Review of Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019) by Clem666 — 24 Mar 2021

Classic Ip Man movie with great martial choregraphies, a good pace, visually great. Ip Man finally appears to be less strong than in the previous films. His character is way more developped since we witness him dealing with some kind of family issues.

I found that the fact that the scenario joins the historical reality (with Ip Man being the master of Bruce Lee) was interesting. I like that fact that 'Ip Man' movies try to be some kind of romanced biopics instead of being a simple movie with over-powered characters. Futhermore Lee doesn't take much place in the movie. Treating racism was also meaningful even if the ways to do so sometimes seem awkward and/or irrelevant, leading to over-stereotyped characters. They could have added many more women to the cast though. Excepted Anita there are no significant woman all along.

The plot is far from being original as we can clearly see this was copied and pasted from all aother 'Ip Man' movies. The caricature of American people is relevant but far too often falls into the pit of convention.