Bodyguards and Assassins (2009)

Name: Bodyguards and Assassins
Genre: Action
Duration: 139 min
Cast: Donnie Yen, Leon Lai, Xueqi Wang, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Nicholas Tse

Bodyguards and Assassins

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Release Date: December 18, 2009
Director: Teddy Chan
Cast: Donnie Yen , Leon Lai , Xueqi Wang , Tony Leung Ka Fai , Nicholas Tse , Jun Hu
Runtime: 139
Main Genre: Action
Writers: Tin Nam Chun , Junli Guo , Bing Wu , James Yuen
Tagline: 5 hours, 13 blocks. To save a nation's future, they must protect one man from its past.
Website: http://www.bodyguardsandassassins.com/

Summary

Donnie Yen (Blade II, IP Man, Hero) and MMA fighter Cung Le star in this gripping martial arts blockbuster set in the bustling metropolis of Hong Kong in 1905. The revolutionary movement has spread throughout China, but the corrupt Qing dynasty will do anything to hold on to its power. As Sun Yat-Sen prepares for a historic meeting that will shape the future of the country, a motley crew of men and women are entrusted to protect him from a group of deadly assassins who will stop at nothing to kill him. Winner of eight Hong Kong Film Awards, including Best Film, and featuring an hour-long battle sequence unlike anything attempted before, it’s a pivotal action epic that’s being hailed as “a satisfying mix of politics, personal sacrifice and death-or glory combat” (Richard Kuipers, Variety).