#Wilson Yip

[boardsdonthitback]

Donnie Yen, Xing Yu - Flash Point (2007)

#donnie yen #xing yu #flash point #flash point movie #導火綫 #wilson yip #hong kong cinema #hong kong action #action choreography

[mydarkapron]

◤ S.P.L. // KILL ZONE // 殺破狼, 2005

╳ Wilson Yip

#Feature Film #Wilson Yip #殺破狼 #2005 #S.P.L. #Kill Zone

[dare-g]

Bio Zombie (1998)

#bio zombie #wilson yip #jordan chan #emotion cheung #sam lee #matt chow #angela tong #talks

[stillsmybeatingheart]

#ip man 2 #ip man #donnie yen #Wong Shun-Leung #huang xiaoming #Wilson Yip #Hang-Sang Poon

[beautifilms]

Ip Man 2 (2010) dir. Wilson Yip

#ip man 2 #wilson yip #donnie yen #huang xiaoming #lynn hung #sammo hung #film #cinematography

[olivierdemangeon]

PARADOX (2017) ★★★★☆

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#Chris Collins #Gordon Lam #Hanna Chan #Jacky Cai #Ken Lo #Louis Koo #Michelle Saram #Siraphun Wattanajinda #Sompob Benjathikul #Tony Jaa #Vithaya Pansringarm #Wilson Yip #Wu Yue

[icedteadrinker]

Francis Ng in Bullets Over Summer/爆裂刑警 (1999) dir. Wilson Yip

#爆裂刑警 #bullets over summer #francis ng #吳鎮宇 #wilson yip #葉偉信 #movieposting #my gifs #hong kong cinema #i had never seen him in anything before. he was sooo. magnetic #blood tw #gun tw #honestly the movie itself is.. decent. like it's good. but not like insanely #but like. it's very fun #basically it's good

[adamwatchesmovies]

Ip Man 3 (2015)

Ip Man 3 may offer the same expertly choreographed martial arts scenes as its predecessors but this movie’s entire front half is worthless. By the time it picks up, it’s too little too late, particularly when you consider the lame antagonists, bad performances and manufactured drama.

In 1959, Ip Man (Donnie Yen) must help the principal of his youngest son’s school. Property developper Frank (Mike Tyson) wants it for the prime real-easte it sits on. His criminal underling, Ma King-sang (Patrick Tam), will stop at nothing - not even arson or kidnapping - to convince the principal (Tats Lau) to sell. Meanwhile, Ip Man’s wife, Cheung Wing-sing (Lynn Hung) receives dire news from her doctor.

You get a bad feeling as soon as you realize they've cast Mike Tyson in the film. The man’s not an actor and even non-English speakers should be able to tell. What purpose does he even serve, except to - once again - introduce some “foreign devil” antagonists for Ip Man to defeat and then shoo away from his home? It certainly isn’t to give us something new, as Tyson is an English-speaking boxer - just like Taylor "The Twister" Miller from Ip Man 2. With his trademark face tattoo and daughter who looks NOTHING like him, it’s like he’s a time traveler.

You could’ve eliminated Frank altogether and only had Ma King-sang as the film’s villain. He’s certainly despicable enough and it might even be a nice change of pace for Ip Man to go up against someone who doesn’t have god-level martial arts skills. Unfortunately, this plot causes only frustration. Ip Man’s son is kidnapped, and not for ransom. Poor little Ip Ching will be sold into slavery unless the principal sells his building. “Alright!” you think to yourself. “These idiots are stupid enough to challenge Ip Man, a martial arts legend who’s saved China’s honor twice already. He’s always been cool, calm, and collected but now, the gloves are off. It’s time for him to go ballistic and teach these monsters a lesson.” but then, he doesn’t. The rescue is undertaken with the same intensity as a no-stakes match between old friends. Our hero doesn’t seem to care, so why should we? It’s a recurring problem with the film. People don’t call the police when witnessing crimes, even if it’s something as blatant and serious as an assassination attempt. I know the police are corrupt (they’re led by a white man, so how could they not be?) but Ip Man’s a respected member of society. He has close friends in the department. You could at least try!

This third chapter in the series isn’t all bad. It’s surprisingly effective when we move away from the school action plot and deal with Ip Man and his wife. There are tender, romantic scenes between them as they spend what could be their last days as husband and wife. Here, the film shows off some good performances. Despite this refreshing storyline, it eventually becomes frustrating as well. Ip Man spends all this time defending the school - his son's school, which is being threatened by ruthless gangsters. He's so dedicated to this cause that Wing-sing begins resenting her husband. She’s worried he won’t be there for her if her illness gets worse. Why she doesn’t just tell him the very important news she got from her doctor, I don’t know. Once they begin spending time together, a second antagonist, another practitioner of Wing Chun called Cheung Tin-chi (Zhang Jin), comes in. On paper, he's a great adversary. He's studied from the same school as Ip Man but applies the technique in different ways and morally, Tin-chi is little more than a glorified thug. Unfortunately, the picture fails to take advantage of these opposing dynamics. See, earlier in the film, Tin-chi accepted money to hospitalize one of Ip Man’s friends. We know he’s rotten but Ip never learns what Tin-chi did! How could writers Edmond Wong, Chan Tai-lee and Jil Leung miss that?!

Ip Man 3 often repeats what we’ve seen before and fails to take advantage of the natural drama that should emerge from its story. Despite some good performances and well-choreographed fights, it’s often tedious and feels phony. With the series once again teasing Bruce Lee but not utilizing him, it feels like they're just releasing more chapters to string us along. (Original Cantonese with English subtitles, June 4, 2021)

#Ip Man 3 #Ip Man #movies #films #movie reviews #film reviews #Wilson Yip #Edmond Wong #Chan Tai-lee #Jil Leung #Donnie Yen #Zhang Jin #Wenwen Han #Patrick Tam #Karena Ng #Kent Cheng #Bryan Leung #Louis Cheung #Danny Chan #Mike Tyson #Tats Lau #2015 movies #2015 films

[cinematitlecards]

"Ip Man" (2008) Directed by Wilson Yip (Action/Biography/Drama/History)

#ip man #wilson yip #donnie yen #2008 #martial arts #film #biopic #biography #cinema #cinema title cards

[cinemafia420]

Ip Man (2008)

Dir. Wilson Yip

#00 #2008 #Wilson Yip

[juniper-girl]

Bullets Over Summer 爆裂刑警 (Wilson Yip, 1999)

#Bullets Over Summer #爆裂刑警 #wilson yip #Francis Ng #louis koo #90s movie #hk movie #hong kong cinema #hong kong movies #blue #green

[boardsdonthitback]

Nicolas Tse, Donnie Yen - Dragon Tiger Gate (2006)

#nicolas tse #donnie yen #wilson yip #dragon tiger gate #dragon tiger gate movie #龍虎門 #manhua #hong kong cinema #hong kong action #action choreography

[randomrichards]

IP Man:

A Kung Fu Master

Becomes reluctant teacher

Takes on invaders

#ip man #random richards #poem #haiku #poetry #haiku poem #poets on tumblr #haiku poetry #haiku form #poetic #documentary #donnie yen #simon yam #siu-Wong fan #Wilson yip #Edward Wong #Tai-Lee Chan #martial arts #kung fu

[jeviensdevoir]

Ip Man 2, Wilson Yip, 2010

La suite des aventures d’Ip Man, maître kung-fu qui évite les conflits mais se retrouve toujours à combattre. Une bonne histoire qui nous parle un peu du passé colonial de Hong-Kong et surtout de belles chorégraphies de combat. J’aime bien Donnie Yen même s’il a que deux expressions : calme et calme mais légèrement contrarié.

The adventures of Ip Man, a kung-fu master who wants to avoid conflicts but eventually he always has to fight. A good story which tells us about the colonial past of Hong-Kong and of course wonderful fight choreographies. I like Donnie Yen even if he seems to have only two expressions : peaceful and peaceful but slightly annoyed.

★★★✰✰

#wing-chun #kung-fu #donnie yen #wilson yip #hong-kong #chine

[foxtrotalpa]

The Wilson mom sign is ready

#she is soooooo in love with him #Tom Wilson #washington capitals #nhl #hockey #yip yap

[vertigoartgore]

Top 30 Movies that I discovered in 2023 (but not released in 2023) :

Pandora and The Flying Dutchman (Albert Lewin, UK, 1951)

Summertime (David Lean, USA/UK, 1955)

Tea and Sympathy (Vincente Minnelli, USA, 1956)

Murder by Contract (Irving Lerner, USA, 1958)

Nothing But a Man (Michael Roemer, USA, 1964)

Scattered Clouds (Mikio Naruse, Japan, 1967)

Let’s Scare Jessica to Death (John D. Hancock, USA, 1971)

The Hired Hand (Peter Fonda, USA, 1971)

The effect of Gamma rays on man-in-the-moon marigolds (Paul Newman, USA, 1972)

Chilly Scenes of Winter (Joan Micklin Silver, USA, 1979)

Being There (Hal Ashby, USA, 1979)

El Sur (Víctor Erice, Spain, 1983)

El Norte (Gregory Nava, UK/USA, 1983)

Vigil (Vincent Ward, New Zealand, 1984)

Choose Me (Alan Rudolph, USA, 1984)

Desert Hearts (Donna Deitch, USA, 1985)

Anguish (Bigas Luna, Espagne, 1987)

The Vanishing (George Sluizer, France/Netherlands,1988)

Chameleon Street (Wendell B. Harris Jr., USA, 1989)

Proof (Jocelyn Moorhouse, Australia, 1991) 

Ninja Scroll (Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Japan, 1993)

Suture (Scott McGehee & David Siegel, USA, 1993)

What Happened Was... (Tom Noonan, USA, 1994)

Leaving Las Vegas (Mike Figgis, USA, 1995)

August in the Water (Sogo Ishii, Japan, 1995)

Shall We Dance ? (Masayuki Suo, Japan, 1996)

Made in Hong Kong (Fruit Chan, Hong Kong, 1997)

Bullets Over Summer (Wilson Yip, Hong-Kong, 1999)

To the Left of the Father (Luiz Fernando Carvalho, Brazil, 2001)

Dead End (Jean-Baptiste Andrea & Fabrice Capepa, France/USA, 2003)

#movies discovered in 2023 #2023 #cinema #top #50s #60s #70s #80s #90's #2000s #but not released in 2023