Uhhhhhhhhhhh it hurts me to say this as I love the Ip Man series and I love Donnie Yen so much, but I was so disappointed by this movie and the reason it gets a 7/10 is that all of the Asian cast members were still amazing in this film and every fight sequence is still masterfully handled.
But this movie suffers from being Americanised and trying to go for the American market, which I understand in the story it is trying to handle the case of racism against immigrants in America and around the world, but the acting and dialogue for all of the English speaking actors (I'm convinced they are for the most part not American) is just so awful and almost laughable at some points with the school students being the worst as it was almost like watching a porn parody of Grease.
Now would I say skip it, hell no because the story of Master Ip (Donnie Yen) is still great as it is understandable why this master came to America and a few additions to the cast were perfect, though I know Danny Chan Kwok-Kwan (Bruce Lee) was in Ip Man 3 he has a bigger role in this film and he is really good in this film. Also, Wu Yue (Wan Zong Hua) is really great in this film as well, but the one American actor who I have to say gives their all is Scott Adkins (Barton Geddes) as he is the cheesy villain in this film but he plays it pretty well in my opinion and the fight sequences with him are really great.
I say give it a watch but be ready to cringe at the English speaking actors and some of the English dialogue. Donnie Yen is still perfect and though I am sure the movies are not super accurate to the true story of Master Ip, I know that he would be proud of how he is portrayed by Donnie Yen who has nothing but respect for Master Ip.
Just remember if you do plan to watch this, SUBS OVER DUBS!!!!!!!
Side note: Please watch Master Z as it is the film between Ip Man 3 & 4 and it is criminally underrated.
Review by Kevin SocialBlockedParent2020-09-08T10:14:57Z
Uhhhhhhhhhhh it hurts me to say this as I love the Ip Man series and I love Donnie Yen so much, but I was so disappointed by this movie and the reason it gets a 7/10 is that all of the Asian cast members were still amazing in this film and every fight sequence is still masterfully handled.
But this movie suffers from being Americanised and trying to go for the American market, which I understand in the story it is trying to handle the case of racism against immigrants in America and around the world, but the acting and dialogue for all of the English speaking actors (I'm convinced they are for the most part not American) is just so awful and almost laughable at some points with the school students being the worst as it was almost like watching a porn parody of Grease.
Now would I say skip it, hell no because the story of Master Ip (Donnie Yen) is still great as it is understandable why this master came to America and a few additions to the cast were perfect, though I know Danny Chan Kwok-Kwan (Bruce Lee) was in Ip Man 3 he has a bigger role in this film and he is really good in this film. Also, Wu Yue (Wan Zong Hua) is really great in this film as well, but the one American actor who I have to say gives their all is Scott Adkins (Barton Geddes) as he is the cheesy villain in this film but he plays it pretty well in my opinion and the fight sequences with him are really great.
I say give it a watch but be ready to cringe at the English speaking actors and some of the English dialogue. Donnie Yen is still perfect and though I am sure the movies are not super accurate to the true story of Master Ip, I know that he would be proud of how he is portrayed by Donnie Yen who has nothing but respect for Master Ip.
Just remember if you do plan to watch this, SUBS OVER DUBS!!!!!!!
Side note: Please watch Master Z as it is the film between Ip Man 3 & 4 and it is criminally underrated.