It deals with Ip Man's (Tony Leung) peaceful existence in Foshan, but his life changes when Gong Yutian (Wan) seeks a successor for his family in Southern China. The flick displays lots of violence, action filled, fierce fights though turns out to be overlong and some tiring. This luxurious Kung Fu film was marvelously filmed with good production design, colorful cinematography, spectacular combats and breathtaking scenes. IP Man was the founder and spiritual guru of the Win Chun. In fact, Bruce Lee trained in Wing Chun and later developed his own hybrid martial arts philosophy.
This film tells the story of Chinese Martial Arts Master IP man, the most famous fighter of China and around the world this is the tale of martial-arts master Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee.