Bodyguards and Assassins -- Film Review

8:35 PM PDT 10/14/2010 by Maggie Lee, AP

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HONG KONG -- Emulating the group dynamics of Kurosawa's "Hidden Fortress" and patriotic heroic ethos of King Hu's "The Valiant Ones," Teddy Chen's "Bodyguards and Assassins" concocts smashing action and a compelling dramatic arc from a kamikaze mission to protect China's first president during his visit to Hong Kong in 1906.

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