Category: Martial Arts Movie Review

The Tea Master by bravofact – A new favourite Martial Arts Related Video

Honestly – 3.5 out of 4 Very well done; I thoroughly enjoyed this! Although, for those who know the story, the director and actors did use some serious artistic license with the interpretation, but I honestly believe this was used to great effect. For those who have never heard or read this story, Have a …

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Martial Arts Movie review: Tai Chi Zero (2012)

Tai Chi Zero is apparently the second part of a trilogy, and was supposed to be the next big thing in martial arts movies with the addition of the steampunk genre. As of this writing, I have not watched the first in the series but I don’t believe that it should be necessary.  Every movie …

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Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster, starring Donnie Yen

Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster Another movie by Chollywood about their recently declared national treasure, Master Ip Man. Although the plot is a rather simple – it’s essentially Ip Man fighting against a series of prejudices, escalating to a major conflict that pretty-much is an overt “China vs Britain” allegory. The fight scenes …

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Ip Man, starring Donnie Yen.

This is one of my newest favourite movies, and is easily on its way to becoming one of my all time favourites. Admittedly, the plot takes a lot of artistic liberties that aren’t historically accurate; I think the only thing that is actually historically accurate is that Ip Man was an expert in Wing Chun and …

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