Guardaespaldas y Asesinos (2009)
Un Film de Teddy Chan
Género : Drama, Acción, Historia
Tiempo de ejecución : 2H 15M
Director : Teddy Chan
Sinopsis
1905, Hong Kong (colonia británica). El hombre que sostiene el destino de una nación debe sobrevivir a intentos implacables de asesinato con sólo ocho guardaespaldas protegiéndolo. Contra cientos de asesinos, estos hombres deben poner su valor a prueba con el fin de proteger las esperanzas de millones en esta noche peligrosa, incluso si ello significa luchar hasta la muerte.
Huang Fei-Hung, the now famous Chinese boxer, teaches his martial arts at Pao Chih Lin Institute, in Canton. Gordon, a European businessman, who deals in import export is looking for a good security guard for his Jade collection.. So ensues a martial arts tournament to decide who get's the job.
An officer of the law and his father are framed for a robbery they did not commit. With only his father's sword at the scene and the man nowhere to be found the officer flees in order to discover who really stole the jewels so that he may clear the family name.
Li Ching is the Seventh Sister, an angel who comes down from heaven to see what life in Hong Kong is like. In Hong Kong, she runs into Zili(Chin Feng), a reincarnated version of her deceased lover, Dong Yong. Zili, with help from cook Uncle Bull(the warm, portly Peng Peng), do their best to watch over homeless kids in an run-down orphanage. However, a heartless tycoon named Xu Caifa wants the land where the orphanage is and he's willing to go to extremes to get it. Armed with omnipotent powers, spirit, and help from her "celestial sisters", Seventh Sister works to defend Zili, Uncle Bull, and the orphans from Xu Caifa.
Yueh Hua stars as an assassin who flees after killing a hated prime minister, with Lo Lieh as the relentless imperial guard who pursues him to a remote village being terrorized by bandits. When Yueh takes over the identity of a county officer newly assigned to the village, his ruse is assisted by a pretty innkeeper's daughter (Li Ching) who insists to Lieh that Yueh is indeed the county officer and happens also to be the cousin who was betrothed to her as a child. The confused innkeeper is persuaded by his daughter to support the ruse, thus delaying Lieh's efforts to arrest the wanted man.
A U.S. Vietnam vet comes to Hong Kong to look for his wife who seemingly has disappeared whilst modeling. As he digs deeper he discovers the people behind her disappearance are a crime syndicate that deal in trafficking young girls. He assembles a group of men to put down the operation once and for all.
Yang-lu Chan es una persona muy famosa en Oriente, puesto que fue uno de los fundadores de una de las corrientes más famosas del tai chi, una especie de arte marcial mezclada con filosofía y en la que prima la salud del que lo practica y los movimientos lentos y armónicos. Yang-lu Chan tiene un bulto que sale de su frente, por lo que todo el mundo lo ve como un bicho raro y ser burlan de él. Por eso, decide irse a una aldea remota para conocer al maestro Chen. Su idea es que este maestro impida que el bulto crezca más. En la aldea, Yang-lu Chan sigue siendo marginado por todos los lugareños, que no confían en él debido al bulto que tiene en su frente. Esto es así hasta que una extraña máquina de vapor aparece y amenaza con destrozar la aldea, momento en que Yang puede ser el que salve la aldea.
A group of terrorists, led by a Brit and a psycho (in a great performance by "Rowdy" Roddy Piper) take control of the Hoover Dam and demand $25 million or they will kill civilians and dam workers they have taken hostage. But the terrorists didn't count on Sheriff Jacob Harper, (Don "The Dragon" Wilson), an ex-Army Ranger whose father is one of the hostages. But after the FBI takes over the the crisis, and relieves him of his duties, he must take on the terrorists by himself and save his father and any hostages that are still alive.
Gracias a una revolucionaria tecnología que desbloquea los recuerdos genéticos, Callum Lynch vive las aventuras de su ancestro, Aguilar, en la España del siglo XV. Callum descubre que es el descendiente de una misteriosa sociedad secreta, los Asesinos, y que posee increíbles conocimientos y habilidades que le permitirán enfrentarse a la poderosa y opresora organización de los Templarios en el presente.
Two young twins are sent to spend time at their aunt's farm. What nobody knows is that the aunt's handyman is a psycho serial killer who dismembers his victims and stores their body parts in the barn.
El padre de una mujer se suicida por celos. A causa de este hecho, ella asesinará a todos los hombres que traten de conseguir fines eróticos con ella. Su difunto padre así lo quería.
El Agente de Servicio Federal Justin Vanier (Billy Blanks) ha sido asignado para infiltrarse en la Academia de "Virtual Arts Academy" en busca de pruebas para demostrar que la Academia es solamente una tapadera para operaciones ilegales del ejército privado. Warbeck, es el creador de esta instalación de alta tecnología donde una generación nueva de asesinos es entrenada dentro de un escenario de realidad + virtual. El resultado es una batalla explosiva a vida o muerte.
En 1954, volviendo de la guerra de Corea, Sonny Burns (Jeremy Davies), un corresponsal de guerra, se encuentra en el tren con Tom Casselman (Ben Affleck), un antiguo compañero de clase, que también ha intervenido en el conflicto. A lo largo del viaje rumbo a Indianapolis, su ciudad natal, ambos compartirán recuerdos, pensamientos y hasta encontrarán respuestas a los grandes misterios de la vida.
Sewage workers Jack and Charlie get involved in an international Asian gang war when Jack helps the boss of a Shanghai gang against one of his rebellious underlings. This underling then strikes a deal with the Japanese Yakuza in the hopes of toppling his boss and become the leader of Shanghai himself. When the Yakuza assassinate the Shanghai boss, Jack pledges to avenge his new friend's death. As he seeks out those ultimately responsible, he does battle with a variety of ninjas and mercenaries from around the world.
Tito, un simplón e irresponsable provinciano, llega a Santiago para ponerse a las órdenes de Rudy, un arribista negociante de coches. Durante un fin de semana, mientras Rudy espera que Tito llegue con los documentos necesarios para cerrar una venta, éste, en lugar de entregárselos, se dedica a fanfarronear con su hermana Amanda, una bailarina de streaptease que en los ratos libres oficia de prostituta. Además aparece un profesor de Angol que se une a la parranda. Los personajes buscan una felicidad utópica entre bares, callejuelas y hoteles de mala muerte.
Police detective Jack Flinder is already in trouble with the rest of his force for imprisoning a corrupt partner, but now he has a new problem to deal with. Another officer has been murdered in a hotel room, where he was with a prostitute named Lisa, who managed to escape with her life. Flinder has to track down Lisa to find out what happened, but the answer proves the corruption in his department runs much deeper than he had initially believed.
One week in one of the most exotic and picturesque cities of the world. The day of changes comes when Amaya meets a charming Englishman, Paul and it dramatically changes Amaya's perception of her cultural and personal identity.
Wily ace thief Trinity steals the dragon ball from Shaolin Temple. The dragon ball gets misplaced. Trinity joins forces with gruff, determined Interpol agent Bambino, formidable karate master Meng Ray, and feisty tour guide Wen Ling to retrieve the dragon ball before it falls into the hands of the wicked Paschy.
In early Republican China, rumors were going around about the treasure in Wudang Mountain. An American conspirator took his well-trained kung fu daughter to Wudang by sponsoring a Taoist martial arts competition, to steal the treasure. Out of expectation, a disciple represented Wudang to compete with other martial arts masters for the championship. During the competition, resentment incurred against different parties, the relationship became complicated, a Korean female Tai Chi descendant fell in love with the American conspirator and the secret of the treasure had been revealed. The treasure is the key of the magnetic field of Wudang, if it's stolen, Wudang would be devastated. To protect Wudang, a group of young heroes rallied around to defeat grant masters. It's the time the long-lost Wudang martial arts returned
Sensing a rebellion is brewing in the small town of Lung Wei Village, the Manchu warlords command the village magistrate to hunt down the rebels. He hires four warriors, all of them expert martial artists, to stop the rebellion. The stakes are high: If they don't succeed, the rebels may change the course of Chinese history.
Taiwanese martial arts movie by Karen Yang Chia-Yun
