Bodyguards and Assassins
Bodyguards and Assassins is a 2009 Hong Kong historical action film directed by Teddy Chan, featuring an all-star cast including Donnie Yen, Wang Xueqi, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Nicholas Tse, Hu Jun, Chris Lee, Eric Tsang, Fan Bingbing, Zhang Hanyu, Wang Po-chieh, Mengke Bateer and Leon Lai. The film is about Sun Yat-sen making a secret trip to British-ruled Hong Kong to discuss plans with fellow revolutionaries to start a revolution to overthrow the Qing Empire and establish a republic in China. When Sun faces an attempt on his life by assassins sent by the Qing government, a motley crew of people from various walks of life band together to protect him and ensure that the meeting goes as planned.
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| Written by | Chun Tin-nam
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| Edited by | Derek Hui
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| Distributed by | We Distributions
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| Running time | 138 minutes
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| Country | Hong Kong
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| Language | Cantonese
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| Budget | US$23 million
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| Box office | US$5,837,674 (excluding China)
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