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Bodyguard: A New Beginning

Synopsis

Bodyguard: A New Beginning focuses around the story of Leung, the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, whose true identity is known only by Wong himself. Even his own errant son, Yuen, is kept in the dark, which leads to a betrayal that threatens to destroy the family and all that his father has worked hard to protect.

Details

Year
2008
Type of project
Features
Running time
90 mins
Format
HiDef
Director
Chee Keong Cheung
Producer
Jim Howell, Simon Barnes, Ean Tang
Co-Producer
Jim Howell, Simon Barnes, Ean Tang
Editor
Mark Towns
Screenwriter
Chee Keong Cheung, Oliver Morran
Director of Photography
Matthew Beecroft, Henry Chung
Principal cast
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Vincent Sze, Richard Ng, Stephanie Langton, Carl Ng, Mark Strange, Nathan Lewis, Brandon Rhea, Sing Fu On

Genre

Action Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Intense Productions Ltd

5 Chelmsford Close
Lancaster
Lancashire LA1 4BJ
UK

info@intenseproductions.co.uk

ScreenOps

mail@screenops.com

Sales Company

Park Entertainment Ltd

Suite 12, 3rd Floor
54 Broadwick Street
London W1F 7AH
UK

T +44 (0)20 7434 4176

mail@parkentertainment.com

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