Or its full title of Ip Man: The Legend Is Born or some refer to it as Ip Man ZERO and I think I have seen it sold as this too?!
I like this film and the director, Herman Yau, has now done another where Ip Man is old called Ip Man The Final Fight (or the Final Battle) and I did not see this one coming. Starring a favourite actor of mine in Anthony Wong who also starred in House of Fury and The Return Of Chen Zhen with Donnie Yen. Ip Man is played by Dennis To in this film and I thought him very good and enjoyed it immensely...repeatedly.
Not sure about the story seems a bit iffy in places but do not care. It is Ip Man and Wing Chun and if you see the little old man on the right of the cover that is Ip Man's living son Ip Chun or the one who circles Donnie Yen while riding his tricycle in the first Ip Man movie.
I like the medicine store scene let down a little by the use of a stand in and an obvious WIG being used, lol. But STILL I do not care.
Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao also star, though the former is rather brief at the beginning. I had to get this from overseas on Blu-Ray as rather annoyingly the releases of these films in the UK is as abysmal as it eve has been. Only ever available on DVD and I do have to ask myself why the distributors even bother to get the licencing of they are going to be half hearted at their releases.
Still I have it and it has English Subtitles as the only word I know is Doh-je, or thank you in Cantonese?! LOL!
The Wing Chun is will represented as is a Long Pole that get used as Baat Chum Do, or Butterfly (8 Way Cutting) Knives.
More please!
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