It's a Chinese Rocky 4 and I'm sticking to my assessment. Rocky in this case is Ip Man (Donnie Yen) while Drago is Twister (Darren Shahlavi). Ip Man is the principled underdog with a purpose. Twister is the chiseled Adonis with no mercy. Twister killed Ip Man's friend, Master Hung (Sammo Hung), in the ring and Ip Man avenged him.
Yes, there were some differences, but when you boil it down to the bare bones they were more similar than they were different. They came from two different nations who were at odds with one another, Ip Man was significantly smaller than Twister, and it was a war by proxy.
As for the differences of note; they were in a British occupied Hong Kong. Ip Man had fled China which was still reeling from the Japanese invasion. It seems like all Ip Man does is prove Chinese martial arts to foreigners. The British were very hostile to the Chinese and one particular Brit was downright criminal. But before Ip Man had to deal with westerners, he first had to deal with his own people. He had to prove himself and be accepted by the Chinese schools in Hong Kong before he would be given the chance to fight Twister.
We didn't learn anything new about Ip Man that we already didn't know about him from the first installment. Honestly, I don't think they should've made a sequel because it only calls into question the veracity of the first movie. Again Ip Man shows off his honor, nobility, and his fighting prowess.
Yes, there were some differences, but when you boil it down to the bare bones they were more similar than they were different. They came from two different nations who were at odds with one another, Ip Man was significantly smaller than Twister, and it was a war by proxy.
As for the differences of note; they were in a British occupied Hong Kong. Ip Man had fled China which was still reeling from the Japanese invasion. It seems like all Ip Man does is prove Chinese martial arts to foreigners. The British were very hostile to the Chinese and one particular Brit was downright criminal. But before Ip Man had to deal with westerners, he first had to deal with his own people. He had to prove himself and be accepted by the Chinese schools in Hong Kong before he would be given the chance to fight Twister.
We didn't learn anything new about Ip Man that we already didn't know about him from the first installment. Honestly, I don't think they should've made a sequel because it only calls into question the veracity of the first movie. Again Ip Man shows off his honor, nobility, and his fighting prowess.