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For those who only know Ip Man from memes or references in Rush Hour or The Legend of Bruce Lee , the film is a revelation. It is a period epic, a war drama, and a kung fu masterpiece all rolled into one.

Before , Donnie Yen was a respected action director and star, but he lacked a signature character. Jet Li had Wong Fei-hung; Bruce Lee had Lee; Jackie Chan had the bumbling cop. Yen found his in Ip Man. Ip Man 1

The Japanese invasion in 1937 shatters this closed world. The film’s most devastating transition is from the warm, lantern-lit dinners of Ip Man’s villa to the grey, hunger-filled streets of occupied Foshan. Stripped of his wealth, forced to perform manual labor, and reduced to bartering his possessions for rice, Ip Man undergoes a violent desublimation. The gentleman is now a laborer; the martial master is a hungry father. For those who only know Ip Man from