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As generally observed in Asian movies, the 'white' characters are stereotypical and I found their performances too theatrical.
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Donnie Yen is also more expressive but it's still his fighting skills that are the real charm. Sammo Hung gives a good serious performance as Master Hong, unlike the natural comical displays of his earlier movies.
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The movie bears a strong resemblance with Rocky IV and the plot and the dialogues are extremely cliched. In Ip Man 2, fight against Japanese imperialism is replaced with the struggle for pride and dignity against the condescending British treatment of the Chinese. Though at logger-heads to begin with, they soon find mutual admiration when confronted with a racist white boxer 'Twister' and a corrupt British officer. But they are also a little more extravagant, at the cost of realism. As with the prequel, the choreography of the fighting sequences are superlative. To get the permission to start a martial-arts club, Ip Man has to survive a fight with Master Hong till a lighted incense stick burns out, with their arena being a small teetering table-top. As he finally manages to get some students, he catches the attention of a corrupt and greedy grandmaster Hong (played by the legendary Sammo Hung who also choreographed the fights). Starting afresh in Hong Kong, Ip Man attempts to make a living by training young students Wing-Chun in a make-shift martial arts studio on the rooftop of a building. Though the film-makers wanted to base the sequel on the relationship between Ip Man and his most famous protege Bruce Lee, but due to the reluctance of Lee's family members', it was instead based on Ip Man's early years in Hong Kong. Due to the popularity and reputation of the 1st installment, Ip Man 2 easily surpassed the box-office performance of it's predecessor and became the highest grossing Hong-Kong movie at the time of it's release (beating the previous record held by Stephen Chow's Kung-Fu action-comedy Kung Fu Hustle).