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India.com
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- India.com
Ahead Of Karate Kid Legends Release, Here Are Some Of Martial Arts Movies To Watch
3 / 7 Ip Man is a 2008 Hong Kong martial arts film. During the Japanese invasion of China, a wealthy martial artist is forced to leave his home when his city is occupied. With little means of providing for themselves, Ip Man and the remaining members of the city must find a way to survive.
Time of India
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Dennis To returns as Grandmaster Wing Chun in 'IP Man: Kung Fu Legend'
The iconic martial arts franchise IP Man is set to have another instalment, ' Kung Fu Legend,' with Hong Kong martial artist and actor Dennis To reprising his role as the legendary grandmaster Wing Chun. The iconic martial arts franchise IP Man is set to have another instalment, ' IP Man: Kung Fu Legend ,' with Hong Kong martial artist and actor Dennis To reprising his role as the legendary grandmaster Wing Chun . As per Variety, the makers of IP Man revealed the next instalment at the Cannes Film Market. The film follows 2021's 'Ip Man: Kung Fu Master' starring To, which gained international recognition for its fresh perspective on the martial arts icon, reported Variety. As per the outlet, currently in production, 'IP Man: Kung Fu Legend' is expected to complete filming in the third quarter with Well Go handling North American distribution across multiple platforms. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Incredible: The world's toughest smartwatch designed for the military Indestructible Smartwatch Undo All Rights Entertainment, which previously managed global distribution for "Ip Man: Kung Fu Master," will oversee international sales for the new instalment. The original 'Ip Man' franchise, fronted by Donnie Yen , is one of the most iconic martial arts film series. Launching in 2008 with Wilson Yip 's breakout hit 'Ip Man,' the saga blends stylised action with historical drama, tracing its hero's moral journey through Japanese occupation, Hong Kong's post-war years, and the shifting tides of Chinese identity. The franchise has four main instalments and multiple spin-offs, including 'Ip Man: The Final Fight' and 'Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy'. The actor Dennis To was first introduced in the franchise with the movie 'The Legend Is Born: Ip Man' (2010). He reprised his role in 'Ip Man: The Awakening' (2022) and 'Ip Man: Kung Fu Master' (2019).
South China Morning Post
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
From a RoboCop x Russ Meyer story to Shu Qi as sexy avenger, Hong Kong exploitation films
'Exploitation films', which rely on copious amounts of soft-core sex, gore and violence to attract an audience, began in the United States in the 1960s with films like Blood Feast. By the 1970s, hundreds were being made. Advertisement Hong Kong did not really explore the genre until the late 1980s – but once it started, it went for it, no holds barred. We recall three classics of the exploitation genre made in Hong Kong. 1. Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991) Prison films were a big part of the exploitation genre, and the gross-out Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky, often regarded as Hong Kong's most outrageous action movie, takes the idea to the max. There are sadistic wardens, brutal gang bosses, buckets of blood and gore, and plenty of hard-hitting futuristic kung fu courtesy of choreographer Philip Kwok Chun-fung, whose time in the Five Deadly Venoms perfectly prepared him for the theatrical action on show here. Fan Mei-sheng (left) and William Ho Ka-kui in a still from Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky. Photo: Fortune Star Media Set in the then-future of 2001, the story sees the lean and muscular Ricky (Louis Fan Siu-wong, who later played Jin in 2008's Ip Man ) incarcerated in a maximum-security prison for killing the gangsters who murdered his girlfriend.
South China Morning Post
06-04-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Early Donnie Yen movies before Ip Man revisited, from Drunken Tai Chi to Cheetah on Fire
Today, Donnie Yen Ji-dan is unquestionably one of the most famous Hong Kong film actors in the world. Advertisement Yen's superlative martial arts skills should have turned him into a star when he made his film debut in 1984, but it somehow took him almost 25 years to reap the acclaim he deserved, coming with the Ip Man films in the 2000s. 'In the 1990s, Yen seemed fated to play bad guys in big films and good guys in small films,' critic Grady Hendrix said in 2012. 'Producers just wouldn't take the risk on him as a leading man.' Just this week, we were greeted with news that he is set to direct and star in a stand-alone spin-off feature based on his character Caine from the Hollywood action franchise John Wick. Below we re-evaluate some of the films Yen made at the start of his career. 1. Drunken Tai Chi (1984)
