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Ip Man 2
MEANRANK
80/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #577
- IMDb #1069
- Google retired #508
- Rotten Tomatoes #501
- Metacritic #1409
- Letterboxd #1662
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #238
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1261
- Metacritic Critics #1777
- Metacritic Audience #912
- Kinopoisk #787
- AlloCiné #468
- Trakt #645
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 67, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 97.
See the most agreed on films →After moving to Hong Kong, Wing Chun master Ip Man struggles to provide for his family and decides to open a martial arts school. He faces immediate resistance from the local martial arts community, who demand he prove his skills in a series of challenges. His greatest test comes from a arrogant British boxer who disrespects Chinese martial arts and endangers its reputation.
Details
- Director
- Wilson Yip
- Writers
- Chan Tai-Lee, Choi Hiu-Yan, Edmond Wong
- Studio
- Mandarin Films, Henan Film & TV Production Group, Beijing ShengShi HuaRei Film Investment & Management Co., Desen International Media
- Released
- 29 April 2010
- Country
- China, Hong Kong
- Language
- Cantonese, Chinese, English
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $12.9M
- Box office
- $36.0M
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Cast
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Awards
6 wins & 10 nominations total
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