Body Armour (2007)

A burned-out bodyguard is hired to protect the man he hates the most: an international assassin who destroyed his career and ruined his life. Forced to put his personal feelings on hold, ... See full summary »

Director:

Gerry Lively

Writers:

Ken Lamplugh, John Weidner

Stars:

Til Schweiger, Chazz Palminteri, Lluís Homar

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Til Schweiger	...	John Ridley
Chazz Palminteri	...	Lee Maxwell
Lluís Homar	...	Mark Graver
Gustavo Salmerón	...	Rogelio Garcia (as Gustavo Salmeron)
Cristina Brondo	...	Catherine Maxwell
Khan Bonfils	...	Ozu
Louis Decosta Johnson	...	Franklin Aames
Mark Ullod	...	Lobo
Cristina Piaget	...	Lareina
Sue Flack	...	Governer Lonsdale
Nick Brimble	...	Victor Tolkin
Jaume Montané	...	Sebastian Kemp
Irene Montalà	...	Anna
Toby Harper	...	Hotel Manager
Paul Gibert	...	Special Agent #1

Storyline

A burned-out bodyguard is hired to protect the man he hates the most: an international assassin who destroyed his career and ruined his life. Forced to put his personal feelings on hold, the bodyguard must use all his skills and years of experience to keep the assassin alive in the face of constant danger.

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Plot Keywords:

bodyguard | gun | assassination | nightclub | shootout

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Genres:

Action

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some violence

Details

Country:

USA Australia Germany Spain UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 February 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

A fegyver két végén

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Company Credits

Production Co:

ApolloProMovie & Co. 2. Filmproduktion, Fausto Producciones Cinematográficas, Generalitat de Catalunya - Institut Català de les Indústries Culturals (ICIC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

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User Reviews

Turn off your brain, tune out logic

This is a movie about a bodyguard who has to protect somebody but can't do a worthwhile job of it.

Like most action movies of this sort, it loses logic about 20 minutes in.

The bad guys are too bad for their own good, but they look good in fancy suits and with nice weaponry.

The good guys are too dumb - tough but dumb.

Now, if I had to relocate a witness, I would not take them to places that would be popular or hot or known to anybody.

I would throw them in back of a beat-up car, wearing rags and take them to some place that nobody would ever think of.

They would listen to me or I would bust their teeth.

However as in every other witness relocation/protection movie - logic is misplaced for what is supposed to be a story.

The performances are bad, the story is bad and the action is also bad.

However for a comedy, it's not too bad...if you want a little bit of action with your funny.

With a whole bunch of useless and needless locations, scenes, action sequences and dialog as well as major plot holes - this could be one of the lost comedies that you may find interesting.

The nightclub scenes are pretty interesting...walking around in ski masks in a nightclub and nobody notices.

Brandishing weaponry across a dance-floor and nobody moves until gunfire is sprayed.

Yep, it's the little things that can make a movie good or it's the little things that can make a movie horrible.

This does the latter.