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Contemporary Martial-Arts Films
Fast forward to the 21st century, when a Bruce Lee craze briefly returned on the 35th an-
niversary of his death with the release of
Ip Man
(2008), a fawning semi-speculative biopic
of Lee's mentor. A sequel,
Ip Man 2
(2011), was more chop socky and less solemn, though
the nationalist-hero treatment still applied, with a Sinophobic British pugilist in postwar
Hong Kong replacing Japanese soldiers as the enemy. Also cashing in on Lee's revived le-
gend is
Bruce Lee, My Brother
(2010), a coming-of-age comedy based on a published recol-
lection of childhood memories that the master's siblings shared of their famous brother.
Similarly nostalgic is
Gallants
(2010), a retro comedy in which various kung fu stars of yes-
teryear pay a feisty homage to an old genre. The low-budget film won Best Picture at the
2011 Hong Kong Film Awards.
Ashes of Time Redux
(2008) is a shorter cut of Wong Kar-
wai's haunting 'non-action action movie' of the same name from 1994.
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