A young Master Ip visits Hong Kong from Fosshan in the 30s, being quite cocky and sure of himself at the time, in contrast to the noble and utterly virtuous man he became later. Upon his arrival, he stumbles upon a kidnapping effort of a woman by a series of Chinese men inside a bus. Ip Man prevents them and beats them up, which results in him meeting the girl’s brother, Hu Bufeng, a man who works as a coolie, but also seems to have connections with the local British police, in the first sign of corruption in the city.Ip Man: The Awakening 2022 Movie Download.
As time passes and Ip Man becomes quite friendly with Hu Bufeng and his sister, he also stumbles upon a human trafficking ring run by Westerners in the area that aims at young women, who are supported by cops on bribes, and even natives who have chosen this despicable “endeavour” to get more money. Inevitably, he has to beat them all before he becomes a hero to his people once more. Li Xi Jie and Zhang Zhu Lin’s movie focuses on presenting the heroics of Ip Man through an approach that loans much from the previous entries as much as of past titles, like the “Once Upon a Time in China” series, in a style that lingers between the tribute and the rip-off.
The recent cliches are also all here, with the evil colonialists having the role of the villain once more, and the poor Chinese suffering in their hands and those of the corrupt British until the one-man army that is Ip Man appears. As such, the only slightly redeeming quality here, contextually at least, is how the protagonist matures when he witnesses all the aforementioned, turning from a show off to an altruistic savior. In that regard, Miu Tse’s acting works quite well in both aspects, in one of the most likable Ip Man we have seen in the franchise, a trait that can also be attributed to his overall appearance and particularly his face.