When I found "The Bodyguard", not to be mistaken for the sappy 1992 Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston movie, I had no idea what it was about, nor any idea just what I would be in for. All that I knew was it was an Asian martial arts movie, which essentially is more than enough to have my interest.
Director Yue Song, who also starred in the movie himself, was phenomenal. It was an impressive display of martial arts and acrobats. The movie was just pumped with action and adrenaline from the beginning and right up to the end credits. This was really a blast of a movie, and I was more than genuinely surprised and entertained by it.
Story-wise, then "The Bodyguard" was fairly generic, in terms that it is something that has been done and seen before. But still, Yue Song managed to put together a most impressive movie on all accounts. The story is somewhat simple, but it is more than made up for with martial arts and action. Don't get me wrong, I don't mean simple in a negative or boring way, just that the movie doesn't require you to use your brain much.
Being an Asian martial arts movie, "The Bodyguard" needed to have some really impressive martial arts performances and action sequences in order to stand out from the numerous martial arts movies that permeates the Asian movie market. And it does! The martial arts in the movie were phenomenal, and this was the first time that I have seen Yue Song in action, and I was blown away. He is more than on level with Tony Jaa and Iko Uwais. He was just impressive, actually. And the action sequences in the movie were as numerous as they were skillfully executed on the screen.
"The Bodyguard" does have some good martial arts performers and actors to the cast list. Yue Song managed to impress me in every way, and I am looking forward to seeing more from him in the future. But it also has both Collin Chou and Xing Yu on the cast list, and they are both quite good as well.
If you enjoy Asian martial arts movies, then you really owe it to yourself to treat yourself to sit down and watch "The Bodyguard". It will blow you away.
I am rating "The Bodyguard" a solid eight out of ten stars. This is definitely a movie that I will watch again, because it was just that impressive.
