History YMMV / IpMan3

* MalignantPlotTumor: Tin-chi's rivalry with Ip. To put it in perspective, for the first hour of the film, Ma King-sang serves as the primary antagonist, with Frank serving as TheManBehindTheMan. After his gang is taken down, Frank turns his attention to Ip personally, becoming the primary antagonist, only leaving Ip be after fighting him to a standstill. Tin-chi, while present throughout these events, has been barely a blip on Ip's radar, with their "rivalry" being completely one sided. As well, Tin-chi's motivation for most of the film has been money as opposed to fame and glory. But with a half-hour left of the film to go, Tin-chi suddenly steps up as the final threat, challenging Ip for the title of true Wing Chun master.

* MalignantPlotTumor: Tin-chi's rivalry with Ip. To put it in perspective, for the first hour of the film, Ma King-sang serves as the primary antagonist, with Frank serving as TheManBehindTheMan. After his gang is taken down, Frank turns his attention to Ip personally, becoming the primary antagonist, only leaving Ip be after fighting him to a standstill. Tin-chi, while present throughout these events, has been barely a blip on Ip's radar, with their "rivalry" being completely one sided. As well, Tin-chi's motivation for most of the film has been money as opposed to fame and glory. But with a half-hour left of the film to go, Tin-chi suddenly steps up as the final threat, challenging Ip for the title of true Wing Chen master.

* MalignantPlotTumor: Cheung's rivalry with Ip. To put it in perspective, for the first hour of the film, Ma King-sang serves as the primary antagonist, with Frank serving as TheManBehindTheMan. After his gang is taken down, Frank turns his attention to Ip personally, becoming the primary antagonist, only leaving Ip be after fighting him to a standstill. Cheung, while present throughout these events, has been barely a blip on Ip's radar, with their "rivalry" being completely one sided. As well, Cheung's motivation for most of the film has been money as opposed to fame and glory. But with a half-hour left of the film to go, Cheung suddenly steps up as the final threat, challenging Ip for the title of true Wung Chen master.

* TearJerker: Wing Sing's cancer revelation and her deteriorating condition.

* MalignantPlotTumor: Cheung's rivalry with Ip. To put it in perspective, for the first hour of the film, Ma King-sang serves as the primary antagonist, with Frank serving as TheManBehindTheMan. After his gang is taken down, Frank turns his attention to Ip personally, becoming the primary antagonist, only leaving Ip be after fighting him to a standstill. Cheung, while present throughout the events, and assisting Ma and Frank in their plans, has been barely a blip on Ip's radar, and has been more focused on making money than getting respect as a martial artist. But with a half-hour left of the film to go, Cheung suddenly steps up as the final threat, challenging Ip to defend his honor as a Wung Chen master.

* MalignantPlotTumor:

* InternetBackdraft: Originally, the producers of the film wanted to use a CGI-generated version of Creator/BruceLee in order to portray the legendary founder of Jeet Kune Do. Their reasoning being that they felt a real actor couldn't do the actual role justice. The response to the announcement was, to say the least, explosive, with both domestic and foreign viewers outraged at the decision to do so. Suffice to say, the decision was quickly rescinded.

* SpiritualLicensee: The film is more or less like a ForeignRemake of ''Film/RockyIV''.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: During Ip and Frank's fight, Ip appears to realize he can't trade blows with Frank due to the latter's greater strength. To avoid this, he gets into an extremely low stance, making it almost impossible for Frank to hit him. Frank's response? Walk forward and try to [[CombatPragmatist kick Ip in the chest.]] Frank even take a moment to look amused at the stance before forcing Ip Man to stand up with his kick.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Frank (Creator/MikeTyson's character), among other reasons for being the only opponent in the trilogy who is ''not'' bested by Ip Man.