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olivierdemangeon · 7 years ago

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Synopsis : Après la mort de son maître, Wu-Lin devient le dernier successeur du légendaire clan Iron Kick. Il décide alors de quitter son petit village tranquille pour se rendre dans la grande ville à la recherche de son ami et ancien disciple Jiang Li. Sans argent ni famille, Wu-Lin vit une vie de vagabond. Un bon matin, il vient au secours d’un riche homme d’affaires qui, pour le remercier, lui offre d’être le garde du corps personnel de sa fille Faye. Cette dernière n’est pas chaude à l’idée et rend la vie difficile à notre héros. Malheureusement pour elle, Wu-Lin prend son travail très au sérieux. Mais malgré toutes ses précautions, un groupe de criminels, dirigé par Jiang Li, kidnappe Faye. Wu-Lin devra alors mettre de côté sa loyauté envers son vieil ami s’il veut sauver la jeune femme.

Origine du film : Chine Réalisateur : Yue Song Scénaristes : Yue Song Acteurs : Collin Chou, Yue Song, Xing Yu, Li YuFei, Michael Chan, Shang Tielong, Xu Dongmei, Yang Jun, Li Changhai, Jiang Baocheng, Yuan Wu, Dong Jiangtao Musique : / Genre : Action, Drame Durée : 1 heure et 33 minutes Date de sortie : 1er avril 2016 (Hong Kong) Année de production : 2016 Sociétés de production : Beijing Yuesong Entertainment, Heng Ye Film Distribution, Beijing Hairun Pictures, Beijing Fanya Vision Media Distribué par : Heng Ye Film Distribution, Beijing Dingfengchuanqi Media Titre original : Super Bodyguard / The Bodyguard / Chao ji bao biao / 超级保镖 Notre note : ★★★★☆

Notre commentaire : “Chao ji bao biao” (超级保镖) ou “The Bodyguard” pour la distribution internationale, mais que l’on trouve également sous le nom de “Super Bodyguard” est un film d’action chinois datant de 2016, écrit et réalisé par Yue Song, à qui l’on doit également “The King of the Streets” (2012). Le réalisateur s’offre également le premier rôle dans son métrage. Les autres acteurs principaux étant Xing Yu, qu’on a pu voir dans “Shaolin” (2011), Li YuFei, qu’on a pu voir dans “The King of the Streets”, Collin Chou, qu’on a pu voir dans “Special ID” (2013), et Michael Chan, qu’on a pu voir dans “Gangster Payday” (2014).

L’histoire proposée par “The Bodyguard” n’est ni plus ni moins qu’une histoire de vengeance. L’intrigue nous invite à suivre Wu-Lin qui cherche à se faire justice par lui-même. Il est l’héritier d’un ancien clan chinois connu sous le nom de “Pieds de Fer”. Après le décès de son maître, il décide de retrouver Jiang Li, son ami d’enfance, chassé autrefois du clan. Ce dernier est devenu le leader d’un centre de formation pour gardes du corps, mais s’avère également être à la tête d’une organisation criminelle. La confrontation entre les deux hommes sera particulièrement virulente…

Il faut l’avouer le script est plutôt mince, et surtout n’est en rien original. C’est le moins que l’on puisse dire. Ce n’est donc pas dans l’histoire à proprement parlée qu’il faut chercher de la satisfaction. “The Bodyguard” est cependant un pur divertissement pour ceux, qui comme nous, sont fans de films d’action orientés baston. Et de ce côté on est servit. Les scènes d’action s’enchaînent donc à un rythme particulièrement soutenu. Les combats sont impressionnants, magnifiquement chorégraphiés, et superbement filmés. Certaines séquences sont proposées sous différents angles, avec des ralentis, et même avec des images types radiographiques afin de visualiser les dégâts sur la structure osseuse. Des techniques déjà vues auparavant dans d’autres métrages, mais utilisées de manières sporadiques et astucieuses dans le film.

On s’arrêtera essentiellement sur Yue Song, qui outre les casquettes de réalisateur et de scénariste endosse également celle d’acteur. Dans la grosse première partie du film, il aborde un look très particulier, qu’il fait d’ailleurs correspondre avec le caractère de son personnage, un homme débarquant de la ruralité, et n’étant pas trop au fait de la vie moderne. Il porte une sorte de botte de fer, destinée à renforcer sa musculature des jambes et à augmenter sa vitesse. Dans la seconde et dernière partie du film, il va se débarrasser de ses chaussures, et arborer un costume. La partie acteur / comédie / théâtrale de Yue Song est relativement satisfaisante, mais c’est essentiellement sa dextérité martiale qui impressionne. D’ailleurs le générique de fin, à l’instar des films de Jackie Chan, permet de visualiser un petit making off du métrage, où l’on peut relever la difficulté du tournage ainsi que les blessures occasionnées.

On peut bien évidemment regretter le manque de profondeur pour la plupart des personnages, le côté hyper caricatural des méchants, certaines incohérences dans le script, certains aspects manquant de fluidité dans l’histoire, mais globalement le plaisir est ailleurs, soit une heure et demi de baston impressionnante.

En conclusion, “The Bodyguard” est un très bon film d’action, disposant d’une histoire familière et d’une intrigue manquant parfois de fluidité. Le rythme est très soutenu et les scènes d’action sont nombreuses. Les chorégraphies de combat sont spectaculaires et les prouesses physiques et techniques des acteurs sont prodigieuses. Un pur plaisir pour les fans d’arts martiaux. La distribution offre de bonnes prestations dans l’ensemble, même si certains personnages apparaissent comme trop caricaturaux. L’ensemble se veut être un divertissement de premier plan pour les amateurs du genre.

Bande-annonce :

THE BODYGUARD (2016) ★★★★☆ Synopsis : Après la mort de son maître, Wu-Lin devient le dernier successeur du légendaire clan Iron Kick.

#Collin Chou #Dong Jiangtao #Jiang Baocheng #Li Changhai #Li YuFei #Michael Chan #Shang Tielong #Xing Yu #Xu Dongmei #Yang Jun #Yuan Wu #Yue Song

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bookofjin · 7 years ago

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Biography of Lu Ji, Part 2

[From JS054]

Its last scroll says:

Formerly the kings of three regions, the people of Wei occupied Central Xia, the Han clan had Min and Yi, Wu ruled Jing, Yang and completely had Jiao and Guang. The Cao clan, though merited in aiding the various Hua, their cruelty likewise was extreme, their people hated [them]. Grampa Liu because of the narrow passes was thereby decorated with wisdom, his merits in the end were slight, his customs coarse.

As for Wu, King Huan founded it using his martial [ability], Taizu completed it using virtue. Clever, bright, shrewd and intelligent, the admirable measures were vastly numerous. His search for the worthy similarly was not catching up [?], the blood's abundant people were like immature children, connecting with gentlemen exhaustively filling the appearance of virtue, personally benevolently exhausting the fondness of the vermilion government [?].

He pulled out Lü Meng for military action, and tested Pan Jun for tying up in imprisonment [?]. He pushed forward sincere and honest gentlemen, he did not pity our deception of the people [?]. His capacity was able to confer receptacles, he did not worry about our pressure for power [?]. He held the whip and nourishing personally, thereby esteeming the power of the Honourable Lu. He comprehensively appointed military guards, thereby helping the host [?] of Zhou Yu.

A low palace and fragrant food [?], the rewards of abundantly merited subjects. He split his breast and emptied himself, accepting the calculations of planning gentlemen. For that reason Lu Su alone faced and relied on himself [?], gentlemen adjusting Meng's strategic points and effecting the instructions.

He exalted the virtue of Excellency Zhang, and scrutinized the pleasures of the excursion fields. He admired the words of Zhuge and divided [his] feelings desires. He perceived the regulations of Excellency Lu, and removed the bothersome of the penal laws. He was amazed by the opinions of Liu Ji and made the oath of the three feudal ranks. He shielded the airs and crouched the steps, thereby waiting to clarify the illness of Ziming. He divided the multiplying and diminished the sweet, thereby producing the solitary of Ling Tong [?]. He climbed the altar with ardent anger, returning the merits of Master Lu. He scraped off and threw the hated words, trusting the modesty of Ziyu.

Thus accordingly loyal subjects contended to exhaust their plans, aspiring gentlemen united to indulge their power, vast regulations for far-reaching plots, firmly not tiring of those men of little account [?]. For these reasons the hundred officials cautiously combined, the numerous things not yet at leisure.

When began to have the capital at Jianye, the crowd of subjects requested to prepare the rites and procedures, the Son of Heaven refused and did not allow it, saying: “Why does Under Heaven thus speaks to Us?” [?] The palace rooms, cart and clothes, were no doubt satisfied like [this] [?].

Leading on to reaching the middle leaf, the division of Heaven and Man already settled, for that reason the deficit of the hundred measures were roughly cultivated [?]. Though densely reforming the esteemed guide-ropes, not yet the teeth to the sovereign replacement [?], pressing down their body of state's plans for passing through the nation [?], likewise sufficient to use it for government affairs.

The area of the land, how many ten thousands li? Belts and armour commanding a million, its country rich, its troops practised, its arms sharp, its wealth abundant. To the east shouldering the blue sea, to the west obstructing the narrow passes, the Long Jiang regulating its wards and buildings, steep mountains girdling its fenced boundaries. The gains of the house of state are not seen to be vast for those of the present [?].

Were it that [we could] defend it using the Way, manage itusing techniques, sincerely leading the bequeathed the canons [?], industrious people prudently governing, cultivating and deciding plans, defending regularly the strategic points, then [we] could use long generations and eternal years, and not have be endangered by worries for destruction [?].

Some say: “Wu and Shu as states were lips and teeth. As for the extermination of Shu and destruction of Wu, inherently then made it so [?].” As for Shu, no doubt protecting and aiding it with the state [?], but not the life or death of the people of Wu. Thus at the connection of outlands and frontiers, heavy mountains store up narrow passes, the lands are without paths for long wheel-hubs. The streams at the defiles flow swift, the water has the difficulties of surprising waves.

Even if there is a keen host of a million, beginning the journey, it does not exceed a thousand men. Axles and pulleys for a thousand li, the vanguard does not exceed a hundred warships. For that reason, at the attack of the Liu clan, Excellency Lu likened it to a long snake, its power being so [?].

Formerly before the destruction of Shu [?], the court officials [had] different schemes, some desiring to store up rocks to thereby block its flow, some desiring to contrive weapons to thereby resists its catastrophe. The Son of Heaven gathered the crowd of consultants consider communicating about it to the Grand Marshal, Excellency Lu. His Excellency, due to the Four Rivers and Heaven and Earth being by which measures proclaims its vapour [?], firmly not possible to suppress its arrangement [?], but machinery then they and us together [?]. Supposed they abandoned the long talents [?] to thereby approach crouching, if in Jing and Chu then the using of striving ships and oars, this would be Heaven aiding us. Commanding cautiously and defending the mouth of the gorge [could be] considered awaiting capture, and that was all.

Arriving at the chaos of Bu Chan, [he] relied on Baocheng [?] to thereby delay the stubborn robbers, with riches and heavy currency thereby persuading the crowd of the Man. At the time the multitudes of the great nation, clouds, soaring and lightning striking, were suspended between the Jing and Jiang [?], [he] built ramparts on Zunzhu, lapel and belt the strategic point, thereby halting to the west of the people of Wu, the naval host of Ba and Han, coming down east along the Jiang.

Excellency Lu with an army division of thirty thousand, to the north occupied Dongkeng, with deep ditches and tall ramparts, rubbing armour and raising power. The rebels and caitiffs were as if seeking out and waiting for slaughter [?], and did not dare look north for livelihood [?]. The stubborn robbers achieved defeat and escaped in the night, losing of their host the greater half. He separately instructed a sharp host of 5 000, to in the west defend against the naval army, east and west were both victorious, the presented prisoners tallied ten thousand. Truly indeed the plans of a worthy person, why should he deceive us!

From this the signal fires were rarely alarmed, the fenced region had few worries. When Excellency Lu was lost, there were secret plans in the millions [?], in Wu quarrels went deep and the Six Hosts were terrified. As for the labours of Taikang, the multitudes were no as abundant as hosts of former days; in the chaos of Guang province, calamity was more and more as in the difficulties of earlier times, yet the national house was toppled and turned over, the ancestral temple was laid waste.

Alas! “When people are speaking of destruction, the nation and state will end in collapse”, did it not turn out so?

The Changes says: “Tang and Wu recast the Instructions, obeying indeed Heaven”. Some say “If chaos does not reach the top [?], then the rule does not take shape”, speaking of causes for emperor and kings at the time [appointed by] Heaven. The ancients had a saying: “The times [appointed by] Heaven are not equal to the advantages of the Earth”. The Changes says: Kings and princes build strategic points to thereby defend their states”, speaking of them being reliant on the strategic points of the state. They also said: “The advantages of the Earth are not equal to the harmony of Men”, and “to be virtuous is not to be strategic”, speaking of there being people who defends the strategic points [?].

During the flourishing of Wu, they took part in and being employed by it [?]. Sun Qing was speaking of combining its participants [?]. Reaching its destructions, it relied on strategic points and that was all. Again Sun Qing was speaking of releasing its participants [?]. As for the sprouts of four provinces not being without a multitude, south of the Great Jiang not lacking in capable, the easy defences of the mountains and streams, the easy employment of the instruments of the strong and keen, the easy cultivating of the stratagems of former governments, achievement did not flourish and disaster struck, why was that? By the loss of those employed. [?]

In the past the former kings arrived at the leading rules binding together the state [?], examining the several arrivals of survival and destruction, humbling themselves to thereby calm the hundred families, with sincere kindness thereby making people peaceful, broadly conciliatory to thereby induce the plans of [those] capable of governing, kind and peaceful to thereby join together the love of the gentlemen and commoners.

Thus, due to their calm, the numerous populace celebrated together with them. Reaching their danger, the million multitudes worried together with them. If during calm the masses celebrated together with them, then their danger could not happen. If during danger the subordinates worried together with them, then their difficulties would not be sufficient for blood to proliferate.

As such, in the past [had they been] able to protect their altars of soil and grain, and strengthen their territories, the Barley Ears would be without thoughts of grief for Yin, the Millet Hanging would be without feelings of pity for Zhou.

Reaching the end of Taikang [280 -289], he and his younger brother Yun entered Luo together, and paid visit to the Grand Master of Ceremonies, Zhang Hua [JS036]. Hua had a long standing esteem for their fame, as if they had known each other in the past, and said:

In the labours of the attack on Wu, we have swiftly captured two paragons.

He also once went to the Palace Attendant, Wang Ji¤ [JS042]. Ji¤ pointed at sheep curd and spoke to Ji, saying:

Sir, within Wu, what can rival this?

He replied, stating:

Thousand li water-shield stew, without putting in salted beans.

At the time people considered it to be a famous reply.

Zhang Hua recommended him to the various Excellencies. Later the Grand Tutor, Yang Jun [JS040], nominated him to be a Libationer. When it happened that Jun was executed, he amassed to move to Forerunner to the Heir-Apparent and Gentleman Preparer.

Lu Zhi of Fanyang [JS044] from within the multitudes asked Ji, saying:

Lu Xun and Lu Kang, are they distant or near to you, Lord?

Ji said:

Like you Lord to Lu Yu and Lu Ting.

Zhi fell silent. When they had risen, Yun spoke to Ji, saying:

Different nations distant and remote, [their] appearance are not known to each other, why go as far as this!

Ji said:

Our father and grandfather's fame have spread to the Four Seas, how could he not know!

Those who discussed it used this to settle who of the two Lu [Ji and Yun] was superior and inferior.

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