Today, Donnie Yen Ji-dan is unquestionably ... coming with the Ip Man films in the 2000s. “In the 1990s, Yen seemed fated to play bad guys in big films and good guys in small films,” critic ...

By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer Yen was already starring in the Lionsgate feature, reprising his role of the formidable blind assassin known as Caine. Now, the action star and filmmaker known for Hong ...

Donnie Yen as ... the John Wick universe. Yen’s films have helped introduce mixed martial arts to mainstream cinema with such titles as Flashpoint and the iconic IP Man franchise, among many ...

Donnie Yen is returning ... for this project.” Yen’s contribution to international cinema cannot be overstated. He is maybe best known for portraying Ip Man, the real-life figure who was ...

The first two Ip Man movies, directed by Wilson Yip, use old-school kung fu, nationalism and fabrications to make the eponymous martial artist, and the actor who plays him, Donnie Yen, household ...

Anyway, for now, all the main movies in the series were directed by Wilson Yip and starred Donnie Yen in the titular role. Ip Man was a real person who’s best known for popularizing the martial ...

Meanwhile, the action franchise is expanding with an animated prequel film as well as a Caine-centric standalone adventure from director-star Donnie Yen ... and the “IP Man” franchise.

Not just in Hong Kong, Donnie Yen is one of the highest-paid actors in all of Asia, climbing his way to the top with projects like John Wick and Ip Man. With over four successful decades in showbiz, ...

In a later segment, a Wing Chun master – have you ever seen Donnie Yen in Ip Man? That's what we're talking about – drops into a Tai Chi-like pose, squatting gracefully on one foot ...