What was billed as the last in this series of Kung Fu classics opened today. Donnie Yen 甄子丹 stars again. The biographical sketch said he is now 55, but he is still convincing when it comes to defeating the bad guys.
In this film, viewers get the bonus of Ip Man\'s trip to San Francisco where he meets up with his ex-pupil Bruce Lee, played by 陈国坤 (Chen Guo Kun.) The two of them are having a snack one night in a diner when local challengers arrive. He casually tells Ip Man, \"Be back in a minute, this happens all the time\" as he excuses himself and exits into a nearby alley where we get treated to a vicious fight in which he takes down a scary kick-boxer at least twice his size. The big guy is desperate, on the edge of defeat, and whips out a set of red and gleaming chrome nunchuks which he thinks will turn the tide. Bruce Lee makes him eat them, figuratively speaking.
The usual subplots play out in which Ip Man defeats various corrupt and racist western villains. The fight scenes, of which there are many, are well choreographed and well filmed.
Somehow I thought it would be in Chinese with Mandarin subtitles only. I figured I would be able to follow the plot anyway and did not want to miss it. Well, it turned out to be a mix of Mandarin and Cantonese (if I am not mistaken) with English subtitles.
I was very satisfied! Maybe not as good as Ip Man 1 or 2, but still definitely very cool fight scenes