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Hong Kong martial arts master Jet Li plays a bodyguard from the Beijing secret police, sent to Hong Kong to protect a beautiful young witness to a mob killing, played by Christy Chung. Li turns her home into a high-security prison, complete with video cameras surveying every room, even her bedroom. Furious, Chung resists his efforts to protect her--until the threat to her life is made abundantly clear in a spectacular shopping mall shootout. As is natural under such circumstances, romance begins to bloom, much to the dismay of Chung's lawyer boyfriend, who hired Li in the first place. Made in the last few years before the British province of Hong Kong was returned to the rule of mainland China, The Bodyguard from Beijing makes many (possibly anxious) jokes about the differences between the austere Communist bodyguard and the lackadaisical H.K. police. Li's character is so consistently stone-faced that his usual boyish charm is repressed, and the movie emphasizes gunplay over acrobatic kung fu action, but there are still kicks galore and the usual Hong Kong combination of spectacular violence and outrageous sentimentality--all captured in stylish, glossy cinematography. And how often do you get to see venetian blinds used as an offensive weapon? --Bret Fetzer
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Format:DVD
Even in a love movie Jet never fails to deliver. Sent from Beijing to protect the fiancee of a businessman, Jet gets straight to work by laying off the entire security staff. The rest of the movie involves him fighting with the fiancee about his hard hand tactics, eventually leading to feelings of love.
Format:DVD
The film is Bodyguard From Beijing and not The Defender as Disney has renaimed it.
AVOID ANY DVD FROM DISNEY/DIMENSION THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE ORIGINAL FILM.
Show them that we are aware of what they are doing
AVOID ANY DVD FROM DISNEY/DIMENSION THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE ORIGINAL FILM.
Show them that we are aware of what they are doing
By Drschrebling
Format:DVD
...P>This film was originally called The Bodyguard from Beijing. This film has been cut by 2 mins and has a dreadful dubbed audio instead of subtitles. If you buy this movie you are only supporting the likes of Dimension getting their hands on more movies and doing the same again. If only they would be respectful with their releases like Hong Kong Legends and Celestial.
on a further point, this is not even in Jet Li's top 10 movies, it is very weak. ...
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Jet Li In Action
This is an action packed Jet Li movie with a hint of romance and suspense. However this is not your regular martial arts flick but it delivers action with lots of gun play and... Read more
Published on Dec 18 2002
5.0 out of 5 stars
JET LI IS BETTER THAN HIS OWN SELF IN THIS ONE !! YAHOO!!!
I dont have time right now to write a whole review, but definately - BUY THIS DVD!!!
He has movies where is a lot of mystery, i hate that. Read more
He has movies where is a lot of mystery, i hate that. Read more
Published on Oct 5 2002 by Matroskin
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Defender
I'm a martial art fan and was expecting a pure martial arts type of movie. However, I was pleasantly surprised at the versatile talents of Jet Li in this great entertaining movie. Read more
Published on April 17 2002 by "pbtrinh"
4.0 out of 5 stars
"BODYGUARD FROM BEIJING"
Okay, first of all - "The Defender" is a very bad attempt to rename Jet's "Bodyguard From Beijing", directed and choreographed by Corey Yuen - only Hong Kong... Read more
Published on Dec 28 2001 by Priscilla
4.0 out of 5 stars
this is a good jet li movie
if you lik jet li and you love martial arts you should get this movie.
Published on Aug 27 2001 by Game Reviewer
1.0 out of 5 stars
YAWN.........
wow this movie really sucked! dont' listen to the others if you are expecting a breathtaking movie with romance and action, believe me you will be very very angered by the... Read more
Published on Mar 11 2001 by mike
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good action but no more than that
I like Jet Li, but I didn't particularly care for this movie. First off, this is the most wooden I've ever seen Jet Li acting. Read more
Published on Dec 28 2000 by Mark E. Summers
5.0 out of 5 stars
"Kevin Costner"? Who?
I really can't tell you anything that hasn't been said here by other enlightened reviewers, but I can add this: This is the only foreign movie I've ever seen that made sense. Read more
Published on Dec 19 2000 by CamelCamelCamel
1.0 out of 5 stars
I must have the abridged version
This is simply not worth viewing. Okay, maybe the last fight scene just for its fast action. The movie itself is exceedingly boring and silly. Read more
Published on Dec 13 2000 by M. Frank
4.0 out of 5 stars
This is a Re-Release of The Bodyguard from Beijing
Be aware that this video is a re-release of "The Bodyguard from Beijing". Don't buy it twice. Read more
Published on Oct 13 2000 by Clifford Ribaudo
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