If the police can't catch a thief, they can still be a policeman, but a bodyguard can't fail once. "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard"
With the rapid development of the economy, there are more and more rich people; rich people pay more and more attention to their personal safety, and the demand for bodyguards seems to be more and more urgent. In recent years, there have been more and more movies about the theme of bodyguards, such as "Line of Fire Bodyguard", "Lonely Bodyguard", "Angel Bodyguard", "Sniper in the Line of Fire", "Fury Rescue" and so on.
In the impression of Chinese audiences, the best domestic bodyguard movie must be Jet Li's "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard".
"Zhongnanhai Bodyguard" is produced by Jet Li's Zhengdong Production Co., Ltd. and Jiahe Film Co., Ltd., produced by Cui Baozhu, directed by Yuan Kui, written by Chen Jiashang and Chen Jianzhong, and starring Jet Li, Zhong Liti, Zou Zhaolong and Zheng Zeshi, Wu Weiguo, Liang Rongzhong, Huang Jinjiang, etc.
It was released in Hong Kong, China on July 28, 1994, but unfortunately the box office performance was not outstanding, only 11.2 million Hong Kong dollars, and it was released in 2 weeks. However, this does not affect the quality and reputation of "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard", it is still the peak of domestic bodyguard movies.
[The Bodyguard of Zhongnanhai' Taiwan box office entered the top ten of the year, reaching NT$55 million, which has been guaranteed, and the box office in Hong Kong and other regions is all profit.] 】
In fact, as early as 1969, Hong Kong Shaw director Zhang Che made a "Bodyguard", Dillon and Jiang David Twin Stars co-starred, is a costume martial arts film.
In 1982, the first film emperor of the Hong Kong Film Awards, Hui Guanwen, won the work, which was the 1981 Hong Kong box office champion "Modern Bodyguard".
However, what really set off the trend of bodyguard movies was the Hollywood action romance "The Bodyguard" starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston in 1992, which was translated as "Flower Protector" in Hong Kong.
The English title of "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard" is "TheBodyguard from Beijing", which is a Hong Kong-made "Flower Protection".
Jack Li's zhongnanhai first-class bodyguard Xu Zhengyang is the bodyguard who protects the flowers, and Yang Qian'er, a beautiful female teacher in Hong Kong played by Zhong Liti, is the flower that needs to be protected; and the story is set in 1992, when Xu Zhengyang was preparing to participate in the task of escorting the head of the southern tour.
[Because of the chaos in the Hong Kong film industry that year, the assassination of Jet Li's former agent was still under investigation, so when filming this film, the Hong Kong police sent a number of bodyguards to ensure his personal safety.] 】
Yang Qian'er is just an ordinary Hong Kong kindergarten teacher, who was protected by the police for becoming the only witness to a rich businessman's murder case, and finally upgraded to a top Zhongnanhai bodyguard because she had a rich boyfriend with a background.
To become the top Chinese bodyguard, Xu Zhengyang reflects his value in professionalism and professional ability. Of course, it is more about his combat effectiveness and the response in actual combat, such as the aggressiveness he showed in the exercise.
In "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard", the key portrayal of Jet Li's role revolves around the word cool handsome.
Jet Li, who put on a military uniform, was indeed incredibly handsome, and his flat-headed shape was also carefully designed at that time.
Then, the classic pictures in the film, such as the walking darts, the non-watching shooting in the mall, and the final appearance in front of the national flag, are all cool and handsome, making people scream.
In the bodyguard work, in order to eliminate external interference, including the beauty and emotional offensive of the heroine, he must remain cold and calm, and then he can maintain accurate judgment and combat effectiveness when danger comes.
But in fact, "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard" is not Jet Li's best action movie, but the love scene is the most classic, which is the same core as Hollywood's "Bodyguard".
Therefore, at the moment when the theme song "Don't Hide From My Eyes" sounded, Yang Qian'er was happy when she saw the old watch left by Xu Zhengyang, and the audience thought that "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard" was actually a love film.
Of course, "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard" also does make the professionalism and thrill of the bodyguard film. A line in the movie also reflects the difficulty of the bodyguard's work: the police can not catch the thief can also become a policeman, but the bodyguard can not derelict once.
So later Jet Li thought that there was no pressure to be an actor, because when he was an athlete, he was like a bodyguard and was not allowed to fail. His five-game winning streak during his time as an athlete proved his success.
In fact, in addition to "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard", Jet Li has also played a bodyguard role in many movies, or a role in the movie has served as a bodyguard.
In the martial arts film "New Shaolin Five Ancestors", released on March 3, 1994, Jet Li played Hong Xiguan, a Shaolin layman disciple during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, who was an anti-Qing righteous soldier associated with the Heaven and Earth Society, who betrayed the traitor and took his son to the end of the world at the beginning.
Coming south to Majiazhuang, in order to survive, Hong Xiguan's father and son went to the local rich Man Ma Dashan as the head of the head of the head, that is, a bodyguard. Because Ma Dashan asked Hong Xiguan to help him bully people, Hong Xiguan refused and only promised to ensure his safety.
Ma Dashanren was played by Chen Songyong, the film emperor of the 1989 Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, and in 1993, he played Lei Laohu in Jet Li's "Fang Shiyu", which was the second time he cooperated with Jet Li.
The reason why Chen Songyong was able to cooperate with Jet Li was because in 1993 Jet Li started a film company, which was backed by the financial support of Yang Dengkui, a film manufacturer in Taiwan Province; this "New Shaolin Five Ancestors" is also produced by Yang Dengkui's Xinfeng Pictures, and it is named Jet Li starring and designating the theme of the Shaolin Five Ancestors.
Ma Jiazhuang was washed in blood, and Ma Dashanren escaped the disaster; Ma Dashanren's son was one of the Five Ancestors of Shaolin, and Hong Xiguan sent him safely to the Heaven and Earth Society, and the bodyguard work was successfully completed.
Released on July 12, 1995, the action comedy "Rats and Dragons" was written and directed by Wang Jing, with Yuan Kui and Yuan De as martial arts instructors, and starring Jet Li, Jacky Cheung, Qiu Shuzhen, Yang Caini, Wang Xiao, Zhou Billy, Lin Guobin, Zhou Jialing and so on.
This is still Yang Dengkui's investment and production, and his son Yang Zongxian also plays a police role in the film, which is Yang Caini's glasses boyfriend.
"Rats and Dragons" is obviously copied from the Hollywood movie "Tiger And Dragon", but the localization adaptation is very successful, the biggest adaptation is Jet Li played by Jet Li, originally a demolition expert, after the murder of his wife and children, the pseudonym bold, became the bodyguard and stand-in of Hong Kong superstar Long Wei (played by Jacky Cheung).
Because of the setting of Jacky Cheung's role, "Rats and Dragons" is considered by many to be Wang Jing's innuendo to Jackie Chan's will, because when the two collaborated on "City Hunter" in 1993, the filming process was not pleasant.
In "Rats and Dragons", Jet Li, played by Jet Li, is definitely a successful bodyguard.
From a mantra of "being a man depends on yourself", he recognized the culprit who killed his wife and children, came to Hong Kong, and mixed into an important cocktail party attended by Long Wei. So he broke into the hotel where the cocktail party was located, fought the bandits, and rescued all the people at the scene, including his boss Long Wei and his own love (Qiu Shuzhen).
The 2007 Hollywood action movie Ranger is a revenge story, with Jet Li playing an FBI agent, Tom, whose entire family is killed by bad guys, and Jason Statham as his partner.
Three years later, tom transformed into the killer Rogue, who was also the bodyguard and number one thug of the largest Chinese gang leader (Zun Long).
Jet Li in "Ranger" appeared in a sports car, very cool and handsome, and killed many people, because he was not only a bodyguard, but also a terrifying avenger.
The 2008 action movie "The King of Kung Fu" was the first formal cooperation between Jet Li and Jackie Chan, and the selling point was also the century cooperation between the two kung fu superstars, Liu Yifei, Li Bingbing, Michael Angelano, Zou Zhaolong and other actors who participated in the show were floating clouds.
Jet Li and Jackie Chan both play two roles in the film, Jet Li plays Sun Wukong and Mo Monk respectively, in which Mo Monk's mission is to find the American teenager Jason, teach him kung fu with Jackie Chan, and then escort him and the golden hoop stick to the celestial realm together.
Therefore, jet Li and Jackie Chan in "The King of Kung Fu", half of their jobs are bodyguards.
Of course, these characters only temporarily undertake some bodyguard work, and Xu Zhengyang in "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard" is the real professional bodyguard, and it is the top one.
In fact, when Jet Li was a teenager, there was a big country president who jokingly invited him, and when he grew up, he became his bodyguard, and was rejected by Jet Li at that time. Therefore, a martial arts champion like Jet Li does have an indissoluble relationship with bodyguards.