Ip Man Trilogy [Blu-ray] [SteelBook]

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• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  The greatest ip man collection

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  Got both steelbook and standard bluray on released day. Steelbook has all 3 movies ip man (2008), ip man 2 (2010) and latest ip man 3 (2015). Bluray has very nice cover art with Donnie Yen's signature wing chun style. Well scripted story. You must see the fight between Donnie and Mike. Final scene is a good lesson that you can be famous but yet humble and not to humiliate your opponent to the public! Excellent movie.

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  Posted 9 years ago by Casanova6854

• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  The Donnie Yen Trilogy

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  I picked up the steelbook version of the trilogy and couldn't give this release more credit. For some this might be a double-dip for the first two films, but the steelbook packaging puts the IP Man films that truly matter under one roof. The cover art could be cooler though, but that's just me. The films themselves are great martial-arts films, especially for the modern day viewer. Wilson Yip directs all three of the movies and does so with wonderful grace, mixing high-octane action and historical drama without missing a beat. With most trilogies (not counting the two IP Man spin-off films) the first film is usually the strongest, with the following movies slowly declining in value, that is not the case here. The only time I felt as if things had dipped in quality or control, it mostly a gripe that was personal and is probably over-looked by most. The presence of Mike Tyson in the third film being one of them. I felt he was somewhat misplaced and the character could've been handled by a better actor (Michael Jai White), but I can see how stacking Yen up against one of America's finest boxers could appeal to fans. The movie as a whole was not ruined for me and holds up quite well with the previous two entries. I couldn't recommended IP Man more, especially if you're a fan of old-school, or historical based kung fu. The story is great and the action wonderfully blended in, with plenty of spectacular moments to bedazzle the eyes. The table-top fight scene between Sammo Hung and Donnie Yen in the second film being one of the coolest scenes I've seen in a long time, something that is definitely unique - kung fu action fiends will love this one.

  Posted 9 years ago by LordSteve01

• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Excellent Collection

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  A box set of the Ip Man trilogy for this price is already a good buy, and the steelbook package makes it even better. The disc for the first film is a newer printing than the original release, so there are trailers for more recent movies at the beginning, and the menu is slightly different, but everything else is the same. The discs for parts 2 and 3 are exactly the same as their respective original releases. Each movie has all the same bonus features that were on their individual releases, HOWEVER, if you have or have seen the two-disc collectors editions of Ip Man and/or Ip Man 2, the features that were on the second bonus disc are NOT part of this steelbook set. As for the movies themselves, they are definitely among the best martial arts films of the last 10 years, and probably of the last 20. At 45 years old (at the time of the first movie), Donnie Yen finally had his breakout role, despite having been in dozens of movies since all the way back in the mid 1980s. That's because even though he was always a very impressive martial artist, Donnie Yen finally proved what he could do as an actor. Each of the Ip Man movies is dramatic, well directed, well acted, and full of great fight choreography. The first film is easily the best, particularly on a technical level, but the second is more fun, and probably more re-watchable, generally. The third movie is not as good as the other two in regards to story, but is still full of beautiful shots and awesome action. All three star Donnie Yen as Ip Man, all were directed by Wilson Yip, the first two have fight choreography by Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, and the third has fight choreography by Yuen Woo-Ping. (And if you don't recognize all those names, just take my word for it that each one is a positive selling point)

  Posted 9 years ago by Eurogerv