In fact, Lee, his contemporaries and his successors haunt “Ip Man 3” as it finalizes a series that honors and embraces its martial arts disciplines. Both Ip Man’s fight scene with a prominent American sports legend and the film’s most melodramatic plot development conjure up memories of Lee’s “Game of Death”.

He’s here to bring new fans to the series, but indirectly, he plays a small part in the film’s evocation of Master Yip’s most famous student. He’s intimidating in his few scenes, executes a satisfying 3-minute rumble with Yen and utters in Cantonese the profanity that earns this film a PG-13 rating. Yip takes a similar approach to shooting Yuen Woo-Ping’s fight sequences, whether Ip Man is taking on the standard-issue horde of attackers or Tyson’s one man wrecking crew.įar be it from me to throw shade on Tyson’s performance. As the grandmaster throws cigarettes and water at Lee, director Wilson Yip shoots the inanimate object carnage with fan-pleasing gusto. In this brief sequence, Kwok-Kwan Chan nicely captures Lee’s essence.

So “Ip Man 3” begins in 1959, with Lee showing his impressive skills to Ip Man. The real Master Yip Man is well known for being Bruce Lee’s teacher.

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