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With a one-year-old in the house, I now watch movies in 15-20 minute segments over the course of several days. Consequently, the past few nights have gotten me about half-way through Ip Man:

So far, it’s pretty great. The opening 30ish minutes are fairly light-hearted, with Master Ip trying to balance his quiet home life with a stream of martial artists showing up on his doorstep to challenge him to duels. The story turns darker with the Japanese invasion of China. While it is relatively standard “Will the reluctant warrior emerge from retirement to defend his people?” sort of tale, it is well done.

This is a kung fu movie, though, so the story is really only a vehicle for getting us to the fighting. While I am not a connoisseur of these movies, the fighting in this one is awesome. The choreography is quite good, and the film avoids the frenetic editing that tends to plague action movies.

Ip Man is available on Netflix streaming, and definitely worth checking out.