So after beating ten black belts, in a scene that brings to mind Bruce Lee's Fists of Fury, they let Ip Man go for some reason. I stopped paying attention to the plot. I'm too tired to go into the details but at some point Ip Man winds up in a factory.
This is the funniest part of the movie. The factory workers ask Ip Man to teach them Kung Fu so he does. When the time comes to use those Kung Fu skills though, the workers get beat up so badly that Ip Man has to come in to save them. I thought it was funny since I expected the workers to heroically fight back the bad guys or something.
Anyway one thing leads to another (you know what, I suggest you watch it) and then Ip Man ends up in a final match against the honorable prick general. I'm not sure if he's even a general. Anyway, Ip Man beats the Japanese out of him. Ip Man gets shot after beating the general by the evil general but don't worry he lives. It's not a spoiler. Ip Man is Bruce Lee's master right? Of course, he's gonna survive. The evil general though gets served his comeuppance with a side of irony as he is killed with his own gun.
Everything works out in the end we are told. I felt baffled. Ip Man lives, sure, but he did just beat a Japanese officer within an inch of his life right? Wouldn't there have been reprisals by the Japanese? What happened to the town? Did they just let Ip Man go? Whatever. They must have since Ip Man is awesome.
Watch this movie.
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