Donnie Yen is criminally over looked. It's because he is a bad actor. This sucks really because let's face it, Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Tony Jaa aren't going to win an Oscar any time soon. Still, Donnie Yen gives new meaning to the phrase "You can't see the Donnie Yen for the trees." But let's not forget why we are here. This isn't 10 best acting scenes. Donnie Yen is a genuine master of martial arts. His mum is a bad ass kung fu master and he has lived and breathed kung fu all his life. He trained with Jet Li's master and he could probably kick the crap out of everyone he has fought on film. He also does this really sweet aerial triple kick. It's like his trade mark. That said his best fight is in Ip Man where he plays real life Wing Chun master Ip Man ,who was famously the senior master of Bruce Lee (though in actual fact, Lee was trained by others because of his mixed race background and they only actually met a few times). Ironically Wing Chun uses very few kicks and certainly no jumping about. Sorry Donnie. Still, even sans trademark moves, Ip Man is a bristling and blistering chop socky epic. The film is pretty standard stuff, full of patriotic rubbish and Jap bashing (somewhat deserved I guess considering the time it's set). Where it comes to life is the fights, which to be quite honest woke me out of a 5 year apathy with kung fu movies. I had become jaded in my old age (24 at the time), seen it all, seen it better. You couldn't make me lather at the mouth with a gleeful enjoyment of screen violence any more. Not after Ong Bak 2. WRONG. Like a drunk being woken up by a bucket of icy water or a dog being woken up by its own fart, my eyes were once again ripped back. I was blown away by Yen's speed and power and the almost Terminator like quality he adopts when things gets real and he starts killing people. It's awesome. I mean, I love Japan now but back then they were like Nazis and this Ip Man guy is punching them in the face like a machine gun. Can I have an amen? Some more interesting facts for you (when I say facts, I haven't checked this stuff) the fights are choreographed by Sammo Hung of Martial Law fame (if you know nothing) and Hong Kong legend (if you know your stuff) who as you may know has actually made just about every good Wing Chun movie ever. The Prodigal Son, Warriors Two............that's about it actually. There aren't many good Wing Chun movies.