The much-talked about and highly anticipated Chinese film of 2009 is “BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS”, a historical drama-action epic directed by Teddy Chen. The film has received such a large “hyping” up given its ensemble cast, fantastic production values ($ 150 million was spent to recreate Hong Kong’s 1906 Central district of the film), an interesting pseudo-historical marketing ploy and it has a Hollywood-scale blockbuster written all over it. The film has massive commercial … more