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''14 Blades'' is a 2010 {{Wuxia}} film starring Creator/DonnieYen, Wu Chun, Kate Tsui and Creator/SammoHung.
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''14 Blades'' is a 2010 {{Wuxia}} film starring Creator/DonnieYen, Wu Chun, Kate Tsui and Creator/SammoHung.
Creator/SammoHung. It's also a semi-remake of the older Creator/ShawBrothers film, ''Film/SecretServiceOfTheImperialCourt''.
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* KingMook: Fawang, leader of the squadron sent to the forest to kill Qinglong, who uses a BladeOnAStick as his preferred weapon. [[spoiler: He’s also the DiscOneFinalBoss for the first act, strangled by Qinglong]].
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* KingMook: Fawang, Fawang (played by veteran badass Creator/ChenKuanTai), leader of the squadron sent to the forest to kill Qinglong, who uses a BladeOnAStick as his preferred weapon. [[spoiler: He’s also the DiscOneFinalBoss for the first act, strangled by Qinglong]].
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Donnie Yen stars as Qinglong, an elite assassin and member of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embroidered_Uniform_Guard Jinyiwei]] (Embroidered Uniform Guard), an elite assassination unit established by the Ming Imperial Court. Himself the best of the assassins and the commander, Qinglong on a mission to retrieve an Imperial seal finds himself betrayed and hunted, where he ends up joining a rebel unit dedicated to overthrow the Imperial court.
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Donnie Yen stars as Qinglong, an elite assassin and member of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embroidered_Uniform_Guard Jinyiwei]] (Embroidered Uniform Guard), an elite a covert assassination unit established by the Ming Imperial Court. Himself the best of the assassins and the commander, Qinglong is on a mission to retrieve an Imperial seal seal, but finds himself betrayed and hunted, hunted during the mission, where he ends up joining a rebel unit dedicated to overthrow the Imperial court.
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* GorgeousGorgon: [[http://chinesemov.com/media/2010/14%20Blades-p14.html Tuo-tuo's appearance]] is meant to invoke one, with her hairstyle, ethereal-looking makeup, and reputation that evenry men who crosses her ends up dead.
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* GorgeousGorgon: [[http://chinesemov.com/media/2010/14%20Blades-p14.html Tuo-tuo's appearance]] is meant to invoke one, with her hairstyle, ethereal-looking makeup, and reputation that evenry every men who crosses her ends up dead.
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''14 Blades'' is a 2010 {{Wuxia}} film starring Creator/DonnieYen, Wu Chun, Kate Tsui and Creator/SammoHung.
Donnie Yen stars as Qinglong, an elite assassin and member of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embroidered_Uniform_Guard Jinyiwei]] (Embroidered Uniform Guard), an elite assassination unit established by the Ming Imperial Court. Himself the best of the assassins and the commander, Qinglong on a mission to retrieve an Imperial seal finds himself betrayed and hunted, where he ends up joining a rebel unit dedicated to overthrow the Imperial court.
Apparently, Donnie Yen took on this role as a villain (although he's more of an AntiHero to be precise) as he "wanted to tackle the role of a villain who discovers his humanity." If his role in this film ''really'' counts as villainous, then it would be Donnie Yen's first villainous roles in almost two decades, the last time being in [[Film/OnceUponATimeInChina Once Upon A Time In China II]] and ''Film/NewDragonInn''.
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!!This film contains examples of:
* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: The bonding scene between Qinglong and Qiao Wei’s family, the bathhouse scene, and the scene after Qinglong’s brief fight with Judge.
* AntiHero: Qinglong himself. His EstablishingCharacterMoment in the ActionPrologue have him killing more than twenty guards and executing an enemy of the Imperial court, right in front of his family, [[PetTheDog although at least he left his opponent’s children and wife alive]].
* TheAtoner: Qinglong, after joining the rebels.
* BadassMoustache: Naturally, given the Imperial Chinese setting. There’s Qinglong, Prince Qing, Fawang… basically every major male character except the Judge.
* BadassesWearBandanas: Most of the Desert bandits, and Tuo-tuo.
* BarehandedBladeBlock: Happens during the battle between Qinglong and Fawang in the forest, where Qinglong blocks his opponent’s [[BladeOnAStick halberd]] with his bare hands.
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler: In the aftermath of the failed rebellion, Prince Qing opts to instead kill himself rather than stand trial]].
* {{BFS}}: Out of the 14 blades Qinglong carries with him at all times, at least three of these are this trope. He can also combine two swords into a BifurcatedWeapon if he needs a bigger sword.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The Imperial assassins are all dead, the rebellion is overthrown, but Qinglong gives up his life to overthrow the legion of killers he used to work for]].
* BloodlessCarnage: Despite the setting, there is relatively few, if any, traces of blood in the movie. Especially blatant in the scene where the Judge uses his homing blade to slice up seven assassins’ throats all at once, and in the next scene when the blade returns to his hand, its completely clean without a single drop of blood!
* ContractOnTheHitman: Qinglong used to be the best assassin of the Imperial court, but when he decides to ditch the court after being betrayed, the rest of the assassins are out for his blood.
* CoolHelmet: The Jinyiwei all wears a really cool, broad rimmed helmet.
* CoolSword: Qinglong naturally owns [[UpToEleven '''14''']] of them.
* DeadGuyOnDisplay: In the ActionPrologue, Qinglong leaves the bloodied carcass of a guard he killed in the hall of his target, stunning them momentarily for him to reveal himself later on.
* FuroScene: One of these between Qinglong and Qiao Hua after the forest battle. Qinglong, in particular, gets [[MrFanservice a LOT of close-ups]] on his wet, glistening chest and abs. [[https://miro.medium.com/max/1224/0*v2GxnAQguchKDxO_.jpg Even the character posters and promotional materials heavily emphasizes him in this scene]]!
* GorgeousGorgon: [[http://chinesemov.com/media/2010/14%20Blades-p14.html Tuo-tuo's appearance]] is meant to invoke one, with her hairstyle, ethereal-looking makeup, and reputation that evenry men who crosses her ends up dead.
* HeroKiller: Tuo-tuo, the DarkActionGirl, whose body count consists of most of the named characters who isn’t Qinglong.
* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: Qinglong means Green Dragon in Chinese. Its assumed to be just a nickname, but as it turns out the Jinyiwei assassins are raised from birth to be killers and they don’t have any actual names, as proof of their allegiance to the court.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Qinglong does this regularly. The forest battle had him nailing enemy assassins to trees using his {{BFS}}.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Qinglong, with his sword sheathed and eating his lunch, beats up a bandit using a piece of chicken drumstick.
* KingMook: Fawang, leader of the squadron sent to the forest to kill Qinglong, who uses a BladeOnAStick as his preferred weapon. [[spoiler: He’s also the DiscOneFinalBoss for the first act, strangled by Qinglong]].
* LaResistance
* LeaveNoSurvivors: The Jinyiwei assassins. In their attempts to hunt down Qinglong, they silence every single witness who saw him, leaving behind piles of dead bodies.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: The Judge of the Desert, played by Cantopop singer Wu Chun. Also known as MrFanservice number two after Qinglong.
* MacGuffinEscortMission
* MoralityPet: Qiao Hua, to Qinglong.
* OpeningMonologue: The opening scene which is DeliberatelyMonochrome and explains to the audience the origin of the Jinyiwei assassins, their allegiance to the court, and relays the overall plot of the subsequent film.
* PalmBloodletting: The opening scene features Sammo Hung’s Prince Qing slicing his own palm open and dripping the blood on his armour for an initiation ritual.
*PrecisionGuidedBoomerang: The Judge’s WeaponOfChoice is a double-sided SinisterScimitar which can be flung and slice through rows of enemies before returning to his hand.
* SacrificialLion: Before the final confrontation, [[spoiler: the Judge]], one of the most important protagonists besides Qinglong, gets killed by Tuo-tuo to establish her as a threat.
* SlashedThroat: Given the number of characters using swords and blades, this is expected.
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: With all his enemies dead and Tuo-tuo being his last opponent, Qinglong decides to grab on to her, and activate one last BoobyTrap on his chest of weapons, which releases three long darts that impales both Tuo-tuo and himself in a OneHitPolykill]].
* TattooAsCharacterType:
** Each and every member of the Jinyiwei assassins have a tattoo on their chests as symbol of their allegiance. Qinglong’s tattoo can be seen rather clearly in his WalkingShirtlessScene.
** DarkActionGirl Tuo-tuo have hers on her shoulder.
* TheseHandsHaveKilled: Qiao Hua has this response when she (assisted by Qinglong) impales an assassin through the chest, and then seeing the assassin’s face as he bleeds out.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Prince Qing’s rebellion is what kicks off the source of all the bloodshed in the movie, although he himself didn’t partake directly in the action scenes.
* WalkingArmory: Qinglong have a tricked out chest filled with weapons which is surprisingly light, and can be carried on his back at all times. Contained inside are the titular 14 blades, loads of throwing knives, crossbows, darts, and various booby traps.
* WhipSword: Tuo-tuo’s WeaponOfChoice, which she can use as an EpicFlail for flexibility if she wants to.
* WorthyOpponent: Qinglong and the Judge considers each other to be this, which makes their alliance in the ending battle possible.
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''14 Blades'' is a 2010 {{Wuxia}} film starring Creator/DonnieYen, Wu Chun, Kate Tsui and Creator/SammoHung.
Donnie Yen stars as Qinglong, an elite assassin and member of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embroidered_Uniform_Guard Jinyiwei]] (Embroidered Uniform Guard), an elite assassination unit established by the Ming Imperial Court. Himself the best of the assassins and the commander, Qinglong on a mission to retrieve an Imperial seal finds himself betrayed and hunted, where he ends up joining a rebel unit dedicated to overthrow the Imperial court.
Apparently, Donnie Yen took on this role as a villain (although he's more of an AntiHero to be precise) as he "wanted to tackle the role of a villain who discovers his humanity." If his role in this film ''really'' counts as villainous, then it would be Donnie Yen's first villainous roles in almost two decades, the last time being in [[Film/OnceUponATimeInChina Once Upon A Time In China II]] and ''Film/NewDragonInn''.
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* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: The bonding scene between Qinglong and Qiao Wei’s family, the bathhouse scene, and the scene after Qinglong’s brief fight with Judge.
* AntiHero: Qinglong himself. His EstablishingCharacterMoment in the ActionPrologue have him killing more than twenty guards and executing an enemy of the Imperial court, right in front of his family, [[PetTheDog although at least he left his opponent’s children and wife alive]].
* TheAtoner: Qinglong, after joining the rebels.
* BadassMoustache: Naturally, given the Imperial Chinese setting. There’s Qinglong, Prince Qing, Fawang… basically every major male character except the Judge.
* BadassesWearBandanas: Most of the Desert bandits, and Tuo-tuo.
* BarehandedBladeBlock: Happens during the battle between Qinglong and Fawang in the forest, where Qinglong blocks his opponent’s [[BladeOnAStick halberd]] with his bare hands.
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler: In the aftermath of the failed rebellion, Prince Qing opts to instead kill himself rather than stand trial]].
* {{BFS}}: Out of the 14 blades Qinglong carries with him at all times, at least three of these are this trope. He can also combine two swords into a BifurcatedWeapon if he needs a bigger sword.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The Imperial assassins are all dead, the rebellion is overthrown, but Qinglong gives up his life to overthrow the legion of killers he used to work for]].
* BloodlessCarnage: Despite the setting, there is relatively few, if any, traces of blood in the movie. Especially blatant in the scene where the Judge uses his homing blade to slice up seven assassins’ throats all at once, and in the next scene when the blade returns to his hand, its completely clean without a single drop of blood!
* ContractOnTheHitman: Qinglong used to be the best assassin of the Imperial court, but when he decides to ditch the court after being betrayed, the rest of the assassins are out for his blood.
* CoolHelmet: The Jinyiwei all wears a really cool, broad rimmed helmet.
* CoolSword: Qinglong naturally owns [[UpToEleven '''14''']] of them.
* DeadGuyOnDisplay: In the ActionPrologue, Qinglong leaves the bloodied carcass of a guard he killed in the hall of his target, stunning them momentarily for him to reveal himself later on.
* FuroScene: One of these between Qinglong and Qiao Hua after the forest battle. Qinglong, in particular, gets [[MrFanservice a LOT of close-ups]] on his wet, glistening chest and abs. [[https://miro.medium.com/max/1224/0*v2GxnAQguchKDxO_.jpg Even the character posters and promotional materials heavily emphasizes him in this scene]]!
* GorgeousGorgon: [[http://chinesemov.com/media/2010/14%20Blades-p14.html Tuo-tuo's appearance]] is meant to invoke one, with her hairstyle, ethereal-looking makeup, and reputation that evenry men who crosses her ends up dead.
* HeroKiller: Tuo-tuo, the DarkActionGirl, whose body count consists of most of the named characters who isn’t Qinglong.
* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: Qinglong means Green Dragon in Chinese. Its assumed to be just a nickname, but as it turns out the Jinyiwei assassins are raised from birth to be killers and they don’t have any actual names, as proof of their allegiance to the court.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Qinglong does this regularly. The forest battle had him nailing enemy assassins to trees using his {{BFS}}.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Qinglong, with his sword sheathed and eating his lunch, beats up a bandit using a piece of chicken drumstick.
* KingMook: Fawang, leader of the squadron sent to the forest to kill Qinglong, who uses a BladeOnAStick as his preferred weapon. [[spoiler: He’s also the DiscOneFinalBoss for the first act, strangled by Qinglong]].
* LaResistance
* LeaveNoSurvivors: The Jinyiwei assassins. In their attempts to hunt down Qinglong, they silence every single witness who saw him, leaving behind piles of dead bodies.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: The Judge of the Desert, played by Cantopop singer Wu Chun. Also known as MrFanservice number two after Qinglong.
* MacGuffinEscortMission
* MoralityPet: Qiao Hua, to Qinglong.
* OpeningMonologue: The opening scene which is DeliberatelyMonochrome and explains to the audience the origin of the Jinyiwei assassins, their allegiance to the court, and relays the overall plot of the subsequent film.
* PalmBloodletting: The opening scene features Sammo Hung’s Prince Qing slicing his own palm open and dripping the blood on his armour for an initiation ritual.
*PrecisionGuidedBoomerang: The Judge’s WeaponOfChoice is a double-sided SinisterScimitar which can be flung and slice through rows of enemies before returning to his hand.
* SacrificialLion: Before the final confrontation, [[spoiler: the Judge]], one of the most important protagonists besides Qinglong, gets killed by Tuo-tuo to establish her as a threat.
* SlashedThroat: Given the number of characters using swords and blades, this is expected.
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: With all his enemies dead and Tuo-tuo being his last opponent, Qinglong decides to grab on to her, and activate one last BoobyTrap on his chest of weapons, which releases three long darts that impales both Tuo-tuo and himself in a OneHitPolykill]].
* TattooAsCharacterType:
** Each and every member of the Jinyiwei assassins have a tattoo on their chests as symbol of their allegiance. Qinglong’s tattoo can be seen rather clearly in his WalkingShirtlessScene.
** DarkActionGirl Tuo-tuo have hers on her shoulder.
* TheseHandsHaveKilled: Qiao Hua has this response when she (assisted by Qinglong) impales an assassin through the chest, and then seeing the assassin’s face as he bleeds out.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Prince Qing’s rebellion is what kicks off the source of all the bloodshed in the movie, although he himself didn’t partake directly in the action scenes.
* WalkingArmory: Qinglong have a tricked out chest filled with weapons which is surprisingly light, and can be carried on his back at all times. Contained inside are the titular 14 blades, loads of throwing knives, crossbows, darts, and various booby traps.
* WhipSword: Tuo-tuo’s WeaponOfChoice, which she can use as an EpicFlail for flexibility if she wants to.
* WorthyOpponent: Qinglong and the Judge considers each other to be this, which makes their alliance in the ending battle possible.
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