A Taxi Driver vs Ip Man
A Taxi Driver has the higher audience score (8/10 against 7.8/10 for Ip Man). Ip Man is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 2h 18m. Ip Man is the older of the two (2008 against 2017). Both are action, drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Taxi Driver
Ip Man| A Taxi Driver | Ip Man | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2017 | 2008 |
| Length | 2h 18m | 1h 46m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, History | Action, Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Jang Hoon | Wilson Yip |
| Main cast | Um Tae-goo, Lee Jung-eun, Park Hyuk-kwon, Thomas Kretschmann, Ryu Sung-hyun | Donnie Yen, Xing Yu, Louis Fan Siu-Wong, Dennis To Yu-Hang, Simon Yam |
Synopsis
A Taxi Driver
May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreigner who will pay big money for a drive down to Gwangju city. Not knowing that he’s a German journalist with a hidden agenda, Man-seob takes the job.
Ip Man
A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun. The film focuses on events surrounding Ip that took place in the city of Foshan between the 1930s to 1940s during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Directed by Wilson Yip, the film stars Donnie Yen in the lead role, and features fight choreography by Sammo Hung.
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