Presented in the original, un-dubbed and uncut, international version that's been breaking box-office records across Asia, Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster is a throwback to the golden age of Hong Kong martial arts cinema that will delight kung fu fans and newcomers alike.The dynamo at the center of “Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster” doesn’t leap over buildings in a single bound, but he comes entertainingly close to superhero status.īased on the life of Bruce Lee’s martial arts teacher, Ip Man - played with a quick smile and flying fists by Donnie Yen - this sequel to “Ip Man” picks up after the title character has fled his mainland Chinese home for Hong Kong (a flight repeated in helpful flashback). When a Western-style boxer named “Twister” (Darren Shahlavi) comes to town to entertain the Brits, he insults Chinese martial arts in a horrifically violent way, and Ip is forced by honor to enter a brutal “King of the Ring” boxing match against Twister- and it’s East versus West in an amazing, knock-down drag-out fight to the finish. Hong Kong under British rule is a new world of corruption and conflict between the Chinese locals and the British expats that run the city. But a corrupt cabal of martial arts masters, led by Master Hung (Sammo Hung) refuses to allow him to teach in peace until he proves himself in a series of fights against the local master, which Ip does, in style.īut even after earning the respect of the local masters, Ip’s troubles are far from over. Master Ip, a new arrival in British-occupied Hong Kong, wants to open a martial arts academy to teach his unique Wing Chun style. International megastar Donnie Yen reprises his iconic role as the real-life kung fu grandmaster Ip Man, widely created as the man who brought Wing Chun kung fu to the world with the help of his star pupil- Bruce Lee.
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