Kong in 1950. And in those few boxing movies, you don’t have the hero saving the day outside the ring with their skills. Not to mention this: You have a handful of boxing movies in Hollywood but it’s hardly a prospering genre. Maybe it’s my wish, as a short man, that something besides brute force wins. Maybe that’s my own skewed grass-is-greener perspective. Is it grass-is-greener stuff? Is it a century of defeat at the hands of western powers? The size of the combatants? Politeness? I always thought Asian martial arts kicked western boxing’s ass. To be honest, I’ve never really understood the respect Hong Kong movies have given western boxing-as if it were on par with martial arts. You know exactly how it’s all going to end but it’s still a pleasure getting there.
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The movie also tosses in a bit of “Rocky IV.” You see it coming a mile off. Here, it’s a huge, brash Brit intent on proving the superiority of western boxing over Chinese kung fu. In the first movie it was an occupying Japanese general intent on proving the superiority of karate over Chinese kung fu. In the second half, the real enemy emerges: a foreigner. There are hints of corruption among the powerful. Information collected is aggregated and anonymous.“Ip Man 2” has the same basic structure as “Ip Man.” Why not, right? Why mess with success?įor the first hour, the battles for the titular hero (Donnie Yen) are internecine-i.e., among other Chinese. These cookies enable us to provide better services based on how users use our website, and allow us to improve our features to deliver better user experience. Marketing Cookies are placed by third-party providers with our permission, and any information collected may be shared with other organizations such as publishers or advertisers. These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests. We use the information collected to evaluate and improve the performance of your shopping experience. They also enable use of the Shopping Cart and Checkout processes, assist in regulatory and security issues, measure traffic and visits, and retrieve order information for affiliate commissions. These cookies are required to use core website features and are automatically enabled when you use the site. You can use this interface to enable or disable sets of cookies with varying functions. We use data cookies to store your online preferences and collect information.
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