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Ip Man: Kung Fu Master

Ip Man: Kung Fu Master is a 2019 Chinese martial arts film co-written and directed by Li Liming and starring Dennis To as Ip Man. It is To's third portrayal of the Hong Kong martial artist, after The Legend Is Born: Ip Man (2010) and Kung Fu League (2018). The film depicts Ip Man's stint as a police officer in Guangzhou before the Chinese Communist Revolution in 1949. The film did not get a theatrical release in China, but instead it was released digitally via streaming on Youku.

Cast
Dennis To as Ip Man • Yuan Li Ruoxin as Qing Chuan • Tong Xiaohu as Director Yuan • Yue Dongfeng as Qiao Wu • Chang Qinyuan as Cheung Wing-sing • Zhao Xiaoguang as Sasaki-Zuo • Ren Yu as Tokugawa • Li Rizhu as Ribby • Michael Wong as San Ye ==Release==
Release
Ip Man was released in China digitally exclusively on Youku on 23 December 2019. The film was given a limited release in the United States on 11 December 2020. The film will be available On Demand via Apple TV, Prime Video, Google Play, FandangoNOW, DirecTV, and more on March 9 throughout the United States. == Reception ==
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an aggregated score of 36% based on 11 critic reviews. Leslie Felperin of The Guardian rated it two out of five stars and wrote "the film takes itself a bit too seriously and reshuffles the deck of plot tropes instead of inventing its own ideas..." Film Hound Magazine criticized Li's poor storytelling by stating "...perhaps not a great structural storyteller or indeed a fluid one, as evidenced by the amount of scenes that end on a fade to black..." overall giving the film three out of five stars. ==References==
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