十月围城 (Bodyguards & Assassins)
You will be surprised to see how many 'big stars' acted in this movie!
The film centres around the real-life figure of Dr Sun Yat-sen, who would go on to overthrow the Qing Dynasty in 1911 and found the first modern republic in China. The fictitious plot imagines a brief visit by Dr Sun to Hong Kong in 1905 to meet with fellow revolutionaries. This causes a sensation among a group of Dr Sun’s supporters, headed by the passionately committed Prof Chen Shao Bai and financially aided by the more circumspect tycoon Li Yu Tang.
Qing authorities led by the dowager Empress have dispatched assassins to eliminate Dr Sun, however, and so the two men recruit bodyguards to escort him through the city during the hours of his visit.
These bodyguards, many of whom have only a vague notion who they are protecting, include a former martial arts master brought down by gambling, a rickshaw driver, a hulking street vendor, a lovesick beggar, and the headstrong daughter of an assassinated general.
Outmatched in every way, the motley group risks everything to protect Dr Sun and Li Yu-tang’s 17-year old son, who acts as a decoy. (edited from Screendaily)
For those who like kung-fu + historical movie, you will enjoy it as much as I did.
Yeah, I loved it too but the ending was a bit sad. Almost all the heroes died. Still prefer movies with good endings.
ReplyDeleteI think the movie sells more about their big casts and movie shooting skills and their sets rather than the story itself. Couldn't recognize Leon Li who acted as the beggar, thought it was just nobody.
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