Ip Man 3

"The legend continues, the grandmaster returns."

2015 1h 45m CN

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★7.0TMDB · 1,996🍅76%Rotten Tomatoes●57Metacritic★7IMDB · 65,572

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Synopsis

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When a band of brutal gangsters led by a crooked property developer make a play to take over the city, Master Ip is forced to take a stand.

“The legend continues, the grandmaster returns.”

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Cast

Donnie Yen
Ip Man
Max Zhang
Cheung Tin-Chi
Lynn Hung Doi-Lam
Cheung Wing-Sing
Patrick Tam
Ma King-Sang
Mike Tyson
Frank
Karena Ng Chin-Yu
Miss Wong
Kent Cheng Jak-Si
Detective Po
Bryan Leung
Tin Ngo-San

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Wilson Yip
Writers: Jill Leung Lai-Yin, Edmond Wong, Chan Tai-Lee
Languages: Cantonese, French, Mandarin, English
Countries: China, Hong Kong

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.4× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Cantonese, French, Mandarin, English.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: China, Hong Kong.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Ip Man Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Wilson Yip, shot by Kenny Tse. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Kenji Kawai. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Cheung Ka-Fai shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Wilson Yip directs. Kenny Tse behind the camera. Kenji Kawai scores. Cheung Ka-Fai cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in China, Hong Kong. Dialogue in Cantonese, French, Mandarin, English.

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1Made its money back 4.4× over at the box office.
2Released 11 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Cantonese, French, Mandarin, English.
4International production across 2 countries: China, Hong Kong.
5Part of the "Ip Man Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by Wilson Yip, shot by Kenny Tse. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Kenji Kawai. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Cheung Ka-Fai shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Donnie Yen and Max Zhang and Lynn Hung Doi-Lam carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "The legend continues, the grandmaster returns.".
11IMDB entry: tt2888046 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 8 themes, including "martial arts", "kung fu", "gangster", "biography".

The technical file

Cinematography: Kenny Tse
Original score: Kenji Kawai
Editing: Cheung Ka-Fai
Production design: Kenneth Mak
Sound: Kinson Tsang King-Cheung
Stunt coordinator: Alfred Hsing
Runtime: 105 min · 1h 45m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $36,000,000
Box office: $157,000,000
Return: 436% of budget
Original language: CN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Ip Man 3 (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes: 76% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 57/100
IMDB rating: 7/10 · 65,572 votes
MPAA: PG-13

Awards

5 wins & 21 nominations total

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Ip Man Collection

The life of Ip Man

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The_crow2016-01-24
This was a great or big and fantastic movie series. i'm big fan of mr. Donnie yen. so i like that movie series. it's a complete Action or Biography movie.
Reno2016-03-24
★ 8/10
It gets closer to the legend's personal life. A few movies about Yip Man were made in the past, but Donnie Yen's 2008 version rewrote the history. Because the craze about martial arts in the last two decades and of course digital world made it to reach every corner of the world. Followed by a sequel and its massive hit, then came many unofficial versions to this series that set in a different timeline of the martial art legend's life. With this movie, the narration gets lots closer to tell the personal life of Yip Man. But in the first half, like the previous two films, focused on the social issue. Yip Man is fighting for the children's education, when a real estate tycoon plans to replace the school building to a commercial complex. That's it, later the story begins to take us to the random events like a man who's hungry for the best fighter in the town title who end up challenging Yip Man to face him. From there, it's all about Yip Man and his ill wife where the movie switches from action mode to sentimental. That's not what we expected from a man who's famous for his martial art. Surprisingly, this different approach in storytelling was refreshing. Saving school, the clash for the title and ill wife, so the overall movie was like had three episodes and each dealt on a different motive. Being a biopic and also a martial art movie, it exploited the theme fairly. I can't say Mike Tyson's acting was so good because it was weird him to speak Cantonese. He was in a minor role, but his presence was a big boost for the movie. If we see him in an action movie, then we all know what to expect and it did not fail to fulfill our wish. "There's nothing more important than the love of those by your side." The stunts were not as good as the previous two films and they were too short as well, but technically looked so perfect, especially locking horns between Tyson and Donnie Yen was like head-to-head confrontation between Hollywood and Hong Kong. The other reason to shorten stunts in the movie was to get closer to the legend's personal life. After the survival and fighting the foreign forces, now the time to focus on his own life issues. The first two films were breathtaking, no one can doubt that. I don't know why it took so long for this third movie, but it still worked. Yet not the best in the trilogy, but remained very close to them with unlike storyline and action sequences. I was disappointed for not continuing from where it ended in the 2nd part. I mean the story has a clean flow, but not what I expected, like, I wanted Bruce Lee and the grand-master coming together. Actually, I never expected the third installment, I considered it was one of the best duologies you could find in world cinema. But I'm happy they made this one and I'm very much sure there will be fourth. So at least I can expect the Bruce Lee's part in the Yip Man's life story. I was waiting for that from a very long and I believe it won't let me down this time. All the above, I'm looking for the official announcement. 7½/10

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