100 Yards

100 Yards (门前宝地, 2024) is a Chinese martial-arts drama you can watch online on iFILM. The setting is Tianjin in the 1920s. When a revered master dies, two men collide over who inherits his famous fighting academy: the master's own son and the most gifted student he ever trained.

Tradition says disputes like this are settled behind closed doors. The rivals break that rule and drag the duel into the open street, with the whole city watching. The academy carries money, reputation and influence over an entire district, so the contest stops being about honor alone. Xu Haofeng directs — the filmmaker and fight choreographer behind The Final Master and a writer on The Grandmaster — and his dry, almost ritual approach to combat shapes every exchange.

Forget wire-work and digital tricks: the film bets on crisp, legible kung fu and the rigid codes of the old schools. Running 108 minutes, it plays more like a battle of wits than a string of brawls. It will land with anyone who values period action about codes of honor and the fading age of the masters. Stream 100 Yards (2024) online on iFILM.