Was the featuring of Mike Tyson really necessary? I guess the answer is up to you but his inclusion wasn't particularly bad. As the ring leader of a lot of people in China the only time his fists really mattered was in the three minute duel with Master Ip. The deal was that if Ip could keep up his Win Chung for three minutes then he would be left alone. As always, Donnie Yen and Ip Man are unstoppable and honourable so not only did he fight off hundreds of people within the first half of the film but he held his own against Tyson and then didn't fight for the right to be known as the best teacher of Win Chung, instead choosing to spend time with his wife.
Tyson was actually really good in this film, honourable and not just punching everything that moved. The fight with Ip Man was very well choreographed and they were for all intensive purposes equals in the fight. He didn't carry the same swagger and arrogance that was found in the boxer in the previous film. Ip Man stands up for everything right in his world, is a leader and a great man (or was) and each film is as good as the other ones. There is no issue with watching all three films after each other, it's not like Mission Impossible where once you have seen one you have seem them all, you are watching three martial arts films based primarily on Win Chung and in that way they are similar but they all have a different plot and different fights.
There aren't many martial arts films on this years blog with a few Bruce Lee films on the list and that is about it but at least we have already had one!
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