Ip Man 3 Reviews

Even though I saw ‘Ip Man 2’ only a few months ago, I have to admit that I actually forgot most about it which is not really a good sign but I thought I might as well check this 2^nd sequel, especially since it was available on Netflix. Well, to be honest, I actually struggled to get into his movie. I mean, it’s not that it was much weaker than the previous instalments, it's just that, after 3 movies, the whole thing had started to become rather repetitive and, to be honest, even though Ip Man remains a fascinating man, I’m not sure he required 3 movies (there is even another one coming up in 2019), especially since they were all so similar. The most frustrating thing about this franchise is that Ip Man is mostly known because he had been Bruce Lee’s trainer, something really milked by this franchise and yet, after 3 movies, we still didn’t get a glimpse on how it actually went down between them. In this case, it was especially frustrating. Indeed, during the very first scene, you get to see to Bruce Lee as a grown-up showing up at Ip Man’s school to ask to become his pupil which was really promising. However, it was apparently only some kind of introduction and the rest of the movie had once again nothing to do with Bruce Lee which was just disappointing. Instead, it was dealing with Ip Man involved with some random events taking place in his neighbordhood. Seriously, it was just really generic and this plot was apparently not enough so the 3^rd act was suddenly dealing with yet another fight with a wannabe kung-fu master which had not much to do with the rest of the movie. Anyway, to conclude, even though this movie is rather popular, I think the writing was rather poor but, still, I have to admit that it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.