Subtitle The Legend Is Born: Ip Man -

Dennis To (Yu-Hang To), a former real-life Wushu champion, portrays young Ip Man .

Some reviewers felt the acting was "mediocre" and the plot leaned into "melodrama" or "low-budget soap opera" territory in its second half . Go to product viewer dialog for this item. Legend Is Born: IP Man (dvd) subtitle The Legend Is Born: Ip Man

Includes veterans like Sammo Hung , Yuen Biao , and Louis Fan . Dennis To (Yu-Hang To), a former real-life Wushu

Ip Man learns from Chan Wah-shun (Sammo Hung), Ng Chung-sok (Yuen Biao), and Leung Bik (Ip Chun), the latter of whom teaches him a more progressive, less orthodox style of Wing Chun . Legend Is Born: IP Man (dvd) Includes veterans

The story follows Ip Man’s schooling at St. Stephen's College in Hong Kong, where he faces racial discrimination, and his return to Foshan to navigate political intrigue and a Japanese business plot .

The film generally received mixed to positive reviews, often compared—sometimes unfavorably—to the slicker Donnie Yen installments .