We watched Donnie Yen's 'Sakra' last night. If you're into over-the-top
'wuxia' martial arts movies with staggering amounts of wire-fu, it'll be
right up your ally. The story is probably a 4/10, but let's face it, for most kung-fu movies, you don't go for the story, you go for the action, which in this case was a 10/10. :)

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Re: Sakra (2023)
By: Abbub to All on Sun Apr 23 2023 07:26 am

We watched Donnie Yen's 'Sakra' last night. If you're into over-the-top 'wuxia' martial arts movies with staggering amounts of wire-fu, it'll be right up your ally. The story is probably a 4/10, but let's face it, for mos kung-fu movies, you don't go for the story, you go for the action, which in this case was a 10/10. :)

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Donnie's movies are a mixed bag, but Donnie himself never fails to deliver. I take notice and will place this one on my to-watch list.

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Donnie's movies are a mixed bag, but Donnie himself never fails to
deliver. I take notice and will place this one on my to-watch
list.

Yeah, I like the first Ip Man movie quite a lot. I don't think this is quite that good, mostly because of the story, but it's as good if not better than
the follow-up Ip Man movies. Those were fun, but not as good as the first.

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Re: Sakra (2023)
By: Abbub to Arelor on Sun Apr 23 2023 08:39 pm

Yeah, I like the first Ip Man movie quite a lot. I don't think this is quite that good, mostly because of the story, but it's as good if not better than the follow-up Ip Man movies. Those were fun, but not as good as the first.

Well, Ip Man II and III you didn't watch for the plot. I liked their fights better. The combat with Twister in Ip Man II was quite good. The combat with Tyson was ok and the final combat of Ip Man III was also interesting and also loaded with wuxia tropes. You see, the only way to decide who is studying the original form of the arts is to have them fight, and who wins is right XD

BTW, am I the only one who always thinks Ip Man is short for Internet Protocol Man?

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Re: Sakra (2023)
By: Abbub to Arelor on Sun Apr 23 2023 08:39 pm

Also, while I liked Ip Man I a lot, I think he got rid of the Final Karate Boss too easily. He should have suffered much more.

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Also, while I liked Ip Man I a lot, I think he got rid of the Final
Karate Boss too easily. He should have suffered much more.

I can see that. Like I said, I liked the first one more because of the story, which I think was really well fleshed out, not so much because of the action. As someone else mentioned, the fights in the other ones are probably stronger. The action in Sakra is really good, if not (as you'd probably expect) a
little over-the-top (in a good way).

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Abbub wrote to All <=-

We watched Donnie Yen's 'Sakra' last night. If you're into over-the-top 'wuxia' martial arts movies with staggering amounts of wire-fu, it'll
be right up your ally. The story is probably a 4/10, but let's face it, for most kung-fu movies, you don't go for the story, you go for the action, which in this case was a 10/10. :)

As Joe Bob Briggs used to say in his drive-in movie reviews, "No plot to
get in the way of the action..."



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Abbub wrote to Arelor <=-

Yeah, I like the first Ip Man movie quite a lot. I don't think this is quite that good, mostly because of the story, but it's as good if not better than the follow-up Ip Man movies. Those were fun, but not as
good as the first.

I'm intrigued by Wing Chun and think they did a great job with the
scenery - considering they're 4 different period pieces covering many
years.

The downtown San Francisco chinatown stage was particularly interesting,
having visited the intersection at the Chinatoewn gates it was supposed
to represent.



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