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* CurbStompCushion: Fu is brought before [[spoiler: Davidson]] in handcuffs. While he is killed and whatever blows he landed on the BigBad seemed to have little effect, Fu at least managed to free his hands to a more frontal position, fight back and gets in several good hits of his own, and had he been uncuffed, he might have done better or possibly escaped. Despite being killed by [[spoiler: Davidson]], Fu certainly didn't make it easy for him and didn't give him the satisfaction of going quietly into the night.
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''Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy'' is a 2018 Hong Kong/Chinese {{martial arts movie}} directed by Creator/YuenWooPing. It is a SpinOff of the ''Film/{{Ip Man|Film Series}}'' film series, and focuses on Cheung Tin-chi (played by Zhang Jin aka Creator/MaxZhang), who first appeared in ''Film/IpMan3''. The cast also includes the likes of Creator/MichelleYeoh, [[Wrestling/{{Batista}} Dave Bautista]] and Creator/TonyJaa.
Cheung Tin-chi is now trying to live a normal life after swearing off Wing Chun following his defeat against Ip Man. Unfortunately, he cannot find peace so easily, and must put his fighting skills back into use after he accidentally saves people from a drug-dealing gang.
The film was followed by a return to the main series with ''Film/IpMan4''.
A sequel was confirmed in April 2019, with Max Zhang set to reprise his role.
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!!''Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy'' contains examples of:
* ActionGirl: Nana's friend Julia has little problems defending herself against Kit's men.
** Also Kwan, TheDon of Chung Lok.
* ActionHero: Cheung, who uses his fists to solve problems.
* TheAggressiveDrugDealer: Kit is a murderous sadist who forces Nana to overdose on drugs, killing her.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Very true for Kit, who wants to be the boss of Chung Lok and doesn't hesitate to kill anyone who gets in his way.
* AnArmAndALeg: Kit's hand is cut off by his own sister, who has finally had enough of his drug-dealing and other criminality.
* AnachronismStew: An odd variation. The fictional character Black Bat is clearly meant to be an {{Expy}} of Batman who, of course, existed in the 50s. But the appearance for Black Bat's character is based off Batman's design in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', which wouldn't have taken form until the 1990s.
* AntiVillain: Kwan's only an enemy to Tin-Chi because she's the older sister (and TheDon) of the man that's harassing him and his son. She herself is as nice as she's able to be and actually wants to make a change.
* ArrestedForHeroism: Tin-chi is arrested for fighting the drug dealer.
* AscendedExtra: Cheung Tin-chi graduated from FinalBoss in ''Ip Man 3'' to main character of his own film.
* AnyoneCanDie: Surprisingly, many main characters die, such as Nana and Fu.
* BadassNormal: Fu, who can fight, but is beaten to death by [[spoiler: Davidson]] for interfering with his plans.
* BaldOfEvil: [[spoiler: Davidson]], by virtue of being played by Dave Bautista.
* BarBrawl: After averting this trope most of the film thanks to Fu interrupting any circumstance, the final fight between [[spoiler: Davidson]] and Cheung fittingly takes place in a bar.
* BeneathTheMask: In public, [[spoiler: Davidson]] is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who only wants to improve the community. In private, he's a drug kingpin who looks down on the Chinese and kills whoever gets in his way.
* BenevolentBoss: Kwan is a genuinely caring boss who doesn't want her subordinates to get arrested, and even genuinely listens to those who have differing views, though she does not tolerate greed and embezzlement.
* BerserkButton: For Tin-chi it is when his son gets hurt in the process.
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Owen Davidson]], who seems like an affable bar owner but is actually a heroin dealer.
* ByronicHero: Cheung has none of Ip's people skills and acts on impulse when he's mad enough. His prideful nature and PayEvilUntoEvil mentality almost get him into a fight on his very first day of work at the Gold Bar and later [[spoiler: endangers his alliance with Kwan after he and Fu invade the Chung Lok headquarters]].
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Tin-chi hoped to find peace after leaving Wing Chun behind. Destiny decided otherwise.
* ChekhovsGun: Cheung Fong being a fan of Black Bat and enthusiastically pointing out that Owen is wearing a Black Bat bracelet actually becomes a plot point [[spoiler:when Fu is murdered and Tin-Chi finds out who his killer is by finding the bracelet in his hand.]]
* CoattailRidingRelative: Kit's FreudianExcuse. He thinks the rest of the gang sees him as this to his sister and wants to strike out on his own.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Subverted. After his defeat Tin-chi learns some humility and learns to use his Wing Chun for good. Though Tin-chi's style is still more attack-based in contrast with Ip Man's defensive techniques.
* CoversAlwaysLie: The cover for ''Master Z'' appears to depict Cheung fighting alongside Kwan and Davidson. [[spoiler: Kwan and Cheung try to team up only to end up enemies when the former threatens her brother while Davidson is the film's BigBad]].
* DiesWideOpen: Nana after being force-fed drugs by Kit and his thugs.
* DirtyCop: The British police chief, who agrees to work with [[spoiler: Davidson]] for profit.
* TheDon: Kwan, who wants to legitimize her business much to the chagrin of her brother.
* DrugsAreBad: The main theme, actually, as the whole plot revolves around heroin dealers.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: Davidson]] seems very surprised that Kit would kill his henchman just to get a job working for him.
* EvilBrit: Both [[spoiler: Davidson]] and the police chief are examples, the former being a drug dealer masquerading as a friendly restaurant owner while the latter is a corrupt cop.
* EvilVirtues: Downplayed given Kwan [[HeelFaceTurn actually wants to reform her gang]], though her Virtue is Responsibility. Kwan absolutely dotes on her little brother despite him being an amoral {{Jerkass}} who thinks ItsAllAboutMe and escalates his feud with Cheung Tin-Chi. She defends Kit from Cheung despite the two of them trying to work together and takes him with her later when she flees the city...[[ToughLove though she'd cut his shooting-arm off to humble him beforehand]].
* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler: Owen Davidson]] is a drug dealer who regards the Chinese people as scum while pretending to be a friendly restaurant owner.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Kwan is the Responsible sister reigning in her Foolish brother Kit's petty tendencies.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Tin-chi warns Fu that flipping around is not a very smart technique during their spar. Sure enough, it's what gets him killed during his fight with [[spoiler: Davidson]].
* GenreShift: This is more action-packed than the Ip Man series.
* GunNut: Kit takes great pride in his shooting skills. Kwan cuts his arm off as penance for [[spoiler: his feud with Cheung]].
* HeelFaceTurn: Kwan has been attempting to steer her gang into one for some time, which she makes clear during her [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech scathing speech to the Westerners at the auction]].
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler: Davidson]] kills Fu while the latter's hands are tied.
* HiddenVillain: For most of the film, we have no idea that [[spoiler: Davidson is behind the drugs that Kit is selling]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: The westerners at the bar who dismiss and despise Kwan even though they themselves profit from the very same things.
* InterestingSituationDuel: Tin-chi versus five thugs on top of signboards and buildings.
* IronicEcho: Kit repeats his friend's line about every bullet needing its value before shooting him dead.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Kit's so selfish, he's willing to kill a friend to work for [[spoiler: Davidson]].
* ItsPersonal: This seems to be the case for Sadi, the killer, whom Tin-chi deals with three times, but they never directly speak to each other so it's downplayed.
** Tin-chi himself regards Kit starting the fire as this and takes revenge by beating up his men. Another to Davidson for killing Fu and beats him for it.
* KarmaHoudini: The ProfessionalKiller Sadi never gets a comeuppance of their own. Then again, their target is [[spoiler: [[BigBad Davidson]]]], so...
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: Davidson]] tries to flee on foot after the corrupt police chief is arrested. Unknown to him, Sadi awaits him, and kills him with an ice pick to the head.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Sadi may be a brutal killer but nobody can really fault him when he [[spoiler: kills Davidson, the BigBad who's dealing in drugs, at the end of the movie]].
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: If the tide of battle turns against him, [[spoiler: Davidson]] will run to fight another day... not that it does him much good because [[spoiler: Sadi is there to make sure he's killed.]]
* LadyOfWar: Kwan may be the leader of a gang whose master of the sword knows few equals, but she's also a [[ConsummateProfessional skilled]] [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure diplomat]] who does Calligraphy in her spare time.
* LightningBruiser: Cheung Tin-chi is this, making him rather different from Ip Man.
* [[MasterSwordsman Master Swordswoman]]: Kwan tells Cheung that she grew up trained in saber combat. She definitely shows it in their ensuing fight.
* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight: Invoked. Cheung and Fu manage to fight their way to Kwan's office, but the former's forced to take cover when Kit starts firing his pistol, taunting Cheung to "block his shots." [[RageBreakingPoint Kwan loses her patience]] and [[AnArmAndALeg ends the fight there]].
* NiceGuy: Fu, who is really affable and nice and breaks up fights despite being rather loud.
* NoSell: [[spoiler: Davidson]] is a massive man whose practically immune to body blows, but he balks when Cheung starts going for his joints.
* TheOner: The camera gives us a good view of what's going on inside Gold Bar.
* OneManArmy: Tin-chi defeats a whole gang single-handedly.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: PlayedForDrama. When Kit burns down Cheung's store (getting his son hurt in the process), the martial artist retaliates hard, [[ViciousCycle causing the two to continuously retaliate against each other]]. Kwan attempts to broker peace between the two, which would've worked if [[spoiler: Kit hadn't killed Nana shortly after, revealing ties to the developing Heroin trade]]. It takes Kwan [[spoiler: cutting her brother's gun arm off]] to finally get the two to quit feuding.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Wouldn't be an ''Ip Man'' movie without one - in this case [[spoiler: Davidson]].
* ProfessionalKiller: Sadi, played by Tony Jaa, who has been hired to kill [[spoiler: Owen Davidson]].
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Kwan is wise enough not to enter a cycle of revenge and wants to let the fire of the opium den rest. She even gives compensation to Tin-chi. But her brother is a dumbass.
** [[spoiler: Davidson]] seems like one at-first, even hosting Fung's birthday party. Then we find out [[spoiler: [[HiddenVillain he's a drug lord]]]]...
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Kwan, who's genuinely trying to legitimize her business, chides the westerners for being selfish.
* ReformedButRejected: Invoked. Kwan's attempts to [[spoiler: legitimize Cheung Lok at the restaurant auction]] get shot down when the Merchant's Association shames her for her association with organized crime. [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech She calls them out for their hypocrisy before walking off in a huff]].
* ReformedButNotTamed: Cheung may have been humbled by Ip Man, but he's only slightly humbler here than in 3. He's still prone to using his fists instead of his words to solve his problems, which [[spoiler: forces him into a fight with Kwan when he and Fu invade the Chung Lok headquarters]].
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: Davidson]], once he saw that the commissioner, the only person capable of covering for him is arrested for being involved in his drug business tries to escape and run only that he doesn't get that far as Sadi was waiting for him and kills him.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: [[spoiler: Davidson]] seems to imply this trope is in play after Kit murders his friend to work for him.
* SpoiledBrat: Kit is a cocksure loose cannon who thinks [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections rules shouldn't apply to him]] and [[AmbitionIsEvil that everyone's keeping him down]].
* SpinOff: The film is a sequel focusing on a character who appeared in ''Ip Man 3'' and it is set after the latter. The film series' main protagonist, Ip Man (Creator/DonnieYen), doesn't appear in it, but is mentioned.
* TheBigGuy: [[spoiler: Davidson]] is a burly tank impervious to Fu's flashy acrobatics.
* TheStinger: In a mid-credits scene, Cheung's son, Fung, returns to the same bully that gave him a black eye earlier. The result is a CurbStompBattle that leaves the bully with two black eyes, and Fung with two new friends (Who used to side with the bully) wanting to learn Wing Chun from him.
-->'''Fung:''' I told you, my father is a Wing Chun teacher.
* ThemeMusicPowerUp: When Cheung finally gets the upper hand against Davidson in their last duel, a new rendition of Kenji Kawai's ''Film/{{Ip Man|Film Series}}'' theme plays.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Kwan makes clear her intent to reform Chung Lok, to the disdain of her colleagues.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Every member of the Chung Lok meeting council other than Kwan is a greedy {{Jerkass}} implicit in shady dealings, yet her little brother Kit is such a [[HateSink murderous backstabbing sleazebag]] that they come off outright civil in comparison.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Davidson, who deals drugs while pretending to be the owner of a bar.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: Kwan chastises Cheung for prematurely retaliating against Kit and his men instead of letting her handle the internals. They come to blows over over it.
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''Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy'' is a 2018 Hong Kong/Chinese {{martial arts movie}} directed by Creator/YuenWooPing. It is a SpinOff of the ''Film/{{Ip Man|Film Series}}'' film series, and focuses on Cheung Tin-chi (played by Zhang Jin aka Creator/MaxZhang), who first appeared in ''Film/IpMan3''. The cast also includes the likes of Creator/MichelleYeoh, [[Wrestling/{{Batista}} Dave Bautista]] and Creator/TonyJaa.
Cheung Tin-chi is now trying to live a normal life after swearing off Wing Chun following his defeat against Ip Man. Unfortunately, he cannot find peace so easily, and must put his fighting skills back into use after he accidentally saves people from a drug-dealing gang.
The film was followed by a return to the main series with ''Film/IpMan4''.
A sequel was confirmed in April 2019, with Max Zhang set to reprise his role.
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!!''Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy'' contains examples of:
* ActionGirl: Nana's friend Julia has little problems defending herself against Kit's men.
** Also Kwan, TheDon of Chung Lok.
* ActionHero: Cheung, who uses his fists to solve problems.
* TheAggressiveDrugDealer: Kit is a murderous sadist who forces Nana to overdose on drugs, killing her.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Very true for Kit, who wants to be the boss of Chung Lok and doesn't hesitate to kill anyone who gets in his way.
* AnArmAndALeg: Kit's hand is cut off by his own sister, who has finally had enough of his drug-dealing and other criminality.
* AnachronismStew: An odd variation. The fictional character Black Bat is clearly meant to be an {{Expy}} of Batman who, of course, existed in the 50s. But the appearance for Black Bat's character is based off Batman's design in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', which wouldn't have taken form until the 1990s.
* AntiVillain: Kwan's only an enemy to Tin-Chi because she's the older sister (and TheDon) of the man that's harassing him and his son. She herself is as nice as she's able to be and actually wants to make a change.
* ArrestedForHeroism: Tin-chi is arrested for fighting the drug dealer.
* AscendedExtra: Cheung Tin-chi graduated from FinalBoss in ''Ip Man 3'' to main character of his own film.
* AnyoneCanDie: Surprisingly, many main characters die, such as Nana and Fu.
* BadassNormal: Fu, who can fight, but is beaten to death by [[spoiler: Davidson]] for interfering with his plans.
* BaldOfEvil: [[spoiler: Davidson]], by virtue of being played by Dave Bautista.
* BarBrawl: After averting this trope most of the film thanks to Fu interrupting any circumstance, the final fight between [[spoiler: Davidson]] and Cheung fittingly takes place in a bar.
* BeneathTheMask: In public, [[spoiler: Davidson]] is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who only wants to improve the community. In private, he's a drug kingpin who looks down on the Chinese and kills whoever gets in his way.
* BenevolentBoss: Kwan is a genuinely caring boss who doesn't want her subordinates to get arrested, and even genuinely listens to those who have differing views, though she does not tolerate greed and embezzlement.
* BerserkButton: For Tin-chi it is when his son gets hurt in the process.
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Owen Davidson]], who seems like an affable bar owner but is actually a heroin dealer.
* ByronicHero: Cheung has none of Ip's people skills and acts on impulse when he's mad enough. His prideful nature and PayEvilUntoEvil mentality almost get him into a fight on his very first day of work at the Gold Bar and later [[spoiler: endangers his alliance with Kwan after he and Fu invade the Chung Lok headquarters]].
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Tin-chi hoped to find peace after leaving Wing Chun behind. Destiny decided otherwise.
* ChekhovsGun: Cheung Fong being a fan of Black Bat and enthusiastically pointing out that Owen is wearing a Black Bat bracelet actually becomes a plot point [[spoiler:when Fu is murdered and Tin-Chi finds out who his killer is by finding the bracelet in his hand.]]
* CoattailRidingRelative: Kit's FreudianExcuse. He thinks the rest of the gang sees him as this to his sister and wants to strike out on his own.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Subverted. After his defeat Tin-chi learns some humility and learns to use his Wing Chun for good. Though Tin-chi's style is still more attack-based in contrast with Ip Man's defensive techniques.
* CoversAlwaysLie: The cover for ''Master Z'' appears to depict Cheung fighting alongside Kwan and Davidson. [[spoiler: Kwan and Cheung try to team up only to end up enemies when the former threatens her brother while Davidson is the film's BigBad]].
* DiesWideOpen: Nana after being force-fed drugs by Kit and his thugs.
* DirtyCop: The British police chief, who agrees to work with [[spoiler: Davidson]] for profit.
* TheDon: Kwan, who wants to legitimize her business much to the chagrin of her brother.
* DrugsAreBad: The main theme, actually, as the whole plot revolves around heroin dealers.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: Davidson]] seems very surprised that Kit would kill his henchman just to get a job working for him.
* EvilBrit: Both [[spoiler: Davidson]] and the police chief are examples, the former being a drug dealer masquerading as a friendly restaurant owner while the latter is a corrupt cop.
* EvilVirtues: Downplayed given Kwan [[HeelFaceTurn actually wants to reform her gang]], though her Virtue is Responsibility. Kwan absolutely dotes on her little brother despite him being an amoral {{Jerkass}} who thinks ItsAllAboutMe and escalates his feud with Cheung Tin-Chi. She defends Kit from Cheung despite the two of them trying to work together and takes him with her later when she flees the city...[[ToughLove though she'd cut his shooting-arm off to humble him beforehand]].
* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler: Owen Davidson]] is a drug dealer who regards the Chinese people as scum while pretending to be a friendly restaurant owner.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Kwan is the Responsible sister reigning in her Foolish brother Kit's petty tendencies.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Tin-chi warns Fu that flipping around is not a very smart technique during their spar. Sure enough, it's what gets him killed during his fight with [[spoiler: Davidson]].
* GenreShift: This is more action-packed than the Ip Man series.
* GunNut: Kit takes great pride in his shooting skills. Kwan cuts his arm off as penance for [[spoiler: his feud with Cheung]].
* HeelFaceTurn: Kwan has been attempting to steer her gang into one for some time, which she makes clear during her [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech scathing speech to the Westerners at the auction]].
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler: Davidson]] kills Fu while the latter's hands are tied.
* HiddenVillain: For most of the film, we have no idea that [[spoiler: Davidson is behind the drugs that Kit is selling]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: The westerners at the bar who dismiss and despise Kwan even though they themselves profit from the very same things.
* InterestingSituationDuel: Tin-chi versus five thugs on top of signboards and buildings.
* IronicEcho: Kit repeats his friend's line about every bullet needing its value before shooting him dead.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Kit's so selfish, he's willing to kill a friend to work for [[spoiler: Davidson]].
* ItsPersonal: This seems to be the case for Sadi, the killer, whom Tin-chi deals with three times, but they never directly speak to each other so it's downplayed.
** Tin-chi himself regards Kit starting the fire as this and takes revenge by beating up his men. Another to Davidson for killing Fu and beats him for it.
* KarmaHoudini: The ProfessionalKiller Sadi never gets a comeuppance of their own. Then again, their target is [[spoiler: [[BigBad Davidson]]]], so...
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: Davidson]] tries to flee on foot after the corrupt police chief is arrested. Unknown to him, Sadi awaits him, and kills him with an ice pick to the head.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Sadi may be a brutal killer but nobody can really fault him when he [[spoiler: kills Davidson, the BigBad who's dealing in drugs, at the end of the movie]].
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: If the tide of battle turns against him, [[spoiler: Davidson]] will run to fight another day... not that it does him much good because [[spoiler: Sadi is there to make sure he's killed.]]
* LadyOfWar: Kwan may be the leader of a gang whose master of the sword knows few equals, but she's also a [[ConsummateProfessional skilled]] [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure diplomat]] who does Calligraphy in her spare time.
* LightningBruiser: Cheung Tin-chi is this, making him rather different from Ip Man.
* [[MasterSwordsman Master Swordswoman]]: Kwan tells Cheung that she grew up trained in saber combat. She definitely shows it in their ensuing fight.
* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight: Invoked. Cheung and Fu manage to fight their way to Kwan's office, but the former's forced to take cover when Kit starts firing his pistol, taunting Cheung to "block his shots." [[RageBreakingPoint Kwan loses her patience]] and [[AnArmAndALeg ends the fight there]].
* NiceGuy: Fu, who is really affable and nice and breaks up fights despite being rather loud.
* NoSell: [[spoiler: Davidson]] is a massive man whose practically immune to body blows, but he balks when Cheung starts going for his joints.
* TheOner: The camera gives us a good view of what's going on inside Gold Bar.
* OneManArmy: Tin-chi defeats a whole gang single-handedly.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: PlayedForDrama. When Kit burns down Cheung's store (getting his son hurt in the process), the martial artist retaliates hard, [[ViciousCycle causing the two to continuously retaliate against each other]]. Kwan attempts to broker peace between the two, which would've worked if [[spoiler: Kit hadn't killed Nana shortly after, revealing ties to the developing Heroin trade]]. It takes Kwan [[spoiler: cutting her brother's gun arm off]] to finally get the two to quit feuding.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Wouldn't be an ''Ip Man'' movie without one - in this case [[spoiler: Davidson]].
* ProfessionalKiller: Sadi, played by Tony Jaa, who has been hired to kill [[spoiler: Owen Davidson]].
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Kwan is wise enough not to enter a cycle of revenge and wants to let the fire of the opium den rest. She even gives compensation to Tin-chi. But her brother is a dumbass.
** [[spoiler: Davidson]] seems like one at-first, even hosting Fung's birthday party. Then we find out [[spoiler: [[HiddenVillain he's a drug lord]]]]...
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Kwan, who's genuinely trying to legitimize her business, chides the westerners for being selfish.
* ReformedButRejected: Invoked. Kwan's attempts to [[spoiler: legitimize Cheung Lok at the restaurant auction]] get shot down when the Merchant's Association shames her for her association with organized crime. [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech She calls them out for their hypocrisy before walking off in a huff]].
* ReformedButNotTamed: Cheung may have been humbled by Ip Man, but he's only slightly humbler here than in 3. He's still prone to using his fists instead of his words to solve his problems, which [[spoiler: forces him into a fight with Kwan when he and Fu invade the Chung Lok headquarters]].
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: Davidson]], once he saw that the commissioner, the only person capable of covering for him is arrested for being involved in his drug business tries to escape and run only that he doesn't get that far as Sadi was waiting for him and kills him.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: [[spoiler: Davidson]] seems to imply this trope is in play after Kit murders his friend to work for him.
* SpoiledBrat: Kit is a cocksure loose cannon who thinks [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections rules shouldn't apply to him]] and [[AmbitionIsEvil that everyone's keeping him down]].
* SpinOff: The film is a sequel focusing on a character who appeared in ''Ip Man 3'' and it is set after the latter. The film series' main protagonist, Ip Man (Creator/DonnieYen), doesn't appear in it, but is mentioned.
* TheBigGuy: [[spoiler: Davidson]] is a burly tank impervious to Fu's flashy acrobatics.
* TheStinger: In a mid-credits scene, Cheung's son, Fung, returns to the same bully that gave him a black eye earlier. The result is a CurbStompBattle that leaves the bully with two black eyes, and Fung with two new friends (Who used to side with the bully) wanting to learn Wing Chun from him.
-->'''Fung:''' I told you, my father is a Wing Chun teacher.
* ThemeMusicPowerUp: When Cheung finally gets the upper hand against Davidson in their last duel, a new rendition of Kenji Kawai's ''Film/{{Ip Man|Film Series}}'' theme plays.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Kwan makes clear her intent to reform Chung Lok, to the disdain of her colleagues.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Every member of the Chung Lok meeting council other than Kwan is a greedy {{Jerkass}} implicit in shady dealings, yet her little brother Kit is such a [[HateSink murderous backstabbing sleazebag]] that they come off outright civil in comparison.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Davidson, who deals drugs while pretending to be the owner of a bar.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: Kwan chastises Cheung for prematurely retaliating against Kit and his men instead of letting her handle the internals. They come to blows over over it.
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