As I’ve said before, I wanted to like this movie. Right from the start, I was ready to have my heartstrings plucked with the idea of Ding (Sammo Hung) being an old soldier that lost his granddaughter, but it just sets up these forced, cutesy scenes with Cherry (Jacquelin Chan), the young daughter of his neighbor, Li (Andy Lau).
Oddly enough, action film legend Sammo Hung’s latest is undergoing a small identity crisis through its titling. Initially it was The Bodyguard and as of late, it was retitled My Beloved Bodyguard through some of the latest stills that have been pouring out in the past week or so, although hopefully this won’t at all affect the rollout on April 1 when it opens as either title from Edko Films, Ltd.
At any rate, Hung is guarding something! Here he plays a retired old soldier living on the Russia-China border who befriends a young girl and ultimately sets out to rescue her when her father gets mixed up with the wrong people. Andy Lau stars along with Zhu Yuchen, Li Qinqin, Eddie Peng and Feng Jia-Yi, and a number of seasoned thesps from classic Hong Kong cinema, including Yuen Wah, Yuen Biao, Tsui Hark, Karl Maka and many more.
As for the title, maybe the new poster below makes it official. What do you think?
