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Beaming like a belligerent Buddha throughout this no-fun kung fu epic, Donnie Yen plays the eponymous Wing Chun master, who stove off hunger, poverty and half the Japanese army during China’s WW2 occupation – by kicking ass!
Unfortunately, Man’s extraordinary biography makes for an awkward, inauthentic-feeling biopic.
The historical aspects are grey and lack gravity, the performances are broad bordering on widescreen and too many of the retro action sequences involve ageing HK stars slapping the chuff out of stunt doubles while the supporting cast gawp and gurn.
Surely the man who taught Bruce Lee deserves better?
Matt Glasby is a freelance film and TV journalist. You can find his work on Total Film - in print and online - as well as at publications like the Radio Times, Channel 4, DVD REview, Flicks, GQ, Hotdog, Little White Lies, and SFX, among others. He is also the author of several novels, including The Book of Horror: The Anatomy of Fear in Film and Britpop Cinema: From Trainspotting To This Is England.
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