Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Console best movie i've ever seen.

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

Paul Magne Haakonsen Continuing the legend of Ip Man, this 2010 movie continues on the tale from the 2008 movie, and again with Donnie Yen at the lead role of Ip Man.It was nice to see the movie revolve around the early starts of Ip Man's Wing Chun school and see how harsh the terms of such existence turned out to be. And it was an interesting approach with the numerous schools of martial arts and how their structure worked.I loved the interaction between Ip Man and the auntie with the laundry on the roof. Those scenes, although having no big impact on the storyline, were just a really nice touch to the movie.Similar to the 2008 movie, then "Ip Man 2" is heavy on martial arts, and it was also equally well choreographed and executed on the screen. It is always a pleasure to watch Donnie Yen in action in movies such as these, and he does so with flying colors.The acting in "Ip Man 2" was good, and they had a good group of actors and actresses for the various roles. And they did a great job with setting up the bad guy as a person that you really didn't root for in any way, and they had a great guy cast for that particular role, as Darren Shahlavi did a great job in portraying him. And once again, there are some impressive Hong Kong talents on the cast list as well, aside from Donnie Yen, which includes Sammo Kam-Bo Hung and Simon Yam.There is a good continuous flow to the movie, with a great combination of storytelling and martial arts.If you enjoyed the 2008 "Ip Man", then you will most definitely also enjoy the 2010 "Ip Man 2" movie, no doubt about it.

mrrockey Ip Man 2 is a huge step backwards from the original Ip Man. It lacks the compelling drama and the excellent characterizations that made the first film so successful. Instead, the filmmakers decided to focus a little more on the action and it shows as the fight scenes here are a lot more over-the-top and fantastical this time around. But is it a still a good movie? Let's take a look, shall we?First, let's take a look at the story. The story here... just isn't too great. I'm not going to do a plot synopsis since this is IMDb so you can easily find it on this site. Besides, you've probably already seen this film. But the story here is just too far-fetched and exaggerated. Sammo Hung's disciples in this movie feel like comic-book villains because they are so ridiculously violent and meat-headed, it's ridiculous! I know that you need villains in a kung-fu movie but these guys are just ridiculous! But surprisingly, they aren't the most over-the-top thing about this movie. There's an English boxer named Twister in this movie who is our main antagonist and he is so over-the-top, so cartoonish, it's downright racist! This is another one of those martial arts movies where it paints Chinese people as good and English people as scum. It's really sad how this movie goes back to all these kung-fu movie clichés that the first film avoided. There's also a billion sub-plots here that don't have any real purpose. Ip Man's wife is pregnant, Ip Man's business friend got shot in the head so he now has amnesia, Ip Man's teenager friend becomes a hit in writing newspaper, Ip Man's former enemy has now settled down and became a new man etc. These sub-plots are just random and they don't add much to the film so I have no fricking idea why they are even here.There are a few things I like about this story, though. I like how proactive Ip Man is now since he learned his lesson about using his martial arts for good in the first film. I like how Sammo Hung's character isn't one-dimensional. He's a bit of a jerk but we also see him slowly learn to accept Ip Man so there is something that's refreshing about his character. There's also a really cool Bruce Lee cameo at the end of the film.The acting is pretty good here with the exception of Darren Shahlavi as Twister who's just hamming up his performance to absurd degrees. Lastly, the fight choreography is probably the best of all the Ip Man films. Here, Ip Man is in a lot more danger than he was in the first film. He gets attacked by 20 people with knives, he fights Sammo Hung who is probably the most equal of all his opponents, and he fights Twister who is probably his most dangerous foe yet. Yes, even more dangerous than the Japanese general in the first film.Overall, it's not a very good story but it has some good performances, amazing fight choreography, and it's pretty entertaining. It's not a must-watch but if it's on television or Netflix, I'd say check it out. I'm gonna give it a 5/10.

dee.reid Call me crazy, but I did thoroughly enjoy Wilson Yip's 2010 feature "Ip Man 2" much better than I did "Ip Man" (2008). "Ip Man 2" achieves that rare distinction of being a sequel that's far better than its predecessor. As you may know, the films are a loose telling of the life of real-life Wing Chun Grandmaster Sifu Yip Man (1893-1972), who is responsible for helping to spread Chinese martial arts around the world; he was also the teacher of deceased martial arts legend Bruce Lee (1940-1973)."Ip Man 2" is a direct sequel to "Ip Man," and follows Ip Man (an effective Donnie Yen) after he flees Foshan province and arrives in British-occupied Hong Kong in the early 1950s. His attempts at opening a school and propagating Wing Chun meet with heavy resistance from the locals - especially Master Hung (Sammo Hung, also the film's fight choreographer with Ip Chun, the son of the real-life Yip Man) - who attempt to challenge him at every opportunity.But because Hong Kong is under British colonial rule and Chinese pride has been nearly eroded, Taylor "The Twister" Milos (Darren Shahlavi), the reigning British heavyweight boxing champion - and a known sociopath - begins to openly insult Chinese martial arts and the Chinese people, and issues a challenge to beat any Chinese boxer in the ring. And who better to accept the challenge than Ip Man, culminating in a highly symbolic, "Rocky IV"-styled death-match at the end of the film."Ip Man 2" is a film that begins to work from its opening moments. Again, the Chinese are shown to be the underdogs here, as they were in the first film under Japanese oppression during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Here, it's the British who have got their boots on their backs, and Ip Man is again their champion for Chinese pride and nationalism. Unlike the first film, though, there is also a fair amount of English-language dialogue (with largely unknown British actors filling in roles that in an American feature, would be occupied by minorities), in addition to the native Cantonese tongues.I also enjoyed the fights better in this film, than I did in "Ip Man." I was impressed to see that Sammo Hung was able to choreograph hand-to-hand combat sequences where Donnie Yen's Ip Man character (as well as Hung's own Master Hung) was able to sometimes face opponents who were just as skilled as he was - like with Ip Man's climatic showdown with "The Twister."I was really impressed with "Ip Man 2." It has a gripping storyline, a better performance by Donnie Yen (with strong performances also by Sammo Hung and Darren Shahlavi, the latter of whom is not just there to play a villainous - white - foreigner but has a fully developed personality that makes him more than just your standard one-note white antagonist), and more masterful fighting sequences. It's a riveting martial arts feature that will keep you glued to your see through & through. All in all, it's a better film than the first one, that beloved rarity in cinema - a superior sequel to its predecessor.10/10

bob the moo I don't think I have seen the film that this is a sequel to, so early on I was a little lost with the flashback montage in the credit sequence and I felt a little unsure of some of the characters. Within about 5 or 10 minutes though this really doesn't matter because mostly the film is happy with very basic motivations and plotting, in favour of frequent fight sequences. The overall plot sees Ip Man coming to Hong Kong to continue the spread of his teaching but coming up against resistance from other schools in the area and the interference of a corrupt British chief. Although we also have money problems, a pregnant wife and relationships from the first film, that is pretty much all you need to know.This is undeniably a disappointment – not so much because I wanted lots of dialogue and character development, but more because the moments of the film where we do have them tend not to work particularly well because they are just lip-service and not done well. How much of a problem this is though is minimised by just how much action there is and also how good it is. Whether it is an intense fight in a fish market against a gang of others, or the one-on-one boxing match of the finale, all of the fight sequences are exciting and very well choreographed. Although it has pace, the editing is not so frantic and rapid that it masks the action and it is impressive to see all the moves and skills of the performers. Donnie Yen is impressive in all of them.Where Yen is less effective is in the acting side; the film doesn't give him much to work with and he also plays it very quiet and still, respectful perhaps but he is a lot less of a presence when he is not fighting. Fortunately others are more lively in terms of performances and the film benefits from plenty of nice characters and light comedy from the other masters and the students. Sammo is solid in all regards and he gets some good action too.Yip Man 2 may carry characters and story from the first film, but very quickly it gets down to the action and pretty much delivers action sequence after action sequence, all of them engaging and intense. The lack of character and development is a weakness, but the strengths do more than carry it through this.