optimistic ". Twenty years later, "Ip Man: The Ultimate Battle" is the re-cooperation between Hong Kong director Yau Litao and Huang Qiusheng. It can be said that Qiu Litao is Huang Qiusheng's good teacher and friend. Huang Qiusheng once beat Liu Qingyun's "New Love" in one fell swoop with "The Eight Immortals Restaurant's Human Meat Char Siu Bao" and won the Hong Kong Film Awards. He was also the first actor. The Hong Kong actor who won the Golden Actor Award for his third-level film (CULT film).
In the three films "Eight", "Yi" and "De", Huang Qiusheng played characters with extreme distortions of human nature. Whether they were perverted murderers, urban killers, or mental patients, these characters, without exception, had the same Asking this classic character in Hong Kong film history is out of tune. However, director Qiu Litao believes that Huang Qiusheng is the best candidate for Ip Man in his later years in "Ip Man: The Ultimate Battle". Qiu Litao bluntly said that the film focuses on feelings, and the screen image of Ip Man will not be over-consumed. Before that, there were three films in the "Ip Man" series - "Ip Man", "Ip Man 2" and "Ip Man Prequel". In the two films "Ip Man" and "Ip Man 2", Donnie Yen played the role of Ip Man, and the director was Yip Weixin. These two films can be said to have obtained good box office revenue and good reputation at that time.
Restoring the historical appearance of old Hong Kong, historical and cultural films OR action figures biopics
When it came to "The Prequel of Ip Man", directed by Qiu Litao, Ip Man also changed a person, played by an unknown Hong Kong actor Du Yuhang. As a "prequel", it mainly focuses on Ip Man's growth story from the age of twelve to thirty years old. . However, the film seemed to be forgotten and did not get the expected results at the box office. When it comes to this "Ip Man: The Ultimate Battle", like the prequel, the film still focuses on the "authentic Wing Chun" brand gimmick. In addition to the selling point of the martial arts film, the living conditions of the old Hong Kong people in the film are full of Hong Kong flavor. Adds a lot of color to the film. This film focuses on the change and expression of Ye Wen's heart, from a high-spirited young adult to his later years, who hoped that his descendants would inherit Wing Chun. The director tried to dig out Ye Wen's twilight feeling of a hero in his later years. Whether it was his feelings, himself or the enemy, Ye Wen stood at the crossroads of choice. When Ye Wen talked about his understanding of kung fu, he said, "Kung fu is not abalone, it can't be bought with money. A penny beats a hero. What's the use of knowing kung fu?" At this stage, Ye Wen More is a kind of confusion about his martial arts career, focusing on a description of his attitude towards life, and this is the charm of his life. And Ye Wen, who is in his later years, also has a glimmer of hope in his Wing Chun, hoping to find excellent descendants to pass on. Therefore, when talking with Wu Zhong, the head of the White Crane Sect played by Zeng Zhiwei who is also an enemy and a friend, he said: "It is difficult for an apprentice to find a good master, but it is even more difficult for a master to find a good apprentice." Ye Q Opening a martial arts hall in Hong Kong is because on the one hand, Ye Wen hopes that future generations will inherit his martial arts, and on the other hand, it is to make a living. These are the predicaments that are placed in front of Ye Wen. However, Liang Shuang, Li Qiong, Chen Simei, Deng Sheng, Wang Dong, and Wu Zan, the apprentices Ye Wen had successively accepted, caused Ye Wen a lot of trouble. They clashed with Liang Shuang at the rooftop meeting, and Ip Man took action to subdue everyone; Deng Sheng (played by Chen Xiaochun) was obsessed with fame and fortune, and Ip Man offered righteousness to Deng Shengxiao. These are short-lived trivial matters among some parents. Although they have a little connection with the righteousness of the rivers and lakes, they can be seen as a kind of life anxiety of Ye Wen in his later years.
In the film, Anita Yuen plays Ip Man's wife, which is just a cutscene, and a past affair with her confidante Jenny is also used in it, but Jenny's role is too gaudy. This dancer love story complements the cultural atmosphere of old Hong Kong. In order to restore the old Hong Kong style where Ip Man came to Hong Kong in 1952 to his death in 1972, the producer of the film created a "Hong Kong Street", which the director deliberately kept. The historical and cultural things of Hong Kong at that time - people's life, ideas, etc., "Hong Kong characteristics": "tofu, hot belly, beef with vegetables, these are four dishes", all of which are arranged in the details of the film without exception. Even Ye Wen used a Foshan accent to fall in love. However, this is a biographical film of Ip Man's action figures. These depictions of love and love, or the expression of the humanistic atmosphere of old Hong Kong, seem to overshadow the character of Ip Man.
From Donnie Yen to Huang Qiusheng, who is "Ip Man"?
However, the film still seems to be lacking: Although Huang Qiusheng is an experienced actor, every time I see Huang Qiusheng's old costume, I always have the urge to dance . Huang Qiusheng has not participated in a fight scene for many years. He once made a cameo appearance in a fight scene in the "Stunning Weapon" released in 2012, but he played the leading role in a martial arts film, and he played the kung fu master Ye Wen. Surprised, so, although there is a good martial arts instructor, Huang Qiusheng, who is in his 50s, is obviously a little powerless. However, the first two parts of the Ip Man series were starred by Donnie Yen, the prequel was played by a little-known actor, and then Ip Man's Huang Qiusheng in his later years, which is far from the classic "Once Upon a Time" series of Hong Kong movies, except The actors have been exchanged, the audience has just adapted to Donnie Yen's Ip Man, and Huang Qiusheng who jumped out makes the audience difficult to accept. In this way, after "Huang Feihong", it is difficult to create another classic Hong Kong character image. Some people even said: This film is about because of the war, this Mr. Ye went to Hong Kong and opened a steamed bun shop called the Eight Immortals Restaurant.
The symbolized "Ip Man", over-consumption has become a foregone conclusion
"Ip Man: The Ultimate Battle" also has another name called "Ip Man Final Chapter: Xiangjiang Years". The film does a great restoration of the historical Xiangjiang. However, the starring role of a pure "Ip Man biography" But it is not the "Ip Man" in the audience's heart, which has already failed. The repeated consumption of "Ip Man" by Hong Kong people is in the same dilemma as the previous "Huang Feihong" was over-consumed, but "Ip Man" has not reached the height of "Huang Feihong" and has insufficient stamina. However, more and more Behind the increasingly symbolized "Ip Man" is the anxious attitude of Hong Kong people who are eager to regain the glorious era of Hong Kong films and re-establish genre filmism.
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