The action movies I grew up with were more of the James Bond variety — a lot of spy movies, some superhero fare, with the occasional Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon snuck in. About 10 years ago, I ...

Ip Man 2 (2010) is the continuation of the story begun in Ip Man as Ip Man (Donnie Yen) was forced from his opulent home and into poverty at the end of that film. As Ip Man strives to assert himself, ...

There are four main movies in the Ip Man series, though you could say there are five if you count a spin-off that came about between the third and fourth movies, focusing on a side character from the ...

Action. Directed by Wilson Ip. Starring Donnie Yen. (R. 108 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) If there is one cardinal rule of action movies, it's this: Any sneering bad guy who informs the hero that he ...

Chinese action star Donnie Yen and director Wilson Yip breathed prodigious new life into the martial-arts genre with their quasi-biographical 2008 film “Ip Man,” a huge hit on multiple continents. A ...

There have been all kinds of Ip Man movies. “The Grandmaster,” which played in Seattle in 2013, has exquisitely lovely visuals. “Ip Man 3” has Mike Tyson. As “Ip Man 3’s” ubervillain, Iron Mike ...

“Ip Man” and its sequel, “Ip Man 2” — both based on the testosterone- fueled life of the man who taught Bruce Lee a thing or two about self-defense — have been hits on the action-movie underground.

With Bruce Lee and Mike Tyson both making an appearance, the supposed franchise closer has potent fanboy appeal. By Patrick Brzeski Asia Bureau Chief Ip Man 3, the final film in the hit Hong Kong ...