Ip Man: The Final Fight(葉問：終極一戰)

Washington Post by

As a character study, Ip Man: The Final Fight would be more convincing if it didn’t look so distractingly like a Hollywood musical.

The Hollywood Reporter by Deborah Young

Wong is such a fine, subtle actor that it comes as a surprise to find him a superb martial artist as well, as he convincingly demonstrates the superiority of Ip Man’s technique over competing schools.

Portland Oregonian by Marc Mohan

The world may not get another Ip Man film for a while after the last few years, but this one and Wong’s masterpiece should be more than sufficient.

The A.V. Club by Nick Schager

From fawning beginning to maudlin close, it’s a monotonous, wannabe-mythmaking biopic for Ip completists only.

The New York Times by Nicolas Rapold

Seriously, if not always elegantly, the film portrays the great Ip Man as someone trying to survive, which is to say just as often a victim as a victor.

The Dissolve by Noel Murray

This is the rare martial-arts film where the martial arts are tedious and the conversations more compelling.

Village Voice by Rob Staeger

Not quite a biopic, the film presents an overview of Ip's years in Hong Kong; Anthony Wong's dignified performance begins with the grandmaster almost fully formed.

Los Angeles Times by Robert Abele

The overall sense is of a rushed, simplistic installment in a well-worn biography franchise.

RogerEbert.com by Simon Abrams

The filmmakers fall over themselves trying to respect Man's outlook on life, and this makes their subject seem more like a hyper-disciplined saint than a world-reknowned, ass-kicking hermit.