Synopsis
Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges him for the sake of regaining her family's honor. After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man moves to Hong Kong and struggles to provide for his family. In the mean time, Gong Er chooses the path of vengeance after her father was killed by Ma San.
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Cast
- Tony Leung Chiu-waiIp Man
- Zhang ZiyiGong Er
- Chang ChenRazor
- Zhao BenshanDing Lianshan
- Xiao ShenyangSan Jiang Shui
- Song Hye-kyoZhang Yongcheng
- Wang QingxiangMaster Gong Yutian
- Jin ZhangMa San
- Shang TielongJiang
- Song TaoGong Er Di Zi
Recommendations
- 83
IndieWire
Intermittently action-packed and lethargic, the movie dances around formula. By delivering an expressionistic character study with bursts of intensity unlike anything else in his oeuvre and yet stylistically representative of its entirety, Wong practically has it both ways. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
True to Wong’s style, The Grandmaster is infused with melancholy and a near-existentialist resignation to the uncertainties of fate. - 80
Variety
Venturing into fresh creative terrain without relinquishing his familiar themes and stylistic flourishes, Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar Wai exceeds expectations with The Grandmaster, fashioning a 1930s action saga into a refined piece of commercial filmmaking. - 80
Film.com
This is a story told in shards; Wong is so obsessed with visual details – faces refracted as if in a broken mirror, or fragile arcs of blood being traced out on the pavement by the feet of two feuding kung fu masters – that the story he’s trying to tell is partly obscured by them. - 67
The Playlist
All of Wong's undeniable visual flair can't conceal the haphazard nature of the story. - 63
Slant Magazine
The film, more likely to invite comparisons to the writings of Marcel Proust than the previous Ip Man films, is a gorgeous folly that never entirely emerges from its creator's head. - 63
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
A regal, majestic and downright arty take on this teacher, champion and philosopher whose life spanned much of the twentieth century. - 63
Observer
The Grandmaster offers welcome relief from a moviegoing summer spent in sensory overload.
