The Legend is Born – Ip Man (2010)
The Legend is Born – Ip Man (simplified Chinese: 叶问前传; traditional Chinese: 葉問前傳) is 2010 Hong Kong martial art movie. Herman Yau is director of the “The Legend is Born: Ip Man”. Dennis To plays lead role as Ip Man in this film. Sammo Hung is the movie’s action director and choreographer, also makes an appearance as Chan Wah-Shun, Ip Man’s master and teacher, at the beginning of the movie. The viewers are little confused those who watched Ip Man 2 in which Sammo plays martial arts Master Hung.
Movie review:
The Legend is Born: Ip Man movie starts in Foshan, southern China in 1905. Ip Man (Dennis To) and adopted stepbrother Tien-Chi (Fan Siu-Wong) become students of Wing Chun Master Chan Wah-Shun (Sammo Hung). Then a year later the master dies and the school is acquired by his old friend Ng Chun-Sui (Yuen Biao).
In 1915, Ip Man captures the heart of Cheung Wing-Sing (Crystal Huang) while defending her in a fight, prompting jealousy from his childhood friend and fellow student Lee Mei-Wai (Rose Chan), who is secretly in love with him. Then Ip Man goes to Hong Kong for further his studies at a university where he meets old Wing Chun master Leung Bik (Ip Chun), who trains him new and powerful moves which never seen before in Wing Chun. But Ip Man is then punished as these new moves were considered unauthentic to Wing Chun. In the meantime of film, Japanese businessman Kitano (Louis Cheung) leads a group of Japanese smugglers. When the president of Tien-Chi’s company is assassinated with Ip Man recognizing Tien-Chi as main suspect, stir up trouble, and tension between the Chinese and Japanese reaches boiling point.
In the film, speaking of the fight scenes, there are lots of them sprinkled in the whole movie, demonstrating some of Wing Chun’s lesser-known moves, like wrestling and leg moves. Other martial arts like Karate, Jiu-Jitsu and boxing are also showing, all brilliantly choreographed by Hung.
The whole plot of the movie might be cheesy to some while the fight scenes are entertaining. It is almost a “boy meets girl” situation, when Ip Man infatuates the deputy mayor’s daughter Cheung Wing-Sing after he protects her from harm in a street fight. Then she tries to court him against the wishes of her father, but her efforts are hindered by Lee Mei-Wai, who has a crush on him.
As a part of the love story, the rest of the plot is entertaining and well paced, except for the ending, which feels slightly rushed, and rather clichéd and boring.
Movie review:
The Legend is Born: Ip Man movie starts in Foshan, southern China in 1905. Ip Man (Dennis To) and adopted stepbrother Tien-Chi (Fan Siu-Wong) become students of Wing Chun Master Chan Wah-Shun (Sammo Hung). Then a year later the master dies and the school is acquired by his old friend Ng Chun-Sui (Yuen Biao).
In 1915, Ip Man captures the heart of Cheung Wing-Sing (Crystal Huang) while defending her in a fight, prompting jealousy from his childhood friend and fellow student Lee Mei-Wai (Rose Chan), who is secretly in love with him. Then Ip Man goes to Hong Kong for further his studies at a university where he meets old Wing Chun master Leung Bik (Ip Chun), who trains him new and powerful moves which never seen before in Wing Chun. But Ip Man is then punished as these new moves were considered unauthentic to Wing Chun. In the meantime of film, Japanese businessman Kitano (Louis Cheung) leads a group of Japanese smugglers. When the president of Tien-Chi’s company is assassinated with Ip Man recognizing Tien-Chi as main suspect, stir up trouble, and tension between the Chinese and Japanese reaches boiling point.
In the film, speaking of the fight scenes, there are lots of them sprinkled in the whole movie, demonstrating some of Wing Chun’s lesser-known moves, like wrestling and leg moves. Other martial arts like Karate, Jiu-Jitsu and boxing are also showing, all brilliantly choreographed by Hung.
The whole plot of the movie might be cheesy to some while the fight scenes are entertaining. It is almost a “boy meets girl” situation, when Ip Man infatuates the deputy mayor’s daughter Cheung Wing-Sing after he protects her from harm in a street fight. Then she tries to court him against the wishes of her father, but her efforts are hindered by Lee Mei-Wai, who has a crush on him.
As a part of the love story, the rest of the plot is entertaining and well paced, except for the ending, which feels slightly rushed, and rather clichéd and boring.
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