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The Bodyguard from Beijing (simplified Chinese: 中南海保镖; traditional Chinese: 中南海保鑣; released in the United States as The Defender and United Kingdom as Jet Li's The Defender) is a 1994 Hong Kong action film directed by Corey Yuen, and starring Jet Li, who also produced.
Jet Li in 2009. Jet Li is a Chinese-born Singaporean [1] martial artist, retired wushu champion, film actor, film producer, and philanthropist.His first non-Chinese film role was as a villain in the 1998 buddy cop action film Lethal Weapon 4 with Mel Gibson and Danny Glover.
High Risk (released under the alternative title Meltdown in the United States and Super Bodyguard in the Philippines) is a 1995 Hong Kong action comedy film written, produced and directed by Wong Jing and starring Jet Li, Jacky Cheung, Chingmy Yau, Charlie Yeung and Yang Chung-hsien. Corey Yuen serves as the film's fight choreographer.
Li Lianjie (courtesy name Yangzhong; born 26 April 1963), [2] better known by his stage name Jet Li, is a Chinese-born Singaporean martial artist, actor, and philanthropist. After three years of training with acclaimed wushu teacher Wu Bin , Li won his first national championship for the Beijing Wushu Team in 1974, winning the first of five men ...
It was produced by Besson and Jet Li, the latter of whom also starred in the lead role. The film co-stars Morgan Freeman, Bob Hoskins, and Kerry Condon. The action scenes were choreographed by Yuen Woo-ping, with the film's setting and shooting location in Glasgow, Scotland. The film received generally positive reviews.
Kevin Costner was ready to protect Princess Diana in The Bodyguard 2. Costner, 69, shared plot details for the canceled sequel on The Howard Stern Show on Tuesday, June 18, confirming that a ...
Directed by Lee Tamahori (Once Were Warriors), this bloated, whiplash-toned film has its moments (namely Halle Berry’s Jinx emerging from the surf in Cuba). But the villain (Toby Stephens’s ...
The documentary Jet Li Is 'The One ' in the special features section on the DVD explains that both Gabriel Yulaw and "Gabe" Law use martial arts that represent their personalities. Yulaw uses Xingyiquan (The Shape-Will Fist), characterized by aggressive linear movements, while Gabe uses Baguazhang (The Eight Trigram Palms), which uses subtle ...