May 2011

[2010] Bodyguard And Assassins (Sub Esp)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0a/Bodyguards_and_Assassins_poster.jpg

Original Title: Shi yue cheng wei.

Other Titles: Bodyguards and Assassins, Dark October, October The Siege.

Director: Teddy Chan.

Year / Country: 2009 / Hong Kong, China.

Genre: Action, Drama, History.

Starring: Donnie Yen, Leon Lai, Nicholas Tse, Li Yuchun, Wang Xueqi, Hu Jun, Tony Leung, Eric Tsang, Simon Yam, Fan Bingbing, Cung Le, Zhou Yun.

1905, City of Victoria (British colony Hong Kong). Sun Yat-sen, the revolutionary father of modern China, survives an assassination attempt with only eight bodyguards to protect you against hundreds of murderers. These men should test their courage to protect the hopes of millions even if it means fighting to the death.

Bodyguards And Assassins is a historical film but with martial arts choreography and action scenes that would put to shame the same Ninja Assassin (James McTiegue) just to name one of those Hollywood's latest attempts to get a space in the Asian market. Has a staff of leading figures of Chinese and Asian cinema in general, such as actors Donnie Yen, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Nicholas Tse, Simon Yam to name a few of the best known outside the borders of Asia. A movie recommended to take the temperature of the current Chinese cinema.

screenwriters, Tin Nam Chun Guo Junli and and director, Teddie Chan, amalgamated into just over two hours, a story that combines historical elements about which until today is known the genesis of the revolution that eventually would establish the current Republic of China.