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[[caption-width:600:Between Japanese karate and Chinese wushu, let's see [[MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours whose kung fu is stronger]].]]
::''This is about the 2006 Chinese {{Wuxia}} movie. For the 1993 Peter Weir plane crash film, [[{{Film/Fearless1993}} click here.]]''
''Fearless'' (original title: 霍元甲) is a movie starring JetLi, directed by Ronny Yu and released in 2006. It is a fictionalized biopic of famous martial arts master Huo Yuanjia (1868-1910).
Huo was the son of a wushu professor in Tianjin, but because of his poor health, he wasn't allowed to study martial arts himself. However, after seeing his father lose a fight against a dishonorable adversary, he decides to become a master in his own right in order to redeem the family name.
As years go by, Huo's fame rises, but so does his vanity. One day, he confronts Qin, the master of a rival school and, in the heat of combat, deals him a deadly blow. The latter's followers retaliate by killing Huo's mother and daughter. Stricken with grief, he wanders the countryside in a state of shock, and is taken in by a kindly old woman and her blind granddaughter.
Sharing their life and that of the simple country folk in their village, he nurses himself back to psychological health. In 1907, a more mature and humble man, he returns to Tianjin, and is appalled by the decay of Chinese society and the arrogance of foreigners. He restores his fame by winning a fight against an American wrestler, and with the financial backing of an old friend founds the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chin_Woo_Athletic_Association Jingwu Association]], a martial arts school in Shanghai.
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!!Contains examples of:
* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Master Qin's sword.
* AbsurdlySharpClaws: One of the opponents Huo Yuanjia fights uses a form named "Tiger Claw" that involves him scratching his opponent with his bare nails. Apparently, he can slowly rip your shirt if you let him get close enough.
* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: In the Japanese release, the theme song was changed from "Fearless" to "Crime" by HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR. [[http://www.multistars.com/forums/index.php?topic=9805.0 This apparently upset many Japanese fans of the original song]].
* AntiVillain: Tanaka.
* {{Arcadia}}: The village folks live an idyllic existence made of wholesome agrarian work and caring togetherness.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Huo is one before he learns better.
* AudibleSharpness: When Huo fights Master Chin, their swords are very, very sharp, and therefore incredibly audible, even when they aren't moving...
* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: The last series of fight are this: he fights the boxer with his bare hands, the pikeman with a spear, and the fencer with a jian. Subverted during his first bout with Tanaka, though, where he countered the latter's katana with a completely unrelated weapon, the 3 sectioned staff.
* BittersweetEnding
* BlackBlood: [[spoiler: Huo, due to the poison.]]
* BloodFromTheMouth: You know Huo has dealt his rival a killing blow when the latter spits blood. [[spoiler: Likewise, he starts coughing blood when the poison kicks in.]]
* BoxingBattler: The British fighter in the tournament against Huo.
* BreakTheHaughty: Strikes Huo '''brutally'''.
* CallBack: Huo's spinning forward punch, his killing technique. We first see him use it on Master Qin, killing him. He later uses it in his final match against Tanaka, though instead of going through with it, he pulls it at the last minute, illustrating how far he's come from what he once was.
* CasualtyInTheRing
* ClothingDamage: Tiger claw moves seem to damage everything but the skin.
* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The original title is simply the hero's name.
* ContemplativeBoss: Huo's long-estranged friend strikes the pose when turning down a request to lend him money. On a later encounter, their reconciliation is illustrated by his turning from the window to face him as Huo enters the room.
* CoolSword: Master Qin's.
* CrazyHomelessPeople: There's one who asks Huo when he will become the champion of Tianjin.
* CurbStompBattle: One time Huo fought in the rain, and he beat the challengers (MANY!!!) without moving from his spot ''while holding an umbrella''.
** His first fight as a child is also this.
* DeathGlare: The look on Tanaka's face is ''terrifying'' after the corrupt Japanese businessman declares he "is not Japanese" for [[spoiler:conceding the fight]].
* DefeatMeansFriendship: DoubleSubverted. The U.S. wrestler is at first furious when Huo defeats him, but after [[spoiler: Huo saves his life]] comes to respect him.
* DoomedMoralVictor: Huo continues his fight against Tanaka, despite being poisoned. He fought for the pride of China.
** Master Qin's relative who had killed Huo's mother and daughter. He waits by Master Qin's funeral pyre, thanks his godmother for taking care of the surviving relatives, then waits for an angry Huo to show up before committing suicide. Denying Huo his RoaringRampageOfRevenge drove him into a HeroicBSOD.
* DramaticThunder: During Huo's DuelToTheDeath with Qin.
* ForeignWrestlingHeel: O'Brien is the most prominent example. Before the fight, he mocks the "sick men of Asia" and claims he can [[MonumentalDamage demolish the Great Wall]] with one finger. However, he has a change of heart when Huo saves his life. The other Western fighters Huo faces also count.
* GoKartingWithBowser: Tanaka visits Yuanjia before the match, and they have tea and enjoy a friendly conversation about martial arts (and tea).
* GoodColorsEvilColors: Right before he lost his family, Yuanjia and his students wore all black. Later, he and the Jingwu Association members wore white tops.
* GracefulLoser: Tanaka, who declared Huo the victor [[spoiler:even though he's dying of poison]]. O'Brien starts off as a SoreLoser but becomes this after Huo saves him from falling on some spikes.
** The Spanish fencer. Huo takes away his sword and points a jian to his throat. He looks at Huo, nods and smiles, with an obvious "good one" face. Huo smiles back and returns his sword.
** Huo Endi, Yuanjia's father. In his fight with another martial artist at the beginning of the movie, even though he only lost because his opponent was an honourless bastard, he bowed and accepted his defeat without complaint.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: To a point - Tanaka manages to slice Huo's ''metal'' (or at least metal shod) three piece staff out of the air when Huo hurls it directly at his face, leaving a visible slice in it's structure and later in the duel slices easily through two of the chains holding the staff sections together. However the weapons are otherwise shown to be evenly matched.
* [[spoiler:TheHeroDies: Huo himself at the end.]]
* HowWeGotHere: The story begins with the final fight, then goes back to Huo's childhood.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: If it were not for Huo catching him, [[spoiler: this would have nearly happened to the U.S. Wrestler.]]
* InsistentTerminology: During the fight with his childhood rival.
--> Cat's claw?
--> Tiger claw!
* IWillWaitForYou: Yueci.
* MotivationalLie: In an inversion of a TactfulTranslation, the wrestler's Chinese manager tells the wrestler that Huo's polite speech that condemns death matches was a BadassBoast by Huo saying that he was going to beat the wrestler up. The wrestler is fired up after hearing that.
--> He wants to kick your butt!
* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailer gives you a pretty good idea of the plot of the last half-hour of the movie, giving the impression that its a much more action-oriented film.
* NoSell: couple of Huo's kicks and moves cause him to stumble against the U.S. Wrestler.
* OhCrap: O'Brien has two when his [[spoiler: body slam gets countered perfectly]] and when Huo [[spoiler: rescues him from impaling his head.]]
* OldRetainer: Huo's personal servant.
* SwordSparks: During the duel with Qin.
* TenMinuteRetirement: [[ProdigalHero Huo]]'s time in the village. Actually, he's there for a few years, but that's the idea.
* UnskilledButStrong: Hercules O'Brien is this compared to Yuanjia. Unlike many examples of this trope, he is actually very good at utilizing his massive strength to cover up his weaknesses. Behind Tanaka and Master Qin, he gave Yuanjia the most trouble out of his opponents.
* UseYourHead: Hilariously fails.
* WireFu: There is some, though not nearly as much as in {{Wuxia}} films.
* WhatTheFuAreYouDoing: When Tanaka, the Japanese fighter, swipes Huo's three-section staff during their fight (losing his katana to Huo in the process), both men switch fighting styles. Nearly averted at first, with Tanaka dual-wielding the outer sections competently. But all bets are off once Tanaka tries to do a fancy around-the-back spin move, and whacks himself in the head. Huo graciously returns Tanaka's sword, and Tanaka does likewise with Huo's staff.
** Also interesting is the fact that Huo doesn't really switch fighting styles. Instead of using a katana style, he swings the katana one-handed with many circular movements, exactly how he would wield a Dao (Chinese single-bladed sword).
* WorldOfHam: Everything is dramatic. Westerners are especially shouty.
** Foreign businessman are especially sinister. One of them strongly resembles a DastardlyWhiplash. And Corrupt Japanese Businessman is basically reprising his role in ''Film/TheLastSamurai''.
* WorthyOpponent: Tanaka epitomises this trope - offering Huo a chance to fight the next day to make the contest fairer (after fighting three other opponents before him), immediately halting his attacks and attempting to stop the contest when Huo is taken ill and conceding the match and leading the cheering for Huo's victory when he realises Huo could have easily killed him with the final blow.
** The U.S. wrestler eventually comes to consider Huo this as well.
* YouCanBarelyStand: Huo decides to carry on with the fight even though he's [[spoiler:dying from poisoning.]]
** And [[spoiler: WINS! That's HeroicSpirit, right? And a swordless SwordOverHead moment.]]
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[[caption-width:600:Between Japanese karate and Chinese wushu, let's see [[MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours whose kung fu is stronger]].]]
::''This is about the 2006 Chinese {{Wuxia}} movie. For the 1993 Peter Weir plane crash film, [[{{Film/Fearless1993}} click here.]]''
''Fearless'' (original title: 霍元甲) is a movie starring JetLi, directed by Ronny Yu and released in 2006. It is a fictionalized biopic of famous martial arts master Huo Yuanjia (1868-1910).
Huo was the son of a wushu professor in Tianjin, but because of his poor health, he wasn't allowed to study martial arts himself. However, after seeing his father lose a fight against a dishonorable adversary, he decides to become a master in his own right in order to redeem the family name.
As years go by, Huo's fame rises, but so does his vanity. One day, he confronts Qin, the master of a rival school and, in the heat of combat, deals him a deadly blow. The latter's followers retaliate by killing Huo's mother and daughter. Stricken with grief, he wanders the countryside in a state of shock, and is taken in by a kindly old woman and her blind granddaughter.
Sharing their life and that of the simple country folk in their village, he nurses himself back to psychological health. In 1907, a more mature and humble man, he returns to Tianjin, and is appalled by the decay of Chinese society and the arrogance of foreigners. He restores his fame by winning a fight against an American wrestler, and with the financial backing of an old friend founds the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chin_Woo_Athletic_Association Jingwu Association]], a martial arts school in Shanghai.
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!!Contains examples of:
* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Master Qin's sword.
* AbsurdlySharpClaws: One of the opponents Huo Yuanjia fights uses a form named "Tiger Claw" that involves him scratching his opponent with his bare nails. Apparently, he can slowly rip your shirt if you let him get close enough.
* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: In the Japanese release, the theme song was changed from "Fearless" to "Crime" by HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR. [[http://www.multistars.com/forums/index.php?topic=9805.0 This apparently upset many Japanese fans of the original song]].
* AntiVillain: Tanaka.
* {{Arcadia}}: The village folks live an idyllic existence made of wholesome agrarian work and caring togetherness.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Huo is one before he learns better.
* AudibleSharpness: When Huo fights Master Chin, their swords are very, very sharp, and therefore incredibly audible, even when they aren't moving...
* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: The last series of fight are this: he fights the boxer with his bare hands, the pikeman with a spear, and the fencer with a jian. Subverted during his first bout with Tanaka, though, where he countered the latter's katana with a completely unrelated weapon, the 3 sectioned staff.
* BittersweetEnding
* BlackBlood: [[spoiler: Huo, due to the poison.]]
* BloodFromTheMouth: You know Huo has dealt his rival a killing blow when the latter spits blood. [[spoiler: Likewise, he starts coughing blood when the poison kicks in.]]
* BoxingBattler: The British fighter in the tournament against Huo.
* BreakTheHaughty: Strikes Huo '''brutally'''.
* CallBack: Huo's spinning forward punch, his killing technique. We first see him use it on Master Qin, killing him. He later uses it in his final match against Tanaka, though instead of going through with it, he pulls it at the last minute, illustrating how far he's come from what he once was.
* CasualtyInTheRing
* ClothingDamage: Tiger claw moves seem to damage everything but the skin.
* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The original title is simply the hero's name.
* ContemplativeBoss: Huo's long-estranged friend strikes the pose when turning down a request to lend him money. On a later encounter, their reconciliation is illustrated by his turning from the window to face him as Huo enters the room.
* CoolSword: Master Qin's.
* CrazyHomelessPeople: There's one who asks Huo when he will become the champion of Tianjin.
* CurbStompBattle: One time Huo fought in the rain, and he beat the challengers (MANY!!!) without moving from his spot ''while holding an umbrella''.
** His first fight as a child is also this.
* DeathGlare: The look on Tanaka's face is ''terrifying'' after the corrupt Japanese businessman declares he "is not Japanese" for [[spoiler:conceding the fight]].
* DefeatMeansFriendship: DoubleSubverted. The U.S. wrestler is at first furious when Huo defeats him, but after [[spoiler: Huo saves his life]] comes to respect him.
* DoomedMoralVictor: Huo continues his fight against Tanaka, despite being poisoned. He fought for the pride of China.
** Master Qin's relative who had killed Huo's mother and daughter. He waits by Master Qin's funeral pyre, thanks his godmother for taking care of the surviving relatives, then waits for an angry Huo to show up before committing suicide. Denying Huo his RoaringRampageOfRevenge drove him into a HeroicBSOD.
* DramaticThunder: During Huo's DuelToTheDeath with Qin.
* ForeignWrestlingHeel: O'Brien is the most prominent example. Before the fight, he mocks the "sick men of Asia" and claims he can [[MonumentalDamage demolish the Great Wall]] with one finger. However, he has a change of heart when Huo saves his life. The other Western fighters Huo faces also count.
* GoKartingWithBowser: Tanaka visits Yuanjia before the match, and they have tea and enjoy a friendly conversation about martial arts (and tea).
* GoodColorsEvilColors: Right before he lost his family, Yuanjia and his students wore all black. Later, he and the Jingwu Association members wore white tops.
* GracefulLoser: Tanaka, who declared Huo the victor [[spoiler:even though he's dying of poison]]. O'Brien starts off as a SoreLoser but becomes this after Huo saves him from falling on some spikes.
** The Spanish fencer. Huo takes away his sword and points a jian to his throat. He looks at Huo, nods and smiles, with an obvious "good one" face. Huo smiles back and returns his sword.
** Huo Endi, Yuanjia's father. In his fight with another martial artist at the beginning of the movie, even though he only lost because his opponent was an honourless bastard, he bowed and accepted his defeat without complaint.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: To a point - Tanaka manages to slice Huo's ''metal'' (or at least metal shod) three piece staff out of the air when Huo hurls it directly at his face, leaving a visible slice in it's structure and later in the duel slices easily through two of the chains holding the staff sections together. However the weapons are otherwise shown to be evenly matched.
* [[spoiler:TheHeroDies: Huo himself at the end.]]
* HowWeGotHere: The story begins with the final fight, then goes back to Huo's childhood.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: If it were not for Huo catching him, [[spoiler: this would have nearly happened to the U.S. Wrestler.]]
* InsistentTerminology: During the fight with his childhood rival.
--> Cat's claw?
--> Tiger claw!
* IWillWaitForYou: Yueci.
* MotivationalLie: In an inversion of a TactfulTranslation, the wrestler's Chinese manager tells the wrestler that Huo's polite speech that condemns death matches was a BadassBoast by Huo saying that he was going to beat the wrestler up. The wrestler is fired up after hearing that.
--> He wants to kick your butt!
* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailer gives you a pretty good idea of the plot of the last half-hour of the movie, giving the impression that its a much more action-oriented film.
* NoSell: couple of Huo's kicks and moves cause him to stumble against the U.S. Wrestler.
* OhCrap: O'Brien has two when his [[spoiler: body slam gets countered perfectly]] and when Huo [[spoiler: rescues him from impaling his head.]]
* OldRetainer: Huo's personal servant.
* SwordSparks: During the duel with Qin.
* TenMinuteRetirement: [[ProdigalHero Huo]]'s time in the village. Actually, he's there for a few years, but that's the idea.
* UnskilledButStrong: Hercules O'Brien is this compared to Yuanjia. Unlike many examples of this trope, he is actually very good at utilizing his massive strength to cover up his weaknesses. Behind Tanaka and Master Qin, he gave Yuanjia the most trouble out of his opponents.
* UseYourHead: Hilariously fails.
* WireFu: There is some, though not nearly as much as in {{Wuxia}} films.
* WhatTheFuAreYouDoing: When Tanaka, the Japanese fighter, swipes Huo's three-section staff during their fight (losing his katana to Huo in the process), both men switch fighting styles. Nearly averted at first, with Tanaka dual-wielding the outer sections competently. But all bets are off once Tanaka tries to do a fancy around-the-back spin move, and whacks himself in the head. Huo graciously returns Tanaka's sword, and Tanaka does likewise with Huo's staff.
** Also interesting is the fact that Huo doesn't really switch fighting styles. Instead of using a katana style, he swings the katana one-handed with many circular movements, exactly how he would wield a Dao (Chinese single-bladed sword).
* WorldOfHam: Everything is dramatic. Westerners are especially shouty.
** Foreign businessman are especially sinister. One of them strongly resembles a DastardlyWhiplash. And Corrupt Japanese Businessman is basically reprising his role in ''Film/TheLastSamurai''.
* WorthyOpponent: Tanaka epitomises this trope - offering Huo a chance to fight the next day to make the contest fairer (after fighting three other opponents before him), immediately halting his attacks and attempting to stop the contest when Huo is taken ill and conceding the match and leading the cheering for Huo's victory when he realises Huo could have easily killed him with the final blow.
** The U.S. wrestler eventually comes to consider Huo this as well.
* YouCanBarelyStand: Huo decides to carry on with the fight even though he's [[spoiler:dying from poisoning.]]
** And [[spoiler: WINS! That's HeroicSpirit, right? And a swordless SwordOverHead moment.]]
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[[caption-width:600:Between Japanese karate and Chinese wushu, let's see [[MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours whose kung fu is stronger]].]]
::''This is about the 2006 Chinese {{Wuxia}} movie. For the 1993 Peter Weir plane crash film, [[{{Film/Fearless1993}} click here.]]''
''Fearless'' (original title: 霍元甲) is a movie starring JetLi, directed by Ronny Yu and released in 2006. It is a fictionalized biopic of famous martial arts master Huo Yuanjia (1868-1910).
Huo was the son of a wushu professor in Tianjin, but because of his poor health, he wasn't allowed to study martial arts himself. However, after seeing his father lose a fight against a dishonorable adversary, he decides to become a master in his own right in order to redeem the family name.
As years go by, Huo's fame rises, but so does his vanity. One day, he confronts Qin, the master of a rival school and, in the heat of combat, deals him a deadly blow. The latter's followers retaliate by killing Huo's mother and daughter. Stricken with grief, he wanders the countryside in a state of shock, and is taken in by a kindly old woman and her blind granddaughter.
Sharing their life and that of the simple country folk in their village, he nurses himself back to psychological health. In 1907, a more mature and humble man, he returns to Tianjin, and is appalled by the decay of Chinese society and the arrogance of foreigners. He restores his fame by winning a fight against an American wrestler, and with the financial backing of an old friend founds the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chin_Woo_Athletic_Association Jingwu Association]], a martial arts school in Shanghai.
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!!Contains examples of:
* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Master Qin's sword.
* AbsurdlySharpClaws: One of the opponents Huo Yuanjia fights uses a form named "Tiger Claw" that involves him scratching his opponent with his bare nails. Apparently, he can slowly rip your shirt if you let him get close enough.
* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: In the Japanese release, the theme song was changed from "Fearless" to "Crime" by HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR. [[http://www.multistars.com/forums/index.php?topic=9805.0 This apparently upset many Japanese fans of the original song]].
* AntiVillain: Tanaka.
* {{Arcadia}}: The village folks live an idyllic existence made of wholesome agrarian work and caring togetherness.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Huo is one before he learns better.
* AudibleSharpness: When Huo fights Master Chin, their swords are very, very sharp, and therefore incredibly audible, even when they aren't moving...
* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: The last series of fight are this: he fights the boxer with his bare hands, the pikeman with a spear, and the fencer with a jian. Subverted during his first bout with Tanaka, though, where he countered the latter's katana with a completely unrelated weapon, the 3 sectioned staff.
* BittersweetEnding
* BlackBlood: [[spoiler: Huo, due to the poison.]]
* BloodFromTheMouth: You know Huo has dealt his rival a killing blow when the latter spits blood. [[spoiler: Likewise, he starts coughing blood when the poison kicks in.]]
* BoxingBattler: The British fighter in the tournament against Huo.
* BreakTheHaughty: Strikes Huo '''brutally'''.
* CallBack: Huo's spinning forward punch, his killing technique. We first see him use it on Master Qin, killing him. He later uses it in his final match against Tanaka, though instead of going through with it, he pulls it at the last minute, illustrating how far he's come from what he once was.
* CasualtyInTheRing
* ClothingDamage: Tiger claw moves seem to damage everything but the skin.
* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The original title is simply the hero's name.
* ContemplativeBoss: Huo's long-estranged friend strikes the pose when turning down a request to lend him money. On a later encounter, their reconciliation is illustrated by his turning from the window to face him as Huo enters the room.
* CoolSword: Master Qin's.
* CrazyHomelessPeople: There's one who asks Huo when he will become the champion of Tianjin.
* CurbStompBattle: One time Huo fought in the rain, and he beat the challengers (MANY!!!) without moving from his spot ''while holding an umbrella''.
** His first fight as a child is also this.
* DeathGlare: The look on Tanaka's face is ''terrifying'' after the corrupt Japanese businessman declares he "is not Japanese" for [[spoiler:conceding the fight]].
* DefeatMeansFriendship: DoubleSubverted. The U.S. wrestler is at first furious when Huo defeats him, but after [[spoiler: Huo saves his life]] comes to respect him.
* DoomedMoralVictor: Huo continues his fight against Tanaka, despite being poisoned. He fought for the pride of China.
** Master Qin's relative who had killed Huo's mother and daughter. He waits by Master Qin's funeral pyre, thanks his godmother for taking care of the surviving relatives, then waits for an angry Huo to show up before committing suicide. Denying Huo his RoaringRampageOfRevenge drove him into a HeroicBSOD.
* DramaticThunder: During Huo's DuelToTheDeath with Qin.
* ForeignWrestlingHeel: O'Brien is the most prominent example. Before the fight, he mocks the "sick men of Asia" and claims he can [[MonumentalDamage demolish the Great Wall]] with one finger. However, he has a change of heart when Huo saves his life. The other Western fighters Huo faces also count.
* GoKartingWithBowser: Tanaka visits Yuanjia before the match, and they have tea and enjoy a friendly conversation about martial arts (and tea).
* GoodColorsEvilColors: Right before he lost his family, Yuanjia and his students wore all black. Later, he and the Jingwu Association members wore white tops.
* GracefulLoser: Tanaka, who declared Huo the victor [[spoiler:even though he's dying of poison]]. O'Brien starts off as a SoreLoser but becomes this after Huo saves him from falling on some spikes.
** The Spanish fencer. Huo takes away his sword and points a jian to his throat. He looks at Huo, nods and smiles, with an obvious "good one" face. Huo smiles back and returns his sword.
** Huo Endi, Yuanjia's father. In his fight with another martial artist at the beginning of the movie, even though he only lost because his opponent was an honourless bastard, he bowed and accepted his defeat without complaint.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: To a point - Tanaka manages to slice Huo's ''metal'' (or at least metal shod) three piece staff out of the air when Huo hurls it directly at his face, leaving a visible slice in it's structure and later in the duel slices easily through two of the chains holding the staff sections together. However the weapons are otherwise shown to be evenly matched.
* [[spoiler:TheHeroDies: Huo himself at the end.]]
* HowWeGotHere: The story begins with the final fight, then goes back to Huo's childhood.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: If it were not for Huo catching him, [[spoiler: this would have nearly happened to the U.S. Wrestler.]]
* InsistentTerminology: During the fight with his childhood rival.
--> Cat's claw?
--> Tiger claw!
* IWillWaitForYou: Yueci.
* MotivationalLie: In an inversion of a TactfulTranslation, the wrestler's Chinese manager tells the wrestler that Huo's polite speech that condemns death matches was a BadassBoast by Huo saying that he was going to beat the wrestler up. The wrestler is fired up after hearing that.
--> He wants to kick your butt!
* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailer gives you a pretty good idea of the plot of the last half-hour of the movie, giving the impression that its a much more action-oriented film.
* NoSell: couple of Huo's kicks and moves cause him to stumble against the U.S. Wrestler.
* OhCrap: O'Brien has two when his [[spoiler: body slam gets countered perfectly]] and when Huo [[spoiler: rescues him from impaling his head.]]
* OldRetainer: Huo's personal servant.
* SwordSparks: During the duel with Qin.
* TenMinuteRetirement: [[ProdigalHero Huo]]'s time in the village. Actually, he's there for a few years, but that's the idea.
* UnskilledButStrong: Hercules O'Brien is this compared to Yuanjia. Unlike many examples of this trope, he is actually very good at utilizing his massive strength to cover up his weaknesses. Behind Tanaka and Master Qin, he gave Yuanjia the most trouble out of his opponents.
* UseYourHead: Hilariously fails.
* WireFu: There is some, though not nearly as much as in {{Wuxia}} films.
* WhatTheFuAreYouDoing: When Tanaka, the Japanese fighter, swipes Huo's three-section staff during their fight (losing his katana to Huo in the process), both men switch fighting styles. Nearly averted at first, with Tanaka dual-wielding the outer sections competently. But all bets are off once Tanaka tries to do a fancy around-the-back spin move, and whacks himself in the head. Huo graciously returns Tanaka's sword, and Tanaka does likewise with Huo's staff.
** Also interesting is the fact that Huo doesn't really switch fighting styles. Instead of using a katana style, he swings the katana one-handed with many circular movements, exactly how he would wield a Dao (Chinese single-bladed sword).
* WorldOfHam: Everything is dramatic. Westerners are especially shouty.
** Foreign businessman are especially sinister. One of them strongly resembles a DastardlyWhiplash. And Corrupt Japanese Businessman is basically reprising his role in ''Film/TheLastSamurai''.
* WorthyOpponent: Tanaka epitomises this trope - offering Huo a chance to fight the next day to make the contest fairer (after fighting three other opponents before him), immediately halting his attacks and attempting to stop the contest when Huo is taken ill and conceding the match and leading the cheering for Huo's victory when he realises Huo could have easily killed him with the final blow.
** The U.S. wrestler eventually comes to consider Huo this as well.
* YouCanBarelyStand: Huo decides to carry on with the fight even though he's [[spoiler:dying from poisoning.]]
** And [[spoiler: WINS! That's HeroicSpirit, right? And a swordless SwordOverHead moment.]]
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Master Qin's swordsword.
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** his first fight as a child is also this
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* UnskilledButStrong: Hercules O'Brien is this compared to Yuanjia. Unlike many examples of this trope, he is actually very good at utilizing his massive strength to cover up his weaknesses. Behind Tanaka and Master Qin, he gave Yuanji the most trouble out of his opponents.
* UseYourHead: Hilariously fails
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* UnskilledButStrong: Hercules O'Brien is this compared to Yuanjia. Unlike many examples of this trope, he is actually very good at utilizing his massive strength to cover up his weaknesses. Behind Tanaka and Master Qin, he gave Yuanji Yuanjia the most trouble out of his opponents.
* UseYourHead: Hilariouslyfailsfails.
* UseYourHead: Hilariously
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Master Qin's sword
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* AbsurdlySharpClaws: One of the opponents Huo Yuanjia fights uses a form named "Tiger Claw" that involves him scratching his opponent with his bare nails. Apparently, he can slowly rip your shirt if you let him get close enough.
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* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: The last series of fight are this, though katana vs 3 sectioned bo might be considered an exception.
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* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: The last series of fight are this, though this: he fights the boxer with his bare hands, the pikeman with a spear, and the fencer with a jian. Subverted during his first bout with Tanaka, though, where he countered the latter's katana vs with a completely unrelated weapon, the 3 sectioned bo might be considered an exception.staff.
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* BreakTheHaughty: Strikes '''brutally''' Huo.
* CallBack: Huo's spinning forward punch that ends a life
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* BreakTheHaughty: Strikes '''brutally''' Huo.
Huo '''brutally'''.
* CallBack: Huo's spinning forwardpunch that ends a lifepunch, his killing technique. We first see him use it on Master Qin, killing him. He later uses it in his final match against Tanaka, though instead of going through with it, he pulls it at the last minute, illustrating how far he's come from what he once was.
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** The french fencer. Huo takes away his sword and points a jian to his throat. He looks at Huo, nods and smiles, with an obvious "good one" face. Huo smiles back and returns his sword.
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** The french Spanish fencer. Huo takes away his sword and points a jian to his throat. He looks at Huo, nods and smiles, with an obvious "good one" face. Huo smiles back and returns his sword.sword.
** Huo Endi, Yuanjia's father. In his fight with another martial artist at the beginning of the movie, even though he only lost because his opponent was an honourless bastard, he bowed and accepted his defeat without complaint.
** Huo Endi, Yuanjia's father. In his fight with another martial artist at the beginning of the movie, even though he only lost because his opponent was an honourless bastard, he bowed and accepted his defeat without complaint.
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* DoomedMoralVictorDoomedMoralVictor: Huo continues his fight against Tanaka, despite being poisoned. He fought for the pride of China.
** Master Qin's relative who had killed Huo's mother and daughter. He waits by Master Qin's funeral pyre, thanks his godmother for taking care of the surviving relatives, then waits for an angry Huo to show up before committing suicide. Denying Huo his RoaringRampageOfRevenge drove him into a HeroicBSOD.
** Master Qin's relative who had killed Huo's mother and daughter. He waits by Master Qin's funeral pyre, thanks his godmother for taking care of the surviving relatives, then waits for an angry Huo to show up before committing suicide. Denying Huo his RoaringRampageOfRevenge drove him into a HeroicBSOD.
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* DefeatMeansFriendship: Subverted. The U.S. wrestler is at first furious when Huo defeats him, but after [[spoiler: Huo saves his life]] comes to respect him.
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* DefeatMeansFriendship: Subverted.DoubleSubverted. The U.S. wrestler is at first furious when Huo defeats him, but after [[spoiler: Huo saves his life]] comes to respect him.
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* TearJerker: "I did not win! [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Huo! Yuan! Jia!]]
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** Also interesting is the fact that Huo doesn't really switch fighting styles. Instead of using a katana style, he swings the katana one-handed with many circular movements, exactly how he would wield a jian (Chinese sword).
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** Also interesting is the fact that Huo doesn't really switch fighting styles. Instead of using a katana style, he swings the katana one-handed with many circular movements, exactly how he would wield a jian Dao (Chinese single-bladed sword).
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* BreakTheHaughty: Strikes '''brutally''' Huo.
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** Foreign businessman are especially sinister. One of them strongly resembles a DastardlyWhiplash. And Corrupt Japanese Businessman is basically reprising his role in TheLastSamurai.
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** Foreign businessman are especially sinister. One of them strongly resembles a DastardlyWhiplash. And Corrupt Japanese Businessman is basically reprising his role in TheLastSamurai.''Film/TheLastSamurai''.
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::''This is about the 2006 Chinese {{Wuxia}} movie. For the 1993 Peter Weir plane crash film, [[{{Film/Fearless1993}} click here.]]''
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* TenMinuteRetirement: Huo's time in the village. Actually, he's there for a few years, but that's the idea.
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* TenMinuteRetirement: Huo's [[ProdigalHero Huo]]'s time in the village. Actually, he's there for a few years, but that's the idea.
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The foreign-controlled Shanghai Chamber of Commerce challenges him to a fight in which he will have to defeat four national champions in a row. He easily defeats the three Western ones, and only the Japanese one turns out to almost be a match for his martial prowess. [[spoiler:However, the Japanese diplomat who had co-organized the event poisons Huo's tea, and although the Japanese fighter gracefully admits defeat, Huo collapses and dies moments later.]]
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* BoxingBattler: The British fighter in the tournament against Huo.
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* BlackBlood: [[spoiler: Huo, due to the poison.]]
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* NoSell: couple of Huo's kicks and moves cause him to stumble against the U.S. Wrestler.
* OhCrap: O'Brien has two when his [[spoiler: body slam gets countered perfectly]] and when Huo [[spoiler: rescues him from impaling his head.]]
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**The french fencer. Huo takes away his sword and points a jian to his throat. He looks at Huo, nods and smiles, with an obvious "good one" face. Huo smiles back and returns his sword.
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** Also interesting is the fact that Huo doesn't really switch fighting styles. Instead of using a katana style, he swings the katana one-handed with many circular movements, exactly how he would wield a jian (Chinese sword).
