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So, Ip Man 2. It's good. Very good. I don't think that it had the emtional pull of the first one (I got swept up in the nationalist aspect of it!). This one has some good drama and some emotional parts and some pretty riviting moments but it's much more of a fight film, I think. This isn't a bad thing, specifically, but storywise, I found the first one edged out this second one.
That said, some of the fights are pretty incredible, particularly the one when Donnie throws down with Sammo on a table. A bit of obvious trickery didn't take away from it - we were still watching two of the best doing their thing and it was pretty damn cool getting to see that on the big screen. Sammo was actually my favorite part of the film, but I kinda figured he would be before it even started, just because I generally enjoy his work more than Yen's. Either way, it's a pretty worthy follow up and absolutely worth checking out. I'm glad we went.
It's true that the story wasn't as deep as the first, still, I enjoyed it a lot more (and I loved the first one). The fight scenes were amazing and the bad guys were so loathsome, I had goosebumps throughout the whole movie. Best movie I've seen in a long time.
Yeah, I've kind of avoided it forever...like most of the '80s HK disco cash-ins. The one or two I did see were (expectedly) terrible.
The other big news on Mr. Yen, is that he's gay...no, wait, that's not it...(just joshing); he's playing the Monkey King in a brand new version next year! He's going to have to really up his game to improve on either Stephen Chow or Jet Li's versions of Sun Wu Kong though. ;)
In all honesty, thanks to you guys, I've actually started to warm to the guy a bit. It's taken twenty years, and the guy's nearly fifty now, but all dogs have their day!
I take that back: Metrodome replied this evening advising that their discs have the theatrical Cantonese audio for Legend of Fist. But their version has burnt-in subs, so it looks like I'll be getting the HK DVD afterall... ;)
Haven't seen that one yet myself but I did just find my misplaced screener for 14 Blades which I'll hopefully get to this week. Daniel Lee's Three Kingdom's didn't blow me away but I still hold a soft spot for Black Mask. And Sammo's in this one, so it should, if nothing else, at least be entertaining.
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