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* DropTheHammer: In the final battle, Prince Shun Ling gets to pick up a gigantic, pole-mounted hammer, using it to smash and bash through several of Emperor Chin's troops. [[spoiler: He ultimately kills Emperor Chin using said hammer to crush his guts out]].
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Zhu Hai screwing up the assasination in the start allows the Emperor a ''perfect'' reason to start an invasion.
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* TheLancer: The closest the film has to this is Zhu Hai, the warrior who attempts to kill the Emperor, only to screw up spectacularly. He does show up in big s=fight scenes to help Prince Shun Ling and the rebels kill enemy mooks, but doesn't really contribute further to the plot.
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Not to be confused [[VideoGame/CallToArms with the video game]].
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* StockWushuWeaponry: Most of the stock wushu weapons do show up in the film, including the ''jian'', ''qiang'', ''dao'', and even an extensive fight scene featuring the ''chui'', a somewhat rare weapon even for these kind of films.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Okay students, time for another lecture on ancient Chinese history! [[note]] Just kidding, this is actually a kickass martial arts movie, despite what the poster looks like [[/note]] ]]
''Call to Arms'' is a 1971 Creator/ShawBrothers martial arts film and period piece.
Set in China's [[UsefulNotes/DynastiesFromShangToQing Period of Warring States]], the seven nations of Chin, Chu, Zhao, Wei, Han, Yan, and Qi, after long periods of war and strife, are eventually unified under the strongest of the seven: the Chin Empire. But the Emperor of Chin enforces a rule of tyranny, having innocents forced into slavery and allowing his soldiers to kill and conquer on a regular basis.
As the Emperor plots an invasion on the Chu nation, the WarriorPrince of Chu, Prince Shun Ling, secretly leads a rebellion to overthrow the Emperor.
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!! ''Call to Arms'' contains examples of:
* AgonyOfTheFeet: TheMole who sells out the Prince ends up getting captured after having a sword shoved through his right foot. With plenty of red sauce, as usual.
* BigBadassBattleSequence:
** After the OpeningScroll, the audience is treated to a massive war in the battlefield depicting the seven counties fighting each other for total domination, before the Empire of Chin took over and unifies the seven.
** The film's climax, with the LaResistance and Prince Shun Ling invading the throne room and battling Emperor Chin's army, also counts.
* BodyDouble: Emperor Chin is allegedly assasinated in the first ten minutes of the film. Unfortunately that was merely a double, and the ''real'' Emperor, hiding behind a rotating door, now has the ''perfect'' reason to start a war.
* CoolOldGuy: The Princes's mentor, Master Hau, a capable and skilled swordsman in his own rights who gets quite a bit of kills during fight scenes.
* DecoyProtagonist: Zhu Hai, the warrior, who gets the first action sequence of the film - assassinating the Emperor. But when the assassination goes south, the film quickly shifts focus to Prince Shun Ling, the real hero.
* DressingAsTheEnemy: Prince Shun Ling infiltrates the dungeon while dressed up as one of the Emperor's soldiers, with a helmet that helpfully conceals his forehead just enough for him to bluff the guards.
* DropTheHammer: In the final battle, Prince Shun Ling gets to pick up a gigantic, pole-mounted hammer, using it to smash and bash through several of Emperor Chin's troops. [[spoiler: He ultimately kills Emperor Chin using said hammer to crush his guts out]].
* HighPressureBlood: Shows up in most of the death scenes, since edged weapons like swords and halberds are constantly used.
* InASingleBound: Prince Shun Ling in numerous fights, thanks to WireFu. Since this is a ''wuxia'' that's normal.
* TheLancer: THe closest the film has to this is Zhu Hai, the warrior who attempts to kill the Emperor, only to screw up spectacularly. He does show up in big s=fight scenes to help Prince Shun Ling and the rebels kill enemy mooks, but doesn't really contribute further to the plot.
* StackedCharactersPoster: One with the film's major players all in picture frames, complete with their respective names, as seen above. One review actually said the poster resembles the cover of a school textbook about Chinese history instead of a martial arts epic film.
* StockWushuWeaponry: Most of the stock wushu weapons do show up in the film, including the ''jian'', ''qiang'', ''dao'', and even an extensive fight scene featuring the ''chui'', a somewhat rare weapon even for these kind of films.
* SwordFight: Most of the fight scenes are clashing between swords. The final battle in the Emperor's throne room started with mostly swords as well, but later on combatants start grabbing equipment from the weapon racks adorning the throne's corners.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: When Emperor Chin, of the Chin Empire which is the strongest of the seven counties in the Warring Periods, took over the rule of China and enforced a dictatorship upon ascending the throne.
* WarriorPrince: The film's hero, Prince Shun Ling, who wants to take down the tyrannical Emperor of Chin.
* WarWasBeginning: The film's OpeningScroll is actually a brief history lesson about the seven counties of China's Warring States Period being unified, only to result into a power struggle which leads to the film's events.
* WorkingOnTheChainGang: Many prisoners, defectors and captured enemies of the Chin Emperor is subjected to this fate in a rock quarry.
* {{Wuxia}}
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[[caption-width-right:350:Okay students, time for another lecture on ancient Chinese history! [[note]] Just kidding, this is actually a kickass martial arts movie, despite what the poster looks like [[/note]] ]]
''Call to Arms'' is a 1971 Creator/ShawBrothers martial arts film and period piece.
Set in China's [[UsefulNotes/DynastiesFromShangToQing Period of Warring States]], the seven nations of Chin, Chu, Zhao, Wei, Han, Yan, and Qi, after long periods of war and strife, are eventually unified under the strongest of the seven: the Chin Empire. But the Emperor of Chin enforces a rule of tyranny, having innocents forced into slavery and allowing his soldiers to kill and conquer on a regular basis.
As the Emperor plots an invasion on the Chu nation, the WarriorPrince of Chu, Prince Shun Ling, secretly leads a rebellion to overthrow the Emperor.
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!! ''Call to Arms'' contains examples of:
* AgonyOfTheFeet: TheMole who sells out the Prince ends up getting captured after having a sword shoved through his right foot. With plenty of red sauce, as usual.
* BigBadassBattleSequence:
** After the OpeningScroll, the audience is treated to a massive war in the battlefield depicting the seven counties fighting each other for total domination, before the Empire of Chin took over and unifies the seven.
** The film's climax, with the LaResistance and Prince Shun Ling invading the throne room and battling Emperor Chin's army, also counts.
* BodyDouble: Emperor Chin is allegedly assasinated in the first ten minutes of the film. Unfortunately that was merely a double, and the ''real'' Emperor, hiding behind a rotating door, now has the ''perfect'' reason to start a war.
* CoolOldGuy: The Princes's mentor, Master Hau, a capable and skilled swordsman in his own rights who gets quite a bit of kills during fight scenes.
* DecoyProtagonist: Zhu Hai, the warrior, who gets the first action sequence of the film - assassinating the Emperor. But when the assassination goes south, the film quickly shifts focus to Prince Shun Ling, the real hero.
* DressingAsTheEnemy: Prince Shun Ling infiltrates the dungeon while dressed up as one of the Emperor's soldiers, with a helmet that helpfully conceals his forehead just enough for him to bluff the guards.
* DropTheHammer: In the final battle, Prince Shun Ling gets to pick up a gigantic, pole-mounted hammer, using it to smash and bash through several of Emperor Chin's troops. [[spoiler: He ultimately kills Emperor Chin using said hammer to crush his guts out]].
* HighPressureBlood: Shows up in most of the death scenes, since edged weapons like swords and halberds are constantly used.
* InASingleBound: Prince Shun Ling in numerous fights, thanks to WireFu. Since this is a ''wuxia'' that's normal.
* TheLancer: THe closest the film has to this is Zhu Hai, the warrior who attempts to kill the Emperor, only to screw up spectacularly. He does show up in big s=fight scenes to help Prince Shun Ling and the rebels kill enemy mooks, but doesn't really contribute further to the plot.
* StackedCharactersPoster: One with the film's major players all in picture frames, complete with their respective names, as seen above. One review actually said the poster resembles the cover of a school textbook about Chinese history instead of a martial arts epic film.
* StockWushuWeaponry: Most of the stock wushu weapons do show up in the film, including the ''jian'', ''qiang'', ''dao'', and even an extensive fight scene featuring the ''chui'', a somewhat rare weapon even for these kind of films.
* SwordFight: Most of the fight scenes are clashing between swords. The final battle in the Emperor's throne room started with mostly swords as well, but later on combatants start grabbing equipment from the weapon racks adorning the throne's corners.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: When Emperor Chin, of the Chin Empire which is the strongest of the seven counties in the Warring Periods, took over the rule of China and enforced a dictatorship upon ascending the throne.
* WarriorPrince: The film's hero, Prince Shun Ling, who wants to take down the tyrannical Emperor of Chin.
* WarWasBeginning: The film's OpeningScroll is actually a brief history lesson about the seven counties of China's Warring States Period being unified, only to result into a power struggle which leads to the film's events.
* WorkingOnTheChainGang: Many prisoners, defectors and captured enemies of the Chin Emperor is subjected to this fate in a rock quarry.
* {{Wuxia}}
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