| KUNG FU MOVIE REVIEW: BODYGUARD FROM BEIJING (1994) |
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of all, I think every homo and hetrosexual man, woman, and child can
agree that Jet Li looks damned fine in a suit. He is really at his overly-composed
best in this BodyGuard rip-off. Now, I've never seen the Costner/ Houston
megahit, and I never ever will, so I won't compare. But somehow I'm
going to take a wild stab here and guess that I like this movie better
anyhow.THINGS TO THINK ABOUT: * Fat Po is a good guy. Not only does this actor always play essentially the same character, but the character is almost always named "Fat Po". He's funny, likeable, talented, and fat. He's the Chinese Al Roker, except he's funny, likeable, and talented. And Chinese. * The damsel whose body needs guarding is very pretty. * The young nephew, a trouble-making, mischevious ne'er-do-well is shot in the foot, thus a valuable lesson is learned. * In the opening sequence where 10-20 guys are shot bloody and a fancy sedan is blown up, it is later revealed to be a "training exercise". When the instructor plays back the videotape of the "training exercise" to the class, it is strikingly similar to the opening sequence of "Bodyguard from Beijing" starring Jet Li. - Tom
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| HIGHLIGHTS: BODYGUARD FROM BEIJING | |
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SUBTITLES: readable, but poor translation on my dub ("Now she became the only witness of this murdering case.") SOUNDTRACK: of all the below-average kung fu movie music I've heard, this is really some of the worst. FIGHTING: Cool. Exaggerated wire work. Tight. Lots of gunplay throughout the film, but naturally, an absurdly implausible plot twist leaves the main characters gunless to fight mano-y-mano in the final confrontation. GOOD COP TURNS OUT TO BE BAD COP? Maybe? BEST MOVE: Blocking the firing pin of the gun pointed at you, nice jump through a broken window. BEST LINE: "Brother, I swear that, from now on, I won't let anyone shoot you." WORTH OWNING?: oh, yes. SEE ALSO: HITMAN, HARD-BOILED
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Ok, Ok....u may have a point- but I'm only agreeing because you're an obvious Jet Li fan and disagreeing would probrably do no harm, except that I know just about as much about Jet Li as the mechanics of a car.But it is also in my nature to disagree, so I'll give a few credits to Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee too. - Anonymous yeah, it sure ain't the best movie he's ever made, but the disassemble-the-gun-someone's-pointing-at-you move was great, and the bad guy was a...baddie. and i think this movie is like ... one of three movies where jet fights a big final battle in a room full of poison gas. what are the odds of that? -
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