U.S. cut of 'Grandmaster' choppy Wong ("Chungking Express," "In the Mood for Love" and many other features) focuses on Ip Man's life roughly from the 1930s to the '50s, and includes his role in helping sort out the rivalries among Northern and Southern Chinese kung fu schools, the effect on his life of the second Sino-Japanese war and his later experiences teaching martial arts in Hong Kong. The film is at its best when Ip Man ...
Aug. 30, 2013 - Albany Times Union