[Yen's] performance is glorious, the actor embodying this martial arts legend with grace, dignity, passion and charisma to burn.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 16, 2016

Less offensively nationalistic than the second installment but falling short of the glowing humanity, genial Cantonese humor and visual flair of the first, the pic is somewhat tarnished by its pedestrian plot and limp characterization.

| Jan 29, 2016

Yen is appealing, the story moves right along, and the martial arts sequences are (to my untrained eye) impressive. In short, a good enough conclusion to the Ip Man saga.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 28, 2016

"Ip Man 3" is pretty much what you'd expect, but there's something extra special about an action movie that ends not on a moment of triumph but one of introspection.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 22, 2016

The plot of the film is pretty silly, but it functions largely as a fight-delivery system, and on that level it's relatively successful.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 22, 2016

Early in "Ip Man 3," Yip is visited by a young Bruce Lee, and Yip decides he's not ready for training. But if it led to an "Ip Man 4," who'd complain?

| Original Score: B- | Jan 22, 2016

The only real spark in the film is provided by Yen's costar Zhang Jin as Cheung Tin-chi, an upstart devotee of the wing chun school intent on knocking Ip off his hallowed throne atop Hong Kong's martial-arts pantheon.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 22, 2016

Despite Mr. Yen's impressive physical virtuosity, his stoic, often humorless presence tends to neutralize the emotional temperature.

| Jan 21, 2016

"Ip Man 3," set in Hong Kong circa 1959, combines the customary, inventively choreographed action with an unexpected emotional depth, proving as hard to resist as its entertaining predecessors.

| Jan 21, 2016

There have been all kinds of Ip Man movies. "The Grandmaster," which played in Seattle in 2013, has exquisitely lovely visuals. "Ip Man 3" has Mike Tyson.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 21, 2016

Acting is of the overdone variety and the dialogue is lousy, making Yen's restrained and quietly powerful performance stand out. Speak softly and pack a one-inch punch.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 21, 2016

Doesn't quite rise to the dizzying heights of the first two films, but then again, this will almost certainly be your only chance to see Mike Tyson go up against Donnie Yen.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 21, 2016

Be open to the film's emotion. It packs a bigger punch than anything else here.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 21, 2016

Any movie that features Donnie Yen going up against Mike Tyson with fight choreography designed by Yuen Woo-Ping at least has a sense of humor about itself. But Ip Man 3...is far more than this burst of stunt casting and pop-culture cool suggests.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 21, 2016

The carelessly plotted story consists mostly of setups for fight scenes, nicely staged in such distinctive locations as an elevator, an umbrella store and the hull of a partly built ship.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 21, 2016

The bright idea of the first Ip Man was to use a real person's life as the rough outline for a conventional martial arts adventure. That basic premise still has some juice left, given that it's always a joy to watch Yen work.

| Original Score: B | Jan 21, 2016

Donnie Yen's performance is so good that it's a shame Wilson Yip's films have never strived to be more than briskly entertaining hagiography.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 19, 2016

Stone-faced martial-arts star Donnie Yen does a lot with a little in wuxia weepy Ip Man 3, the rare kung fu film whose sentimental dialogue scenes are just as good as its stripped-down action sequences.

| Jan 19, 2016

Typically nippy fight choreography by Yuen Woo-ping adds spice, while a punch-up which begins in a lift proves a slick highlight to an otherwise uneven film.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 17, 2016

Ip Man 3 is a more prosaic and workmanlike affair, albeit with some very elegant fight scenes and an enjoyable cameo from the former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 14, 2016