The Bodyguard from Beijing 1994  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Action
aka: The Defender
Director: Corey Yuen
Cast: Jet Li, Christy Chung, Kent Cheng, Ngai Sing, Leung Wing-chung, Ng Wai-kwok, William Chu, Corey Yuen, Collin Chou
In this Cantonese version of "The Bodyguard," Beijing bodyguard Hui Ching-yeung (Jet Li) is sent to protect Michelle Yeung (Christy Chung) who has witnessed a murder by a corrupt businessman. As Hui fights off hit men while saving Michelle's life, he begins to fall in love with her. Now, complications really arise. Also dubbed in English.
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DOA: Dead or Alive 2006  PG-13, 87 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Romance
Director: Corey Yuen
Cast: Jaime Pressly, Holly Valance, Devon Aoki, Sarah Carter, Natassia Malthe, Kane Kosugi, Matthew Marsden, Eric Roberts, Steve Howey, Brian J. White, Kevin Nash, Collin Chou
Based on the popular video game, DOA, this story begins when Tina Armstrong (Jaime Pressly), Christie Allen (Holly Valance), Kasumi (Devon Aoki), and Helena Douglas (Sarah Carter) are invited to participate in DOA, a secret, invitational-only martial arts contest on a remote Asian island. They are flown in by private jet and then to qualify must bail out, swim to shore, and check in at DOA headquarters. With a $10 million prize at stake, fights come in quick succession in this action-filled story.
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The Forbidden Kingdom 2008  PG-13, 113 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Rob Minkoff
Cast: Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Michael Angarano, Morgan Benoit, Bin Jiang, Shaohua Yang, Deshun Wang, Collin Chou, Yifei Liu, Xiao Dong Mei, Mathew Tang, Alan Ng
Jackie Chan and Jet Li take on dual roles in this first film in which they work together. The story is about nerdy, South Boston teenager Jason Tripitikas (Michael Angarano) who finds the Monkey King's (Jet Li) magic stick in a pawn shop owned by Old Hop (Jackie Chan) and is transported back in time to ancient China. In China, Jason is trained by martial artists Lu Yan (Jackie Chan) and Silent Monk (Jet Li) and then sets out with a band of warriors to free the Monkey King who has been imprisoned in stone by the evil Jade Warlord (Collin Chou).
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Jet Li's The Enforcer 1995 R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: My Father is a Hero
Director: Corey Yuen
Cast: Jet Li, Anita Mui, Tse Miu, Rongguang Yu, Corey Yuen, Ken Lo, Damian Lau, Hen-Chow Lo, Bonnie Fu, Henry Fong, Collin Chou, Mary Ellen Dunbar, Victoria Hoffman, Martin Spanjers, Fred Tatasciore
One last mission awaits the veteran undercover agent Kung Wei (Jet Li). While in Hong Kong on his assignment, his wife dies back in China. A tough Hong Kong cop, Inspector Fong (Anita Mui), is in China checking on Kung Wei's identity, and, when she brings Kung Wei's young son (Tse Miu) to Hong Kong, the game of deception gets rougher.
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| 1. The Bodyguard from Beijing (1994)
aka: The Defender
2. DOA: Dead or Alive (2006)
3. The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
4. Jet Li's The Enforcer (1995)
aka: My Father is a Hero
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