In 1930s China, unrest rules the nation. Chen, the last Wing Chun master, arrives in Tianjin to expand his kung fu—but his ambition gets entangled in a power struggle between Tianjin’s martial arts Grandmaster, a dominant underworld madam, and the town’s military leaders.

One of the screenwriters on Wong Kar Wai’s kung fu epic The Grandmaster, director Xu Haofeng knows a thing or two about the art of the fight. With dynamic choreography and a breathtaking, weapons-heavy climax, The Final Master is a period action film with a killer eye for clarity in combat.