Chinese Title: The Bodyguard of Zhongnanhai (Day 2)
Film Title: Bodyguard from Beijing / The Defender
Year: 1994
Country: China
Category: Action
Language: Mandarin
Subtitles: Chinese
Duration: 01:32:51
Director: Corey Yuen (Yuan Kui), Kazuya Konaku (Shozo Chiba)
Screenplay: Gordon Chan (Chen Jia Shang), Kin Chung Chan (Chen Jian Zhong)
Producer: Jet Li (Li Lian Jie), Julia Chu
Main Cast: Jet Li as Xu Zhengyang, Lisa Chin as Yang Qian'er, Te-Shih Cheng as Fei Bo, Ni Xing as Wang Jianjun
Introduction:
Highlights: Watch Jet Li's charming coolness and his emotional drama with Lisa Chin.
Good martial arts skills are useless when it comes to matters of the heart. No matter how good your kung fu is, it can't stop true feelings.
When it comes to love, men are doomed. That's why they say even heroes have a hard time passing the beauty test.
Xu Zhengyang (Jet Li) is a highly trained bodyguard for the Chinese government. Due to his overly individualistic behavior during an exercise, he lost the opportunity to protect the leader on his southern tour and was instead sent to Hong Kong to assist in protecting a woman named Michelle (Lisa Chin). Michelle is the only eyewitness to a murder case. Since her fiancé is a wealthy businessman (Wu Weiguo) with close ties to the upper echelons of the mainland, the central government dispatched an elite like Xu Zhengyang to protect her. However, Michelle isn't grateful and treats Xu Zhengyang coldly. Xu Zhengyang also doesn't think much of Michelle, seeing her as a vain woman. Despite this, Xu Zhengyang works tirelessly to protect Michelle without making any mistakes. As they spend more time together, Xu Zhengyang and Michelle come to understand each other better. They both discover each other's strengths and even develop feelings for one another. But Xu Zhengyang knows that personal emotions aren't allowed while on duty, so he deliberately avoids them. Secretly, however, he feels conflicted. Just as they're unsure of what to do, a dangerous assassin is quietly approaching them...
Plot Summary:
A group of mutants born with special abilities, under the call of Professor X, form a police force to protect humanity and the Earth. Unexpectedly, humans begin to distrust mutants, leading to conflicts between them...
The core members of the X-Men team include Cyclops (the captain of the X-Men who can shoot deadly laser beams from his eyes), Jean Grey (with telepathic, telekinetic, and teleportation abilities), Storm (the deputy captain of the X-Men who has the power to control the weather), and Rogue (who has the ability to absorb the memories and powers of others through physical contact).
Now, a dangerous figure has joined the X-Men - Wolverine (with superior healing abilities and adamantium claws on his forearms). He's a hot-tempered mutant, almost uncontrollable, causing internal crises within the X-Men. The X-Men let him train new recruits and hope to recruit him into their ranks. Is this possible? No one knows his origins. Soon, it's discovered that most of his thoughts are controlled by external forces. Worse still, another mutant "Magneto" has emerged. He can control magnetism and Earth's gravity. He was once exhibited as a monster by humans and suffered great humiliation. He hates humans, believing mutants are superior and should dominate them. Together with Wolverine, they use any means necessary to achieve their goals. Can they be stopped in time? Will they lead to the destruction of both humans and the X-Men?
As the X-Men swear to protect humanity, they discover that while trying their best to safeguard humans, humans have developed immense fear towards them, causing tensions in their relationship. Additionally, the X-Men must face Wolverine's explosive temper and Magneto's indiscriminate killings, plunging the X-Men into multiple crises...