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Ip Man 2 is a 2010 semi-biographical martial arts film loosely based on the life of Ip Man, a grandmaster of Wing Chun martial arts. A sequel to the 2008 film Ip Man, the film was directed by Wilson Yip, and stars Donnie Yen, who reprises the leading role. Continuing after the events of the earlier film, the sequel centers on Ip's movements in Hong Kong, which is under British colonial rule. He attempts to propagate his discipline of Wing Chun, but faces rivalry from other practitioners, including the local master of Hung Ga martial arts.
Producer Raymond Wong first announced a sequel before Ip Man's theatrical release in December 2008. For Ip Man 2, the filmmakers intended to focus on the relationship between Ip and his most famed disciple, Bruce Lee. However, they were unable to finalize film rights with Lee's descendants and decided to briefly portray Lee as a child. Principal photography for Ip Man 2 began in August 2009 and concluded in November; filming took place inside a studio located in Shanghai. For the sequel, Yip aimed to create a more dramatic martial arts film in terms of story and characterization; Wong's son, screenwriter Edmond Wong, wanted the film to portray how Chinese people were treated by the British, as well as the Western perceptions towards Chinese martial arts.
Ip Man 2 premiered in Beijing on 21 April 2010, and was released in Hong Kong on 29 April 2010. The film was met with positive reviews; critics praised various aspects of the film, such as its storytelling, as well as Sammo Hung's martial arts choreography. The film grossed over HK$13 million on its opening weekend, immediately surpassing Ip Man's opening weekend gross. During its theatrical run, Ip Man 2 brought in over HK$43 million domestically, and its domestic theatrical gross made it the highest grossing Hong Kong film released during the first half of 2010. In total, Ip Man 2 grossed an estimated US$15 million worldwide.
Plot
Continuing from where the first film ended, Wing Chun master Ip Man and his family move to Hong Kong in the early 1950s after their escape from Foshan. There, Ip desires to open a school to propagate his art, as well as to make his living, but he has difficulty attracting students due to his lack of reputation in the city. One day, a young man named Wong Leung appears and promptly challenges Ip to a fight, but is easily defeated. Wong leaves humiliated, only to return with some friends to gang up on him. Ip beats them as well. Stunned and impressed by his skills, Wong and his friends become Ip's first students, bringing more disciples to help the school thrive.
Wong is later caught posting promotional posters for the school by some Hung Gar students. One of them challenges Wong to a fight and loses, but his friends take Wong hostage in revenge and demand a ransom from Ip. Ip goes to the local wet market as directed, but the meeting ends in a confrontation with a growing mob of Hung Ga students. Ip and Wong fight their way outside to meet Jin Shanzhao — the martial artist and former bandit in the first film — who comes to their rescue with his own gang. The students' master, Hung Chun-nam, arrives to break up the fight. Ip introduces himself, and Hung informs him that before setting up a school, he needs to attend a special fighting ceremony to test his skill. Ip, Wong and Jin are subsequently arrested by Officer Fatso for disturbing the peace but are later released on bail. Hung and Fatso are then shown to be acting as reluctant collectors for the martial arts schools (including Hung's) as part of a protection racket headed by Superintendent Wallace, a corrupt officer in the Hong Kong police.
Ip attends the ceremony and defeats his first challengers, and then strikes a draw with the last challenger, Hung. Ip is allowed to keep running his school on the condition that he pay the monthly protection fees, but he declines. Hung thus has his students loiter in front of the Wing Chun school and harass anyone interested, causing a street brawl between them and Ip's disciples. Ip is thus forced to close up and move the school nearer to home. Ip soon confronts Hung and nearly engage in another fight before being interrupted by Hung's family. Ip leaves, and the next day, Hung invites him to a British boxing match he had helped to set up, quietly coming to terms with him.
The boxing competition begins with the various martial arts schools demonstrating their skills. However, the event's star boxer, Taylor "The Twister" Milos, openly insults and attacks the students, causing chaos as the masters try to restore order. Hung accepts Twister's challenge to a fight so that he can defend his culture. Although Hung has the upper hand at first, he begins to weaken from asthma and is eventually beaten to death. News of Hung's death rapidly spreads throughout the enraged Chinese populace, causing a scandal that spurs Wallace to hold a press conference, where he states that Hung's death was an accident, and Twister announces that he will accept any challenge from the Chinese. Ip arrives and accepts the challenge.
As his wife goes into labor, Ip finishes training and begins his fight with Twister. Ip manages to exchange blows with the boxer but is knocked down many times, but in the end he finally manages to knock him out. While the Chinese audience cheers, Wallace is arrested by his superiors for corruption, as Fatso had secretly reported him. Ip then gives a speech to the audience, stating that despite the differences between their races, he wishes for everyone to respect each other. Ip goes home and reunites with his family, including his newborn second son, Ip Ching.
A final scene shows Ip being introduced to a boy who wishes to study Wing Chun: Bruce Lee. Ip smiles and simply tells the boy to come back when he is older.
NOTE: You might need to watch this movie again in the future. Make sure to include Ip Man 2 [Blu-ray] in your movie collection.
Cast
* Donnie Yen as Ip Man (葉問) – a martial artist and sole practitioner of Wing Chun. He arrives in Hong Kong with his family during the 1950s to settle there and set up a Wing Chun school.
* Sammo Hung as Hung Chun-nam (洪震南) – a Hung Ga master who suffers from asthma. He became Ip's nemesis early in the film and later becomes a friend.
* Simon Yam as Chow Ching-chuen (周清泉) – Ip Man's friend. In the prologue, Chow is shot in the head by the Japanese during the war and survives but has become insane. He roams the streets of Hong Kong as a beggar with his son. After Yip wins his fight, he remembers everything.
* Fan Siu-wong as Jin Shanzhao (金山找) – a martial artist and former bandit in the first film, who has mended his ways. He moves to Hong Kong, starts a family, and befriends Ip Man.
* Lynn Hung as Cheung Wing-sing (張永成) – Ip Man's wife
* Huang Xiaoming as Wong Leung (黃梁) – Ip Man's first student
* Kent Cheng as Fatso (肥波) – a police officer working under Superintendent Wallace. He is also a close friend of Hung.
* Pierre Ngo as Leung Kan (梁根) – the chief editor of a news agency. His father is a village mate of Ip Man's, and he helps Ip find a location for his Wing Chun school.
* Calvin Cheng as Chow Kwong-yiu (周光耀) – Chow Ching-chuen's son. He takes care of his disabled father while working at Leung Kan's newspaper agency.
* Li Chak as Ip Chun (葉准) – Ip Man and Cheung Wing-sing's first son
* To Yu-hang as Cheng Wai-kei (鄭偉基) – a gang leader and student of Hung Chun-nam
* Darren Shahlavi as Taylor "The Twister" Milos (龍捲風) – a British boxing champion. Strong and ruthless, Twister proves more of a match for Ip Man.
* Charles Mayer as Wallace – a police superintendent and Fatso's superior. He is corrupt and collects protection fees from the martial arts schools.
* Jiang Daiyan as Bruce Lee (李小龍) – Ip Man's future student
* Ashton Chen as Tsui Sai-cheung (徐世昌) – Ip Man's student
* Lam Hak-ming as Master Lam (林師傅)
* Lo Mang as Master Law (羅師傅) – Monkey Kung Fu master
* Fung Hak-on as Master Cheng (鄭師傅) – Baguazhang master
* Brian Burrell as Emcee
* Lu Meifang as Hung Chun-nam's wife
Traditional 葉問2:宗師傳奇
Simplified 叶问2:宗师传奇
Pinyin Yè Wèn Ěr: Zōng Shī Chuán Qí
Jyutping Jip6 Man6 Ji6: Zung1 Si1 Zyun6 Kei4
Directed by Wilson Yip
Produced by Raymond Wong
Written by Edmond Wong
source: wiki and imdb
is a 2010 semi-biographical martial arts film loosely based on the life of Ip Man, a grandmaster of Wing Chun martial arts. A sequel to the 2008 film Ip Man, the film was directed by Wilson Yip, and stars Donnie Yen, who reprises the leading role. Continuing after the events of the earlier film, the sequel centers on Ip's movements in Hong Kong, which is under British colonial rule. He attempts to propagate his discipline of Wing Chun, but faces rivalry from other practitioners, including the local master of Hung Ga martial arts.Producer Raymond Wong first announced a sequel before Ip Man's theatrical release in December 2008. For Ip Man 2, the filmmakers intended to focus on the relationship between Ip and his most famed disciple, Bruce Lee. However, they were unable to finalize film rights with Lee's descendants and decided to briefly portray Lee as a child. Principal photography for Ip Man 2 began in August 2009 and concluded in November; filming took place inside a studio located in Shanghai. For the sequel, Yip aimed to create a more dramatic martial arts film in terms of story and characterization; Wong's son, screenwriter Edmond Wong, wanted the film to portray how Chinese people were treated by the British, as well as the Western perceptions towards Chinese martial arts.
Ip Man 2 premiered in Beijing on 21 April 2010, and was released in Hong Kong on 29 April 2010. The film was met with positive reviews; critics praised various aspects of the film, such as its storytelling, as well as Sammo Hung's martial arts choreography. The film grossed over HK$13 million on its opening weekend, immediately surpassing Ip Man's opening weekend gross. During its theatrical run, Ip Man 2 brought in over HK$43 million domestically, and its domestic theatrical gross made it the highest grossing Hong Kong film released during the first half of 2010. In total, Ip Man 2 grossed an estimated US$15 million worldwide.
Plot
Continuing from where the first film ended, Wing Chun master Ip Man and his family move to Hong Kong in the early 1950s after their escape from Foshan. There, Ip desires to open a school to propagate his art, as well as to make his living, but he has difficulty attracting students due to his lack of reputation in the city. One day, a young man named Wong Leung appears and promptly challenges Ip to a fight, but is easily defeated. Wong leaves humiliated, only to return with some friends to gang up on him. Ip beats them as well. Stunned and impressed by his skills, Wong and his friends become Ip's first students, bringing more disciples to help the school thrive.
Wong is later caught posting promotional posters for the school by some Hung Gar students. One of them challenges Wong to a fight and loses, but his friends take Wong hostage in revenge and demand a ransom from Ip. Ip goes to the local wet market as directed, but the meeting ends in a confrontation with a growing mob of Hung Ga students. Ip and Wong fight their way outside to meet Jin Shanzhao — the martial artist and former bandit in the first film — who comes to their rescue with his own gang. The students' master, Hung Chun-nam, arrives to break up the fight. Ip introduces himself, and Hung informs him that before setting up a school, he needs to attend a special fighting ceremony to test his skill. Ip, Wong and Jin are subsequently arrested by Officer Fatso for disturbing the peace but are later released on bail. Hung and Fatso are then shown to be acting as reluctant collectors for the martial arts schools (including Hung's) as part of a protection racket headed by Superintendent Wallace, a corrupt officer in the Hong Kong police.
Ip attends the ceremony and defeats his first challengers, and then strikes a draw with the last challenger, Hung. Ip is allowed to keep running his school on the condition that he pay the monthly protection fees, but he declines. Hung thus has his students loiter in front of the Wing Chun school and harass anyone interested, causing a street brawl between them and Ip's disciples. Ip is thus forced to close up and move the school nearer to home. Ip soon confronts Hung and nearly engage in another fight before being interrupted by Hung's family. Ip leaves, and the next day, Hung invites him to a British boxing match he had helped to set up, quietly coming to terms with him.
The boxing competition begins with the various martial arts schools demonstrating their skills. However, the event's star boxer, Taylor "The Twister" Milos, openly insults and attacks the students, causing chaos as the masters try to restore order. Hung accepts Twister's challenge to a fight so that he can defend his culture. Although Hung has the upper hand at first, he begins to weaken from asthma and is eventually beaten to death. News of Hung's death rapidly spreads throughout the enraged Chinese populace, causing a scandal that spurs Wallace to hold a press conference, where he states that Hung's death was an accident, and Twister announces that he will accept any challenge from the Chinese. Ip arrives and accepts the challenge.
As his wife goes into labor, Ip finishes training and begins his fight with Twister. Ip manages to exchange blows with the boxer but is knocked down many times, but in the end he finally manages to knock him out. While the Chinese audience cheers, Wallace is arrested by his superiors for corruption, as Fatso had secretly reported him. Ip then gives a speech to the audience, stating that despite the differences between their races, he wishes for everyone to respect each other. Ip goes home and reunites with his family, including his newborn second son, Ip Ching.
A final scene shows Ip being introduced to a boy who wishes to study Wing Chun: Bruce Lee. Ip smiles and simply tells the boy to come back when he is older.
NOTE: You might need to watch this movie again in the future. Make sure to include Ip Man 2 [Blu-ray]
in your movie collection.Cast
* Donnie Yen as Ip Man (葉問) – a martial artist and sole practitioner of Wing Chun. He arrives in Hong Kong with his family during the 1950s to settle there and set up a Wing Chun school.
* Sammo Hung as Hung Chun-nam (洪震南) – a Hung Ga master who suffers from asthma. He became Ip's nemesis early in the film and later becomes a friend.
* Simon Yam as Chow Ching-chuen (周清泉) – Ip Man's friend. In the prologue, Chow is shot in the head by the Japanese during the war and survives but has become insane. He roams the streets of Hong Kong as a beggar with his son. After Yip wins his fight, he remembers everything.
* Fan Siu-wong as Jin Shanzhao (金山找) – a martial artist and former bandit in the first film, who has mended his ways. He moves to Hong Kong, starts a family, and befriends Ip Man.
* Lynn Hung as Cheung Wing-sing (張永成) – Ip Man's wife
* Huang Xiaoming as Wong Leung (黃梁) – Ip Man's first student
* Kent Cheng as Fatso (肥波) – a police officer working under Superintendent Wallace. He is also a close friend of Hung.
* Pierre Ngo as Leung Kan (梁根) – the chief editor of a news agency. His father is a village mate of Ip Man's, and he helps Ip find a location for his Wing Chun school.
* Calvin Cheng as Chow Kwong-yiu (周光耀) – Chow Ching-chuen's son. He takes care of his disabled father while working at Leung Kan's newspaper agency.
* Li Chak as Ip Chun (葉准) – Ip Man and Cheung Wing-sing's first son
* To Yu-hang as Cheng Wai-kei (鄭偉基) – a gang leader and student of Hung Chun-nam
* Darren Shahlavi as Taylor "The Twister" Milos (龍捲風) – a British boxing champion. Strong and ruthless, Twister proves more of a match for Ip Man.
* Charles Mayer as Wallace – a police superintendent and Fatso's superior. He is corrupt and collects protection fees from the martial arts schools.
* Jiang Daiyan as Bruce Lee (李小龍) – Ip Man's future student
* Ashton Chen as Tsui Sai-cheung (徐世昌) – Ip Man's student
* Lam Hak-ming as Master Lam (林師傅)
* Lo Mang as Master Law (羅師傅) – Monkey Kung Fu master
* Fung Hak-on as Master Cheng (鄭師傅) – Baguazhang master
* Brian Burrell as Emcee
* Lu Meifang as Hung Chun-nam's wife
Traditional 葉問2:宗師傳奇
Simplified 叶问2:宗师传奇
Pinyin Yè Wèn Ěr: Zōng Shī Chuán Qí
Jyutping Jip6 Man6 Ji6: Zung1 Si1 Zyun6 Kei4
Directed by Wilson Yip
Produced by Raymond Wong
Written by Edmond Wong
source: wiki and imdb
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