Wilson Ip made an Ip Man film in 2008. Wilson Ip's Ip Man is an Ip Man biopic. Wong Kar-wai's Ip Man film, The Grandmaster, is a celebration of Chinese martial arts disguised as an Ip Man biopic. The Grandmaster centers around Ip Man, the last great kung fu master and highlights other notable martial arts masters during that time through Ip Man's encounters.
Set in the period before, during and post the Second Sino-Japanese War, the film depicts the end of an era for Chinese martial arts through the lens that is Ip Man's life.
Being a showcase of Chinese martial arts, the film heavily focuses on fight sequences. Each fight scene is like a game of Street Fighter, intricately designed and choreographed from the setting down to each movement.
