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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83Portland OregonianShawn LevyPortland OregonianShawn LevyAn energetic, witty and altogether well-built martial arts drama that is familiar in many ways but distinguished by its high level of craft, its sincere sentiment and drama, and the forceful charisma of its star, Donnie Yen.
- 80The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisChoreographed by the film martial-arts veteran Sammo Hung, the fights are spectacularly designed and performed, relying more on muscle and skill than wirework.
- 70Boxoffice MagazineWade MajorBoxoffice MagazineWade MajorA superbly well-crafted film, faithful to its cultural and cinematic heritage, and easily one of the most enjoyable entertainments of a still nascent 2011 post-holiday season.
- Compared to his stellar hit "Ip Man" - a biopic on the Wing Chun master who tutored Bruce Lee - Wilson Yip's more lavishly produced sequel Ip Man 2 is a fistful of hits and misses.
- 70Village VoiceNick SchagerVillage VoiceNick SchagerA redundant if nonetheless occasionally thrilling follow-up bolstered by star Donnie Yen's precision combat skills.
- More slick mainland melodrama than rough-and-ready chop-socky picture, Ip Man 2 often finds itself struggling to reconcile those conflicting impulses between drizzly emotional moments and slap-happy frenzy.
- 63New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoThe piéce de résistance is a "Rocky"-ish battle between bare-fisted Ip (Donnie Yen) and a racist Brit who uses boxing gloves and goes by the name Twister.
- 60Time OutTime OutYip's chop-socky sequel does manage to up the (admittedly modest) ante of the original.
- 60New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierWith action this strong, the script just needs to be serviceable - and that's exactly what it is.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleAmy BiancolliSan Francisco ChronicleAmy BiancolliIf the movie packs a weaker punch than the original, it has less to do with the action sequences than the script (by Edmond Wong, son of Raymond, who wrote the first), a flimsy affair with subpar villains.