Review of Ip Man 3 (2015) by Lee S — 30 Jan 2016

The first Ip Man rates as one of my top 10 Martial Arts films of all time. Donnie Yen's dedication to bringing us some great Wing Chun action showed throughout the film. The sequel wasn't too bad.

Now comes the third installment and for whatever reason, they decided to throw in an appearance by Iron Mike Tyson. I loved Tyson as a boxer (early on), but he doesn't do anything good for himself as an actor. This film might've been better IF they'd used someone else ANYONE else.

What does save the film is the climactic scene and his confrontation with a Muay Thai fighter. Both scenes we're very good. Another save the film had for itself was its attempt to display more sensitivity to his relationship with his first wife. I haven't seen too many martial arts films that successful show a sensitive side to its master...