{"id":117585,"date":"2020-08-04T20:18:51","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T17:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ngradio.gr\/?p=117585"},"modified":"2020-08-04T20:18:56","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T17:18:56","slug":"the-best-kung-fu-movie-franchise-you-ve-never-seen-is-streaming-on-netflix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngradio.gr\/en\/cinema-tv\/the-best-kung-fu-movie-franchise-you-ve-never-seen-is-streaming-on-netflix\/","title":{"rendered":"The best kung fu movie franchise you ‘ve never seen is streaming on Netflix"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Late into\u00a0Ip Man\u00a0<\/em>(2008), the martial arts biopic of Grandmaster Ip Man from director Wilson Yip,\u00a0Donnie Yen<\/a>\u00a0walks into a dojo surrounded by a horde of black belt karatekas. Yen, best known to Star Wars fans as the space monk\u00a0Chirrut \u00cemwe<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Rogue One<\/em>, appears as the title folk hero in what would become the first in a blockbuster franchise that you can finally watch all in one convenient place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dressed in peasant garb, Yen’s Ip Man signals to his ten opponents he’s ready. A musical crescendo kicks off the mayhem: Broken bones, stomped faces, and the thunderous impact of lightning-quick punches, all delivered with tangible ferocity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The film’s post-production sound does much of the heavy lifting. Every punch and slap sounds like a Foley artist whipped a soaked towel against solid oak. The piece de resistance is when Ip Man traps a poor soul into a chain-punch on the ground, pounding on his face with fists like a jackhammer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This scene, all three glorious minutes of it, best characterizes the Ip Man<\/em> films, a series of biopics “based” on the life of Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man, teacher of Bruce Lee. Though Ip Man’s claim to fame is mentoring the pop culture icon, he has become a folk hero on his own, held in high regard as an avatar for Chinese nationalism (despite his direct opposition to the currently ruling Chinese government).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it’s all because of these<\/em> movies. Though they liberally stretch the definition of truth and their escalating scale is in violation of Wing Chun’s principles of efficiency, the Ip Man<\/em> film series all stand tall as true kung fu epics for the 21st century. They are at once relics of a kind of movie that no longer exists, as well as emblematic examples of kung fu movies at their prime. And right now, they are all streaming on Netflix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s why you need to spend your week and weekend binge-watching the greatest kung fu movies of the 2010s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WHAT’S STREAMING ON NETFLIX?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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The Ip Man<\/em> film series with Donnie Yen is currently available to watch on Netflix. These include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n