IP Man throughout the first two movies was mostly calm, modest and restraint but in this movie, we get to see more emotions from him as he has a vastly different struggle compared to the previous two movies.
Ip Man himself still manages to get his own character arc in this movie in which the major focus is his relationship with his wife Cheung Wing-sing (Lynn Hung). He is a very interesting character and it is no surprise that he eventually gets his own spinoff movie. Cheung Tin is also very sympathetic in that he doesn't get the same respect and recognition as IP Man even when he does a good deed and it plays a part in his jealousy towards IP Man which eventually builds up to an awesome climax fight scene. Zhang Jin and the action director manages to show this contrast by having IP Man fight with more elegance whereas Cheung Tin with more ferocity even though they use the same fighting style. He will protect innocent people like IP Man and has someone he cares about but is a lot more aggressive compared to IP Man. It's not like a lot of the movies in which the antagonist is like the main character but evil, Cheung Tin has a lot of depth to him. There is also a very interesting rival and antagonist for IP Man in Zhang Jin as Cheung Tin-chi who is also a Wing Chun user. It's a very interesting way of keeping IP Man as the all-mighty superhero but still, make it seem like he is genuinely in trouble in these fights. IP Man is still rather invincible in the fights but its the meaning to these fights that are the real suspense. While in IP Man 1 he was invincible and there was no threat in the fights and in IP Man 2 where he actually fought physically struggling fights, IP Man 3 does something different. One of the biggest advertisement for this movie was IP Man's fight against Frank played by Mike Tyson and despite being just 3 minutes, the fight is still really amazing. It's very creative and also very exhilarating fight scenes. For example, IP Man uses the hand rails during the stair fight or having him protect his wife during the conflict within the small area of the elevator. Rather than just be open areas like the first movie, this movie incorporates different environments to create very unique fight scenes. Ip Man fights a dozen men on a stair, fights in a construction area and fights a Muay Thai boxer in a claustrophobic elevator. Rather than just be open areas like the first movie, this movie incorporates different This movie also expands upon the use of environments for the action scenes. This movie also expands upon the use of environments for the action scenes. I plan to watch this film with my kids because of the great moral lessons taught in this film. And I love that the Mike Tyson fight is really just a side event fight and not the main event which any other lazy director would have done. If you thought The Raid: Redemption fight scenes were good, these fight scenes top them in every respect. What can I say about the fighting? Absolutely incredible, the elevator fight scene and the final fight will be seen as two of the best martial arts sequences ever put on film. It really caught me off guard as I thought this would be just another typical action movie. I was seriously tearing up during a few scenes and anyone who is a father, husband or has close family will feel the emotion that was on display here. The film is actually about something meaningful and the importance of family above all else. Where to start? If I would choose one reason why I love this film (other than the incredible action scenes), is that it has heart. Ip Man 3 ranks up there with the best martial arts movies of all time and I really believe this will be seen as a classic in the years to come. I never thought it would top the original Ip Man, but that is exactly what happened. Ip Man 3 ranks up there with the best martial arts movies of all time and I really believe this will be seen as a classic in Going into this movie, I was expecting it to be slightly better than Ip Man 2. Going into this movie, I was expecting it to be slightly better than Ip Man 2.