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* DisguisedInDrag: During the banquet scene, Dr. Wai and Shing infiltrates the ballroom’s office while disguised in gowns, wigs, jewelry and fake boobs. [[Film/TheShaolinTemple Not a first for Jet Li]], though.
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* DisguisedInDrag: During the banquet scene, Dr. Wai and Shing infiltrates the ballroom’s office while disguised in gowns, wigs, jewelry and fake boobs. [[Film/TheShaolinTemple [[Film/MartialArtsOfShaolin Not a first for Jet Li]], though.
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''Dr. Wai in "The Scripture with No Words"'' is a 1996 action-adventure-drama starring Creator/JetLi, in the first and only time in his career where he did ActingForTwo.
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''Dr. Wai in "The Scripture with No Words"'' is a 1996 action-adventure-drama starring Creator/JetLi, in the first and only time in his career where he did ActingForTwo.
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* {{Expy}}: Besides the obvious Indiana Jones parallels, Dr. Wai is also a blatant one to Dr. Wisely Wei, a pulp hero down to his surname, a character previously played by Chow Yun Fat in ''Film/TheSeventhCurse''.
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* {{Expy}}: Besides the obvious Indiana Jones parallels, Dr. Wai is also a blatant one to Dr. Wisely Wei, a pulp hero down to his surname, a character previously played by Chow Yun Fat in ''Film/TheSeventhCurse''.''Film/TheSeventhCurse'' (and was created by author Ni Kuang).
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The film basically tells two stories at the same time; Chow trying to overcome his writer's block and launch his new bestseller, and Dr. Wai trying to locate the missing scriptures before it falls into the wrong hands.
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* FantasySequence: Basically, ''every'' action sequence involving Dr. Wai, is basically Chow (the writer in the real world) dreaming himself to be a badass hero, while leading a really boring life as a struggling writer.
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* FantasySequence: Basically, ''every'' action sequence involving Dr. Wai, is basically Chow (the writer in the real world) dreaming himself to be a badass hero, while leading a really boring life as a struggling writer.
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* AllWritersAreWriters: Kick-ass ImagineSpot action scenes aside, it's a drama about a man trying to overcome writer's block.
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Jet Li plays Chow Si-kit, a pulp serial author struggling with writer's block, who is trying his best to write his next bestseller based on his creation, the fictional adventurer and blatant ''Franchise/IndianaJones''-knockoff, Dr. Wai, an AdventurerArchaeologist in the 1940s seeking the Missing Scriptures before the Japanese can find it. While thinking of the best story for his fictional character, Chow daydreams himself into the role of Dr. Wai, but more often than not the harsh realities of life, such as his career and relationships with his wife, drags him back into the real world.
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Jet Li plays Chow Si-kit, a pulp serial author struggling with writer's block, who is trying his best to write his next bestseller based on his creation, the fictional adventurer and blatant ''Franchise/IndianaJones''-knockoff, Dr. Wai, an AdventurerArchaeologist in the 1940s seeking the Missing Scriptures before the Japanese can find it. While thinking about the direction of the best story for his fictional character, Chow daydreams himself into the role of Dr. Wai, but more often than not the harsh realities of life, such as his career and relationships relationship with his wife, drags him back into the real world.
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* OddballInTheSeries: Jet Li playing a RidiculouslyAverageGuy instead of an action hero in the real world, for starters. There are notably more dramatic scenes in this movie as well in the real life moments, compared to the rest of Jet Li's output in the 90s. Jet wouldn't star in another drama movie until ''Film/OceanHeaven'' 14 years later.
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** Chow Si-kit’s wife, Cammy, is played by Rosamund Kwan. Jet LI and Rosamund Kwan previously played lovers in ''Film/OnceUponATimeInChina''.
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* LongingForFitcionland: Chow the struggling writer wishes himself to be his own fictional creation, Dr. Wai the badass adventurer.
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* NestedStory: Jet Li plays fictional writer Chow Si-kit, and Chow Si-kit writes about fictional archaeologist Dr. Wai. [[MindScrew Oh and Dr. Wai is also played by Jet Li]]...
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Jet Li plays Chow Si-kit, a pulp serial author struggling with writer's block, who is trying his best to write his next bestseller based on his creation, the fictional adventurer and blatant ''Franchise/IndianaJones''-knockoff, Dr. Wai.Wai, an AdventurerArchaeologist in the 1940s seeking the Missing Scriptures before the Japanese can find it. While thinking of the best story for his fictional character, Chow daydreams himself into the role of Dr. Wai, but more often than not the harsh realities of life, such as his career and relationships with his wife, drags him back into the real world.
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* ArtifactOfDoom: The titular scriptures, which grants ultimate powers for those who finds it.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Indiana Jet and the Struggle of Writers Block]]
''Dr. Wai in "The Scripture with No Words"'' is a 1996 action-adventure-drama starring Creator/JetLi, in the first and only time in his career where he did ActingForTwo.
Jet Li plays Chow Si-kit, a pulp serial author struggling with writer's block, who is trying his best to write his next bestseller based on his creation, the fictional adventurer and blatant ''Franchise/IndianaJones''-knockoff, Dr. Wai. While thinking of the best story for his fictional character, Chow daydreams himself into the role of Dr. Wai, but more often than not the harsh realities of life, such as his career and relationships with his wife, drags him back into the real world.
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!!This film contains examples of
* ActorAllusion:
** Chow Si-kit’s wife, Cammy, is played by Rosamund Kwan. Jet LI and Rosamund Kwan previously played lovers in ''Film/OnceUponATimeInChina''.
** In the banquet duel, Dr. Wai fights a Japanese bodyguard played by Billy Chow, who previously fought Jet Li in ''Film/FistOfLegend''.
* Adventurer Archeologist: Dr. Wai, obviously.
* AuthorAvatar: Dr. Wai for Chow Si-kit. In the real-world Chow leads a boring, mundane life as a struggling writer, and lives out his fantasy as a badass hero imagining himself in the form of his fictional creation Dr. Wai.
* BadassBookworm: Dr. Wai, who much like Indiana Jones, moonlights as a doctor as his civilian job. Complete with SpecsOfAwesome.
* DisguisedInDrag: During the banquet scene, Dr. Wai and Shing infiltrates the ballroom’s office while disguised in gowns, wigs, jewelry and fake boobs. [[Film/TheShaolinTemple Not a first for Jet Li]], though.
* EpicFlail: The ninjas in the gas chamber fight uses flails as weapons against Dr. Wai, but Wai use his pen to catch all their flails and turns it back against them.
* {{Expy}}: Besides the obvious Indiana Jones parallels, Dr. Wai is also a blatant one to Dr. Wisely Wei, a pulp hero down to his surname, a character previously played by Chow Yun Fat in ''Film/TheSeventhCurse''.
* FaceDoodling: After Dr. Wai defeats the Japanese bodyguard [[ItMakesSenseInContext with his pen]], he purposely left the words scribbled on his opponent’s face: "Dr. Wai was here!"
* FacialHorror: The BigBad loses half of his face after being exposed to the titular scripture.
* FantasySequence: Basically, ''every'' action sequence involving Dr. Wai, is basically Chow (the writer in the real world) dreaming himself to be a badass hero, while leading a really boring life as a struggling writer.
* FramingDevice: Chow Si-kit writes a story, imagining himself to be the badass adventurer he created on paper, and the movie promptly [[IndulgentFantasySegue segues]] to the pulp adventure of Dr. Wai. Although in several scenes, the movie quickly shifts back to reality, such as when [[spoiler: Chow finds out his wife Cammy is in the hospital]].
* FlamingSword: In the penultimate battle of the fictional story, Dr. Wai fights the BigBad, both of them armed with WhipSword which are on fire.
* GasChamber: A lengthy action scene in the film is set in a gas chamber, where the Japanese are testing their poisonous gas on innocent prisoners. Dr. Wai had to infiltrate the chamber to bail Shing out.
* GasMaskMooks: Some Japanese soldiers and researchers in the gas chamber shootout wears gas masks.
* GratuitousNinja: The gas chamber is guarded by several ninjas that ambush Dr. Wai the moment he took out the soldiers and guards. Why? RuleOfCool, that’s why!
* LeapAndFire: Dr. Wai did this in the gas chamber shootout. [[ImprobableAimingSkills And doesn’t miss any shots at all]].
* LongingForFitcionland: Chow the struggling writer wishes himself to be his own fictional creation, Dr. Wai the badass adventurer.
* OffhandBackhand: Dr. Wai did the gun version of this trope after taking down a small platoon of Japanese guards, one of them tries coming up from behind him. Wai promptly fires a shot behind him and [[ImprobableAimingSkills guns down the guard without looking]].
* OneManArmy: Dr. Wai in most of his fight scenes. His sidekick is a NonActionGuy and none of his allies have any experience in kicking ass, so he’s fighting off hordes of mooks by himself… and damn good at it.
* ThePenIsMightier:
** Dr. Wai’s preferred secret weapon is his pen, which can launch its tip with a RazorFloss attached, which he used to take out the Japanese bodyguard when the latter tries to pull a gun on Dr. Wai in the office fight.
** Dr. Wai vs. the ninjas. They have flails, and Dr. Wai had his pen. Dr. Wai wins.
*PluckyComicRelief: Shing, Dr. Wai’s sidekick and TheLancer, played by Takeshi Kaneshiro at his pluckiest.
* ProtoSuperhero: Dr. Wai himself, a BadassNormal adventurer who can kick massive amounts of ass.
* RodentsOfUnusualSize: During one of Dr. Wai’s adventures, he gets attacked by a rodent exposed to the scriptures and turning giant-sized, in a scene that is a blatantly ripped off from ''Film/ThePrincessBride''
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Dr. Wai and the BigBad both wears scarves. Naturally, the impracticality of this trop comes up when Shing managed to assist Dr. Wai by grabbing the scarf of BigBad, causing a [[CapeSnag scarf snag]].
* ShowWithinAShow: A Type 1 example, Chow Si-kit is the creator of Dr. Wai, and imagines himself to be the hero he made.
* SumoWrestling: During the gas chamber fight scene, two GiantMook fighters Dr. Wai had to contend with are Sumo wrestlers, which he defeats by flinging them into the air before sending them landing on the gas-discharging equipment.
* TwoFaced: The BigBad, whose right half of his head is a SkullForAHead.
* WritersBlock: In real life, Chow Si-kit struggles with this problem as he tries to think of how to come up with the adventures of Dr. Wai.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Indiana Jet and the Struggle of Writers Block]]
''Dr. Wai in "The Scripture with No Words"'' is a 1996 action-adventure-drama starring Creator/JetLi, in the first and only time in his career where he did ActingForTwo.
Jet Li plays Chow Si-kit, a pulp serial author struggling with writer's block, who is trying his best to write his next bestseller based on his creation, the fictional adventurer and blatant ''Franchise/IndianaJones''-knockoff, Dr. Wai. While thinking of the best story for his fictional character, Chow daydreams himself into the role of Dr. Wai, but more often than not the harsh realities of life, such as his career and relationships with his wife, drags him back into the real world.
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!!This film contains examples of
* ActorAllusion:
** Chow Si-kit’s wife, Cammy, is played by Rosamund Kwan. Jet LI and Rosamund Kwan previously played lovers in ''Film/OnceUponATimeInChina''.
** In the banquet duel, Dr. Wai fights a Japanese bodyguard played by Billy Chow, who previously fought Jet Li in ''Film/FistOfLegend''.
* Adventurer Archeologist: Dr. Wai, obviously.
* AuthorAvatar: Dr. Wai for Chow Si-kit. In the real-world Chow leads a boring, mundane life as a struggling writer, and lives out his fantasy as a badass hero imagining himself in the form of his fictional creation Dr. Wai.
* BadassBookworm: Dr. Wai, who much like Indiana Jones, moonlights as a doctor as his civilian job. Complete with SpecsOfAwesome.
* DisguisedInDrag: During the banquet scene, Dr. Wai and Shing infiltrates the ballroom’s office while disguised in gowns, wigs, jewelry and fake boobs. [[Film/TheShaolinTemple Not a first for Jet Li]], though.
* EpicFlail: The ninjas in the gas chamber fight uses flails as weapons against Dr. Wai, but Wai use his pen to catch all their flails and turns it back against them.
* {{Expy}}: Besides the obvious Indiana Jones parallels, Dr. Wai is also a blatant one to Dr. Wisely Wei, a pulp hero down to his surname, a character previously played by Chow Yun Fat in ''Film/TheSeventhCurse''.
* FaceDoodling: After Dr. Wai defeats the Japanese bodyguard [[ItMakesSenseInContext with his pen]], he purposely left the words scribbled on his opponent’s face: "Dr. Wai was here!"
* FacialHorror: The BigBad loses half of his face after being exposed to the titular scripture.
* FantasySequence: Basically, ''every'' action sequence involving Dr. Wai, is basically Chow (the writer in the real world) dreaming himself to be a badass hero, while leading a really boring life as a struggling writer.
* FramingDevice: Chow Si-kit writes a story, imagining himself to be the badass adventurer he created on paper, and the movie promptly [[IndulgentFantasySegue segues]] to the pulp adventure of Dr. Wai. Although in several scenes, the movie quickly shifts back to reality, such as when [[spoiler: Chow finds out his wife Cammy is in the hospital]].
* FlamingSword: In the penultimate battle of the fictional story, Dr. Wai fights the BigBad, both of them armed with WhipSword which are on fire.
* GasChamber: A lengthy action scene in the film is set in a gas chamber, where the Japanese are testing their poisonous gas on innocent prisoners. Dr. Wai had to infiltrate the chamber to bail Shing out.
* GasMaskMooks: Some Japanese soldiers and researchers in the gas chamber shootout wears gas masks.
* GratuitousNinja: The gas chamber is guarded by several ninjas that ambush Dr. Wai the moment he took out the soldiers and guards. Why? RuleOfCool, that’s why!
* LeapAndFire: Dr. Wai did this in the gas chamber shootout. [[ImprobableAimingSkills And doesn’t miss any shots at all]].
* LongingForFitcionland: Chow the struggling writer wishes himself to be his own fictional creation, Dr. Wai the badass adventurer.
* OffhandBackhand: Dr. Wai did the gun version of this trope after taking down a small platoon of Japanese guards, one of them tries coming up from behind him. Wai promptly fires a shot behind him and [[ImprobableAimingSkills guns down the guard without looking]].
* OneManArmy: Dr. Wai in most of his fight scenes. His sidekick is a NonActionGuy and none of his allies have any experience in kicking ass, so he’s fighting off hordes of mooks by himself… and damn good at it.
* ThePenIsMightier:
** Dr. Wai’s preferred secret weapon is his pen, which can launch its tip with a RazorFloss attached, which he used to take out the Japanese bodyguard when the latter tries to pull a gun on Dr. Wai in the office fight.
** Dr. Wai vs. the ninjas. They have flails, and Dr. Wai had his pen. Dr. Wai wins.
*PluckyComicRelief: Shing, Dr. Wai’s sidekick and TheLancer, played by Takeshi Kaneshiro at his pluckiest.
* ProtoSuperhero: Dr. Wai himself, a BadassNormal adventurer who can kick massive amounts of ass.
* RodentsOfUnusualSize: During one of Dr. Wai’s adventures, he gets attacked by a rodent exposed to the scriptures and turning giant-sized, in a scene that is a blatantly ripped off from ''Film/ThePrincessBride''
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Dr. Wai and the BigBad both wears scarves. Naturally, the impracticality of this trop comes up when Shing managed to assist Dr. Wai by grabbing the scarf of BigBad, causing a [[CapeSnag scarf snag]].
* ShowWithinAShow: A Type 1 example, Chow Si-kit is the creator of Dr. Wai, and imagines himself to be the hero he made.
* SumoWrestling: During the gas chamber fight scene, two GiantMook fighters Dr. Wai had to contend with are Sumo wrestlers, which he defeats by flinging them into the air before sending them landing on the gas-discharging equipment.
* TwoFaced: The BigBad, whose right half of his head is a SkullForAHead.
* WritersBlock: In real life, Chow Si-kit struggles with this problem as he tries to think of how to come up with the adventures of Dr. Wai.
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