First Time Watching *IP MAN* 葉問/叶问 Was NOT What I Was EXPECTING!

[@batbrick3949]

I love how each of Ip Man’s fights become progressively more brutal. The first master who challenges him, he barely leaves a mark on him. The next one, he is a little rougher, beating him but not injuring him. Later, he brutally beats the 10 black belts into a pulp. Finally, he nearly kills the Japanese general. Each fight reveals more about his character and the effect that the war is having on him.

[@eklipseempire8807]

You do realize he actually killed the majority of those black belts right? He didn't merely beat them into coma's he actually managed to kill them. The general he actually had mercy towards because the purpose was to defeat him not kill him.

[@JoaoLucasK]

@@eklipseempire8807 He didn't kill any of them. You can clearly see them moving and writhing in pain on the ground

[@SnedoSendo]

@@JoaoLucasK ohhh im not so sure about the one he stepped on, the one that he drove his foot through his jaw and possible neck

[@patinho5589]

I found the scene versus the 10 horrible. He lost his cool and murdered lots of people. Not a character I would call a master.

[@Brian-zw4zu]

@@patinho5589 Say that after you witness your friend getting murdered right infront of you. You'd be in a state of rage as well.

[@SkullAngel002]

33:50 - The fight choreography was done by Sammo Hung who is a fellow martial arts actor alongside his best friend, Jackie Chan. Ip man's son, Ip Chun, was hired as an advisor & consultant.

[@karake456]

The whole Ip Man saga is just incredible

[@a_fine_edition2746]

Couldn’t agree more. I really hope he gives the other 3 a shot, because they’re all phenomenal and honestly just as emotionally impactful, at least for me. Although Ip Man 2 sort of becomes Rocky 4 near the midway point, and the depictions of foreign characters can be laughably cliche and stereotypical at times. But the central conflict of the 3rd film is just incredible. I genuinely teared up watching the last two entries in the series.

[@oliverwindheart6342]

1 and 2 were amazing. 3 and 4 not so much.

[@a_fine_edition2746]

@Oliver Windheart I actually think I like 3 & 4 more than 2. Not to say 2’s bad, but the last ones have more emotional weight in my opinion, and still have interesting enough stories plot-wise, particularly with 3. The 2nd one basically turns into Rocky 4 halfway through. Plus most of the foreign characters in the latter half of the series aren’t played by actors half as bad as the English guys in 2. I cannot take them seriously as a threat because of how much they over-act.

[@ZeD69420]

@@oliverwindheart6342 L take. All of them are great.

[@d903]

@@ZeD69420 the spinoff Master z was great too! Story takes place after 3. Dave Bautista, Michelle Yeoh, and Tony Jaa in it

[@TheMarvelousM]

29:35 This scene was my fav as it shows the moral of the film is to not take things for granted. I was on her side the whole time, but her performance showed me how everyone matured because of a horrific event taking place.

[@magusmelanie828]

The little kid on the tricycle actually says "if you don't attack, the house will be ruined" - calling him out for only defending up to that point

[@RicoRaynn]

The choreography where he engages the four guys out of the ten at the same time in the Japanese dojo still blows my mind to this day. Such a well filmed/performed scene.

[@NZMOPAR]

Apparently back in the late 90s Donnie and his wife at the time were followed by a gang of guys and he put them all in hospital from what I read they were trying to hit on his wife at a bar before hand and followed them

[@cmudd9788]

I love how when the Master that shows up and starts challenging everybody, the movie makes you think that this dude is going to be a tough opponent and then Ip Man just mops, I mean dusts the floor with him.

[@jp3813]

Proof that an overpowered protagonist isn't necessarily a bad thing. Another example is Jet Li's portrayal of Wong Fei-hung.

[@CChissel]

There’s very few martial artists on screen like Donnie Yen, he’s a legend. After he injured his shoulder in a stunt, he quit doing all his own ones, but he still does a lot of them.

[@DGNJeyZ1]

Fact : Donnie yen was trained by ip man’s eldest son

[@TheMarvelousM]

I didn't know that...

[@chadleyvanwyk922]

Thank you for releasing this reaction, it's always been great these past few weeks watching movies with you. This movie was one of my dad's favourite movies as well as kung fu frachises. Watching this and seeing your reaction brought me to tears as my dad passed away a little over a week ago and his funeral was this Sunday past. Seeing this movie reminded me of how he and I watched Kung fu related movie, especially the classics together growing up. If you do by chance read my comment, I just wanna thank you for this reaction and if you plan on reacting to the test of this franchise you wont be disappointed. Also another Kung fu franchise you should possibly look into if you plan on reacting to more kung fu movies is the Jet Li movies ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA,

[@CHRISPYakaKON]

Once Upon A Time in China is such an underrated franchise

[@chadleyvanwyk922]

The fight choreography, I believe, was directed by one of Ip Man's son, he actually trained Donnie Yen for the movie.

[@jp3813]

The lead choreographer was the legendary Sammo Hung, who was a classmate of Jackie Chan's. Along w/ Yuen Biao, they were known as the Three Dragons of Hong Kong action cinema. Ip Man's son was the fight consultant.

[@andrewsawyer1375]

Please keep watching this series with Donnie Yen. Such a good movie with some history & great fight scenes.

[@darkrage66675]

true i hope he does too !!!!

[@AnusSniffer69]

Ehhh this one was fantastic, and the second movie was pretty good. Everything after that is just Chinese propaganda and milking the franchise for money.

[@jamaicachu]

@@AnusSniffer69 ehhhhh three wasn’t TOO bad but 4 was eh. And the spin off w the guy from 3 was bad

[@hellowhat890]

There's a lot of WWII movies that we all grew up watching or enjoy seeing. I enjoyed this film because, although the historical setting is fictional in some parts of this movie, it actually does highlight a side of the war we never really see. Japan occupying China during World War II is pretty brutal and is often not really talked about enough. This was one of the first films that really resonated to me, being a Chinese man myself because of the action, the setting, and also diving into the man that trained Bruce Lee. The one that pretty much brought Kung Fu to our current modern culture.

[@scottrackley4457]

What the Japanese did to the Chinese is unforgivable. They made what the Germans did seem civil. There was even a German officer who advised them to tone it down. Some people in the west do know their history.

[@fettel1988]

"You got a hatchet why don't you cut the bamboo?" Bamboo is actually exponentially worse when frayed or cut open. Plus you don't give Donnie Yen shorter sticks

[@WarrChan]

When you said, “Why you got a fly on your face, bruh? Wash yo face!” I choked on my soda.

[@goldeneagle6194]

“Gimme a bigger cup man” we all felt that at one point🤣💪🏽 Edit: This is my first time watching this man… his edits are simple yet funny and very effective man’s attitude matches what I assume to be most people’s, mine forsure. 10/10 the respect is yours👊🏽👍🏽

[@arvinderjeetsingh2715]

This guy takes movie reaction to a whole different level. Love the emotions and editing done the video. Great video bro 🔥🔥

[@jp3813]

Jackie Chan's Drunken Master 2 (aka The Legend of Drunken Master) and Jet Li's Fist of Legend also have some of the best fight choreography in film history. Both are highly recommended for martial arts movie fans.

[@bigdaddyc4471]

The drunken master 2 is nowhere near as good as the first lol wtf u talking about

[@shiranuiaensland1442]

@@bigdaddyc4471 He was referring to the fight choreography, genius! But Drunken Master 1 is crap compared to its sequel. Stop being delusional and live in the real world where most reactors do not even bother with the original. Jackie himself did not try to release it in American theaters because it was so outdated.

[@batbrick3949]

21:17 Notice the callouses and scars on his knuckles; this is an excellent detail, attesting to decades of practice on the wooden dummy.

[@LoveLulu17]

Omg yes!! Thank you for this! The Ip Man movies are amazing! And underrated.

[@sweatybotfn9982]

Bro can we take a second to appreciate how freaking spot on and amazing this man’s reaction is😂😂😂

[@mynameisT853]

100% first time I saw this I teared up. Like yeah its a martial arts movie with some of the best fight scenes on screen to date, but like it really shows the trauma people experienced during war and how good of a dramatic actor Donnie Yen really is. When you get the chance, check out the rest of the Ip Man series. It's not often movies can maintain the same level of quality with the sequels but they really hold up

[@juliodavila424]

Hell, if anything it sorta skims over the brutallity of the Japanese invasion of China. Make no mistake, it was a brutal campaign and the Japanese army apparently never heard of a war crime they didn't like. Don't even google what happened at Nanking.

[@a_fine_edition2746]

Agreed. I’d say the sequels are lot less grim and dark, but they are still phenomenal films with great emotional weight. Plus the action is consistently incredible, especially when they continue to mix styles from different cultures.

[@zy9512]

23:29-23:31 that wasn't a fly on his face. That was the ink from the guy's brush 🤣

[@TheMarvelousM]

Still needs to wash his face.

[@thebillingsbandit6874]

i had to scroll down pretty far but at least im not the only one who noticed. guy with the pen threw ink at him and he was reacting perfectly

[@TheMixedPlateFrequency]

This was probably thee best Martial Arts film ever. It had a great balance between action and choreography, drama, storyline and plot. The movie also starts of well and ends well too and I did like the pacing and length of the film too.

[@donnyouttheway4091]

The raid redemption is number 2 , i say number 1. That fight at the end was just brutal.

[@alphagaming7494]

13:05 Innoway you could call it a death touch right under your arm is a major artery if stroke hard enough it can give you a heart attack if puncture or cut open you could pull it out in less than 60 seconds and because of the close proximity to the heart it could be even quicker than that very vital area

[@Jexorz86]

The tiny tea cups are for flavor. You see tea is brewed in a large pot, and you drink multiple small cups of tea as it continues to brew and the flavors change.

[@mikeg4960]

The fight at 19:20 is one of my fav fight scenes in all of movies ever.

[@fionatsang9353]

This is a very beautiful movie. On a personal note, it means a lot to my family; I watch this with my dad, his father lived through the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, and my dad was actually a student at Grandmaster Ip Man's school the same time that Bruce Lee was there. I learned wing chun myself from Ip Man's student's student's student. In the movie, the Northern thug mentions the history of wing chun as a martial arts style; it was invented by a woman, Ng Mui, who named it after her first student, Yim Wing-Chun, who learned it in order to defend herself from thugs who tried to force her into an unwanted marriage (there is a movie about the origins of the style that stars Michelle Yeoh as Wing-Chun and Donnie Yen as her love interest). The best thing about this movie is that all the wing chun martial arts is real*. Things like tan sao blocks, rapid-fire chain punching, straight kicks - I was taught how to do all that. The factory workers are shown learning the 1st and 2nd forms (their progress is sped up a bit, it took me 4 years of weekly lessons before I started to learn 2nd form) but the great thing about wing chun is that from your first lesson learning the basic moves, you can start to defend yourself with it. Donnie Yen makes me very proud to see a man fight like a girl ;) *Okay Donnie Yen/the stunt double's backwards split handspring is not wing chun, and a lot of liberties were taken with Ip Man's life for the sake of drama, but the depiction of the martial arts style itself is very authentic.

[@i-am-nerdz1425]

11:20-11:28 had me dying laughing 🤣 “You can’t afford it you broke bitch “😂😂😂😂😂

[@degov5]

19:49 "they really building the tension....like is he gonna get his butt whooped." Turns out the tension building wasn't for Ip Man, but for what he was about to do to those 10 😅

[@bigpancho22]

The whole IP MAN saga is FIRE 🔥 can’t wait for your reactions to em

[@GameSlayer-su3mt]

I love how he joined in to practice when Ip man was teaching 😂😂😂😂

[@eyesnapples6167]

Man you need to watch the rest of these movies ! You won’t be disappointed, each one is more hype than the last

[@briannayoung5412]

Chinese movies in English subtitles is the reason I started learning Mandarin-Chinese.

[@flovonnejohnson707]

Same, I grew up watching these types of movies

[@UmamiDeBoi]

Am i crazy or is this like a cantonese dub? Or maybe it’s originally in cantonese and it’s a mandarin dub? Everything seems ADR’d/dubbed

[@Randon_Sander]

Bro I LOVE your reactions man. You truly enjoy movies for what they are, and it’s cool to see how invested you get into a good story

[@GabinoJR94]

YOOOOO MELOOOOOOOO!!!!! WATCH ALL THE IP MANS! SO GLAD YOU MADE THIS! Keep it up! 👈😊😁👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🤘

[@flovonnejohnson707]

13:04 It's a "death touch" as you put in the sense that if he would have actually used a real weapon instead of a dusting stick he would have been dead or at the very least severely injured.

[@Seraphis1911]

bro, can't wait to see you get into the rest of the movies.

[@qinhu750]

The reason why Chinese people drink tea from small cups is because there is a tea appreciation culture in Asia, in the past tea is considered to be expensive drink and they enjoyed slowly sipping and the taste is more concentrated. :) Just sharing my thoughts and I could be wrong. Have a great day and nice video!

[@cesarhernandez6861]

Heck yeah! Now your in for some good stories now with Ip Man!

[@DanielSilva-sr7dg]

Man the scene with the 10 black belts is legendary

[@xxhitormissxx2370]

Dude, you're awesome. Your channel is full of movies I love, and movies I'm about to love. Keep up the hard work, you're appreciated

[@Bekah52996]

The Ip man movies and Ong Bak have some of my all time favorite fight scenes. 👌

[@CptNemo-l3s]

When they bring out the feather duster, you it's over - every Chinese kid.

[@mageeaaron2624]

1:34 I know right 😂 He's trying to spend time with his family

[@Amusedwolverine]

Honestly if you watch this and the rest of the movies, it is a trip man. I loved the reactions haha

[@LIL-JUJU1]

This one of my FAVORITE movies glad u watchin it bro 👏🏼

[@matthijsdresscher8862]

Love your reactions my dude, you got yourself a sub!

[@katwebbxo]

Yessss I always recommend this to people. So glad you decided to react to it! Hope you at least watch the second one too. 💖

[@pluflop]

It's also worth noting that in Hong Kong film, they're actually just beating the crap out of each other (minus a few obvious practical effects). Those punches feel so real because those dudes are getting punched in the face lol

[@maefitzgerald5196]

Good news is that if you eventually get to an ip man sequel, it's after the war so you wouldn't worry too much about it being a war movie lol

[@sangun123]

bruh the 10 black belt fight is genuinely one of the best fights ever filmed, the ending 4v1 is cheoreographed s well and executed so well you genuinely believe this man could've easily taken on 4 dudes at once while in other movies, those sorts of fights always seem so awkward where its 1 by 1

[@TheHulk2008]

Lol he turned the General into a punching bag at the end. Master Ip reached the highest level in his martial arts and was awarded 8th Master class level for his devotion to a life of martial arts. When you reach that status you are a master of masters.

[@AbsoluteApril]

the sequel is so worth watching (well all are but #2 especially). enjoyed your reaction Mello, have a great day

[@birdyashiro1226]

9:28 That guy was looking for trouble. Bc when Kongfu master competting，they should've know "武德（wu de）”. That guy obv dont have wu de.

[@zcpyoshi]

loved the reaction bro and your editing.... lol! that ish was on point

[@starryeye6511]

😄lmao, see I told you. Every time you laugh at moments, you totally elevate the watch and movie experience!

[@ericerwin3039]

Great reaction, great series. As a side note, the occupation of China by Japan was very brutal, often compared to the atrocities perpetrated by the Germans. If you're in a good head space, look up Nanking during the war, or Unit 731... only in a good head space though.

[@ymw1107]

@Notmus well the Japanese government surely did, they haven't even apologise to the rest of East and South East Asia for what they've done to them throughout that terrible period

[@Ferryie]

I looked up both events and just wow...especially Unit 731. That is just beyond immoral and so flipping cruel.

[@laticiadavis8627]

this is one of my favorites, I was definitely in my feelings the first time I seen this, now you must watch IPman 2.

[@banana_bread5106]

23:15 that edit man LOL

[@OddBallPerformance]

On the point of the duster handle in the armpit - it's not a death touch per se but a death blow. If Ip Man had a sword like his opponent he would have killed him. The Armpit is the easiest place to strike at the Axillary Artery - and even further in the Brachial and Subclavian artery. Basically it's a great way to bleed out in a very VERY short amount of time.

[@ChariotOfFaith]

They able to fight on a full stomach! lool thats even more impressive! Superior digestion LoL!

[@jian5568]

Thank you for having the opportunity to watch this movie.

[@brothadude]

10:44 bruh I was thinking the same thing when I first saw this movie, lmaoooo

[@MatthewGhirardi]

You should watch all of the Ip Man movies, they’re all awesome

[@KentsRice]

Should definitely check out Fearless with Jet Li in it. One of my favorite kung fu movies. Also underrated too

[@freshsmilely]

another amazing chinese film 'Jet Li's Fearless'. chinese cinema can be like watching poetry. just everything about it just sticks with you for a long while after watching some movies.

[@owenchina7937]

IP MAN 2.3.4 waiting for you! No more war movies lol, and they are all amazing!

[@ebreshea1337]

I'm not an expert on kung fu movies, but the first ip man is definitely one of my all-time favorites.

[@iamjuzasone783]

13:07 lmao🤣

[@heiah]

13:07 amazing editing, I applaud

[@raulportela3039]

For awhile now, your reaction to the Jacob imprinting scene was far and away my favorite reaction of yours. But seeing you utterly lose your shit to the fight scene took the cake lmao

[@darkceptor44]

22:28 what i understood from that scene is that he felt useless because the world doesnt run on martial arts at that point, even nowadays martial arts are either for entertainment, self defense or just fitness. of course ufc and stuff is entertainment that also counts as a job but idk

[@a_fine_edition2746]

Right. He can’t really rely on his combat skills anymore, and he’s struggling to get an actual job that will pay him.

[@Narutoanime16g]

I love how they show humble IP man is Bruce Lee had a heck of a teacher

[@SayuriBlossoms]

"oh shit they don't deserve this" lol lost it 😂😂

[@CustomMadeEntertainment]

Bro as a wing chun practitioner and a student of Ip Man's second son Ip Ching's linage. You had a great reaction, this film series goes to "Ip Man - 4" these films transformed into a Chinese hero, we don't see Bruce till the end of the third film and more of him in the fourth. Good job look forward to the others.

[@carlacollins8656]

Movie recommendation #The old guard with Charlize Theron.Loved the reaction to the dude in the splits when he’s fighting the 10 guys

[@demyanrudenko]

14:25 it's called war. His wealth was in his possessions. When your house is occupied, your possessions are taken away to the edge of staying alive. Always. You can't kung fu your way out of the way of armed soldiers.

[@Ian_Levitski]

Mell, Donnie got some skills, no doubt. Hong Kong movies are brutal, straight kickin and punching on set. Choreography is on point as you said, man. Brilliant movie, I watched it when I was teenager and got so many emotions back then. Ip Man 2,3 and 4 must be watched, bruh. But the most brutal fighting movie is Universal Soldier 4 with Scott Adkins, in my opinion. Maybe you will be intersted after you watch Ip Man 4, where Donnie fights with Scott, I hope you watch it, man. Nice video as always! (Sorry for my fckd up english).

[@dookieshoes9438]

30:47 I believe Donnie does most of his fighting stunt but anything other than that he does have a stunt double. After watching a video essay on his action I learned that he stopped doing those kinds of stunt after injuring his shoulder.

[@ADoggoWhoCommentsOnAnything]

I really recommend you to watch the entire saga. It may be fictional but it’s a glimpse into Ip Man’s era.

[@mageeaaron2624]

24:42 So satisfying to see this soldier get his tail beat 😌

[@jaymantisgaming]

man, the absolute joy you seem to have while watching movies is infectious. i wish i could feel like that from... well anything really hahah

[@Shindai]

When this movie came out in 2008, I happened to be training wing chun, and the atmosphere in class after everyone had seen this was awesome, for a little while everybody wanted a piece of wing chun :)

[@cbhunts7732]

The game that uses IP Man moves is on Tekken 7. The character "Leroy Smith".

[@CHRISPYakaKON]

This whole series and even the spin-off is worth reacting to 🔥🔥🔥

[@ImJustSaiyan89]

The whole Ip franchise is phenomenal but if you want to watch a really epic kung-fu film then Jet Li's Fearless is not to be slept on.

[@izaiahcunningham5882]

My man let me say this you have to do The Rock's eyebrow every time in your intro because I promise you it will be the best thing ever but aside from that this movie is a classic the whole entire Saga is beautiful I've never thought I would fell in love with martial arts as I did back as a kid but now I just fell in love with it even more

[@nathanlarson3632]

I really hope you watch all 4 IP man movies! The progression is so crazy and beautiful at the same time! Got to love the true stories inspiration!

[@curtistalbot6735]

Loved the reaction. Please keep up with the Ip Man movies

[@doctorkhumalo7730]

Ip Man does catch you off guard tbh, when I first watched it, it definitely was not what I was expecting, absolutely brilliant film.

[@Dr.Q_PHD]

So, I don't know if it's you or if you got yourself an editor, but I love the bits where your put in the scene and are "talking" to the characters.

[@FiveAcross]

So excited for you to do 2, if you do it. It's my fav one. Second one not related to war (as the war ended in this one).

[@johnestell3442]

I’m glad you finally got around to watching this 👍🏾

[@ahmadibrahim7478]

Continue watching ipman bro, loved seeing ur reaction 🔥

[@shuaibsaleem569]

Bro your reaction was exactly what I wanted to see😂 subscribing

[@MaymoneyInDaBuilding]

Duuuudeeeee. You have been all my favorites!!!

[@AceSaiyanman]

Now Watch the sequels of IP Man 😄

[@KarmasAB123]

"I'll pay!" You can't pay for that! It was from two dynasties ago!

[@syauqizaharudin5333]

“you realised that when you just paralyzed 10 people?” that gets me 😂