Ip Man 4 (5 Stars)

I only wanted to watch one film today, but after I laid "Ip Man 4" on my table for tomorrow, I couldn't resist. I had to watch it immediately!

Unlike the previous films, "Ip Man 4" takes place in America. In 1964 Ip Man travels to San Francisco to arrange a school place for his rebellious son, Ip Ching. The main enemy he has to face in America is racism. The white Americans despise the Chinese, and the feeling is mutual. Chinese girls are bullied in school, and Chinese adults are attacked by American soldiers.

There's less martial arts action than in the previous films, but there's a magnificent fight between Ip Man and gunnery sergeant Barton Geddes, who's played by the actor Scott Adkins from Sutton Coldfield. It's always good to see combat between fighters with different styles. Scott has black belts in ten different martial arts, but he uses Karate against Donnie Yen's Wing Chun.

It's interesting that the racist soldiers consider Karate to be the superior American fighting style. Have they forgotten that it comes from Japan?

Danny Chan appears as Bruce Lee, who's now taken up residence in San Francisco. He already appeared in "Ip Man 3",  but this time he has a fight scene.

The Chinese schoolgirl Yonah Wan is attacked as she's leaving school. It takes four boys to overcome her. Luckily Ip Man is walking by and can intervene.

"Ip Man 4" is an excellent film. I agree that it's not up to the quality of the first three films, but it still deserves a five star rating. The film ends with Ip Man's death, so it really is the finale.

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