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| Directed by | Herman Yau |
| Screenplay by | Erica Li |
| Story by | Checkley Sin |
| Produced by | Checkley Sin Albert Lee Cherry Law Catherine Hun |
| Starring | Anthony Wong Anita Yuen Jordan Chan Eric Tsang Gillian Chung |
| Cinematography | Joe Chan |
| Edited by | Azrael Chung |
| Music by | Mak Chun-hung |
| Production companies | * Emperor Motion Pictures
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| Distributed by | Lark Films Distribution |
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| Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
Ip Man: The Final Fight is a 2013 Hong Kong action drama film based on the later life of the Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man. Directed by Herman Yau, the film starred Anthony Wong as the titular character, with Anita Yuen, Jordan Chan, Eric Tsang, Gillian Chung and others as part of the supporting cast.
Plot
In 1949, Ip Man, who has been suffering from chronic gastric problems, travels alone to Hong Kong to seek new means of livelihood. He starts by teaching Wing Chun on the rooftop of a building which houses a hotel staff's general association. He meets and accepts many new students, including Tang Shing, Leung Sheung, Lee King and Chan Sei-mui. During that period of time, Ip Man's wife Cheung Wing-sing also comes to Hong Kong to join her husband, but returns to Foshan shortly after because life in Hong Kong is hard. The couple never saw each other again.
Ip Man: The Final Fight portrays a realistic account of Ip Man's later life in Hong Kong: he struggles against the vicissitudes of life; he insists on pursuing a romance with the singer Jenny after his wife's death, against the wishes of his disciples; his father-son and master-apprentice relationships with his elder son Ip Chun; his thoughts on Bruce Lee, who would become his most celebrated student.
Cast
- Anthony Wong as Ip Man (Ye Wen)
- Kevin Cheng as young Ip Man
- Anita Yuen as Cheung Wing-sing (Zhang Yongcheng)
- Jordan Chan as Tang Shing (Deng Sheng)
- Eric Tsang as Ng Chung (Wu Zhong)
- Gillian Chung as Chan Sei-mui (Chen Simei)
- Zhang Songwen as Ip Chun (Ye Zhun)
- Timmy Hung as Leung Sheung (Liang Shuang)
- Jiang Luxia as Lee King (Li Qiong)
- Zhou Dingyu as Wong Tung (Wang Dong)
- Zhou Chuchu as Jenny
- Liu Kai-chi as Lee Yiu-wah (Li Yaohua)
- Law Koon-lan as Lee Yiu-wah's wife
- Xu Huangli as Lee Yiu-wah's daughter
- Jonathan Wong as Ngai Tong (Ni Tang)
- Ken Lo as Ngai Ba-tin (Wei Batian)
- Hung Yan-yan as Local Dragon
- Wong Cho-lam as Blind Chan
- Donny Wu as Ng Chan (Wu Zan)
- Queenie Chu as So Fei (Su Fei)
- Ip Chun as stall owner with phone
- Rose Chan
Production
Anthony Wong said in an email interview with Singapore's The New Paper that he was drunk when director Herman Yau called him to ask if he would like to portray Ip Man in his movie, and he replied "yes". Although he regretted his decision later, he eventually agreed after reading the script. To prepare for his role, Wong went on a diet and started practising Wing Chun on a wooden dummy given to him by producer Checkley Sin.
Ip Man's elder son, Ip Chun, who played Leung Bik in Herman Yau's previous Ip Man film, The Legend Is Born – Ip Man (2010), makes a cameo appearance in Ip Man: The Final Fight. The story of Ip Man: The Final Fight was written by Checkley Sin (one of the film's producers), who is a student of Ip Chun.
Checkley Sin invested over HK$100 million for the construction of the Xiqiao DreamWorks film studio in Mount Xiqiao, Foshan, Guangdong, recreating sets that imitate colonial Hong Kong of the early 1950s. Principal photography took place in August 2012 at the studio. Anita Yuen even remarked that she felt like she had travelled back in time.
Release
Ip Man: The Final Fight was the opening film at the 37th Hong Kong International Film Festival on 17 March 2013. It was released in mainland China on 22 March 2013, and in Hong Kong theatres on 28 March. Ip Man: The Final Fight was chosen for the 2013 San Diego Asian Film Festival http://festival.sdaff.org/2013/films/ip-man-the-final-fight/
Reception
Deborah Young of The Hollywood Reporter wrote:
... Herman Yau's Ip Man - The Final Fight is an enjoyable if far less sophisticated tale that nostalgically taps into Hong Kong cinema of yesteryear, while still delivering considerable excitement in the fight scenes. Offshore, it may hitch a ride with dyed-in-the-wool martial arts fans on the coattails of The Grandmaster, but more likely will get lost in the shadow.
Yvonne Teh of South China Morning Post wrote:
And while veteran writer Erica Li Man's treatment of the Ip Man story can at times feel like it's been stretched too thin, her script helps to flesh out the principles of wing chun and provide an added layer to the martial art whose moves action choreographers Li Chung-chi and Checkley Sin Kwok-lam have captured to great effect in this movie.
Hong Kong film director Patrick Kong commented in Headline Daily:
The most exciting part is actually Anthony Wong's vivid performance. He brought Ip Man's emotions to life. That is not acting, it's a way of getting along swimmingly , something that cannot be described in words. Only through watching can we feel it and discover that it's breathtaking.
Hong Kong film critic Sek Kei said:
One of the advantages of Ip Man: The Final Fight is that it has a good mix of culture, martial arts, nostalgia and realism. However, disappointingly, it avoids the actual political situation of that era. It does not mention the civil war nor the riots in Hong Kong during Ip Man's time, so it fails to reflect the truth in history.
See also
- Ip Man (film)
- Ip Man 2
- The Legend Is Born – Ip Man
- The Grandmaster (film)
- Ip Man (TV series)
- Wing Chun
References
- ^ Tay, Mervin (27 March 2013). "He's the man: HK actor Anthony Wong plays iconic Chinese martial artist Ip Man". The New Paper. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- Lee, Maggie (18 March 2013). "Film Review: 'Ip Man — The Final Fight'". HKMDB Daily News. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- "《叶问终极一战》公映 "七宗最"成票房保证" (in Chinese). iFensi.com. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- Addy (5 August 2012). ""Ip Man: Final Fight" to Begin Shooting in Foshan". Jayne Stars. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- "Ip Man - The Final Fight". 37th Hong Kong International Film Festival. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- "Release dates for Ip Man: The Final Fight". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- Young, Deborah (17 March 2013). "Ip Man — The Final Fight: Hong Kong Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- Teh, Deborah (28 March 2013). "Film review: Ip Man-The Final Fight". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- Kong, Patrick (5 April 2013). "《葉問終極一戰》 (Ip Man: The Final Fight)" (in Chinese). 頭條日報 (Headline Daily). Retrieved 8 April 2013.
《終極一戰》最精采其實是黃秋生活靈活現的演出，他把葉問的喜怒哀樂完全立體化，那不是演技，而是一種水乳交融，非筆墨所能形容，唯有看到才能感受，才會歎為觀止。
- "石琪影話 (Sek Kei's commentary on films)" (in Chinese). ol.mingpao.com. 31 March 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
有文有武，有懷舊有寫實，是《葉問：終極一戰》的優點，可惜仍然迴避政治實況，不提葉問時代的國共惡鬥與香港右派左派暴動，難以重現歷史真相。