The first film was incredibly enjoyable and it was wonderful to see Donnie Yen in some awesome action scenes.
Apparently Ip Man was conceived by Wilson Yip to be the first in a trilogy and the second film is released this week in Hong Kong. Donnie Yen returns in the title role and is joined by equally legendary martial arts star Sammo Hung.
You can check out a ten minute preview of the Ip Man sequel embedded below. Unfortunately there are no English subtitles but there is a lot of action to feast your eyes on.
Synopsis: After relocating to Hong Kong, Ip Man (Donnie Yen) chooses to open up a Wing Chun school. However, it isn’t long before his peaceful lifestyle is interupted by the challenges of a local Hung Fist master named Hung Jan-nam (Sammo Hung). Meanwhile, the British who occupy the territory are displeased about the presence of his school and hire a handful of fighters to try and chase him out of the country.
Source: Twitch.
The 10 minute clip looks awesome! I can't wait to see the film.
I've been training in Wing Chun for almost 3 years now at ther International Wing Chun Academy in Sydney and Wing Chun really is as fast and powerful as it's shown to be in the movie. If you guys want to check out my school's page, it's at http://www.wingchun.com.au Lots of videos there too.
The 10 minute clip looks awesome! I can't wait to see the film.
I've been training in Wing Chun for almost 3 years now at ther International Wing Chun Academy in Sydney and Wing Chun really is as fast and powerful as it's shown to be in the movie. If you guys want to check out my school's page, it's at http://www.wingchun.com.au Lots of videos there too.
Jet Li and Jackie Chan have Fong Sai-Yuk and Wong Fei-hung, so it’s good to see Donnie Yen getting some appreciation and a semi-mythical figure of his own (though I’m interested to see what Wong Kar-Wai will do with the character, if he ever gets to work on it). Sorry to report that I saw the Legend of Chen Zhen in Hong Kong recently, and it’s a stinker, all the fault of Andrew Lau, who can’t muster any of this level of action choreography.