The Final Master

“Every betrayal begins with trust.”

In the early twentieth century, Tianjin is a port city where martial arts schools live or die by local rivalry and the favor of officials. Chen Shi (Liao Fan), a Wing Chun master from Guangdong, arrives intent on opening a school and passing his art to a student. Xu Haofeng keeps the fights short and the conversation formal, and Chen holds to his teacher's wish while the city leans on him.