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* BladeOnAStick: In the final battle, a few of [[spoiler: Duke Cao's]] higher-ranked sergeants use halberds in combat.
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* FiveManBand: True to the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin movie's title]]...
** TheHero: Yue Zhenbei, protagonist, leader and best of the warriors.
** TheLancer: Ma Jin-ling, the on-off girlfriend of Yue who is a competent and deadly fighter on her own right, also overlapping with TheChick due to being the [[TheSmurfettePrinciple only female of the killers]].
** TheSmartGuy: Water Rat Li Xiao-qi, a gambler, smuggler and strategist who's in charge of getting the titular five in and out of Mount Jinlong.
** TheHeart: Ngau, the best friend of Li Xiao-qi and the closest the movie has to an emotional center.
** SixthRanger: Liang Shengfei who joins the group at the last minute. [[spoiler: The movie plays with the notion that he may be a SixthRangerTraitor, but ultimately averts it]].


* AnAxToGrind: Ngau, TheHeart and number four of the five killers use axes as his preferred weapon.

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* FakeDefector: [[spoiler: Liang Shang-fei]] appears to be the SixthRangerTraitor, building himself reputation from within the ranks of Jin Tiao-ling the Bandit Lord, but [[spoiler: reveals his true allegiances when he kills two bandit mooks and saves Ma from a spiked trap]].



* TheMole: [[spoiler: Liang Shang-fei]] appears to be the SixthRangerTraitor, building himself reputation from within the ranks of Jin Tiao-ling the Bandit Lord, but [[spoiler: reveals his true allegiances when he kills two bandit mooks and saves Ma from a spiked trap]].

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* TheMole: [[spoiler: Liang Shang-fei]] appears to be the SixthRangerTraitor, building himself reputation from within the ranks of Jin Tiao-ling the Bandit Lord, but [[spoiler: reveals his true allegiances when he kills two bandit mooks and saves Ma from a spiked trap]].



* ReverseMole: [[spoiler: Liang Shang-fei]] appears to be the SixthRangerTraitor, building himself reputation from within the ranks of Jin Tiao-ling the Bandit Lord, but [[spoiler: reveals his true allegiances when he kills two bandit mooks and saves Ma from a spiked trap]].
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[[caption-width-right:350:Pictured: Killer 1 Ma Jin-ling (Li Ching) and Killer 2 Yue Zhenbei (Tang Chia). Out of Five.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Pictured: Killer 1 '''Killer#1''' Ma Jin-ling (Li Ching) and Killer 2 '''Killer#2''' Yue Zhenbei (Tang Chia). Out of Five.]]



* ActionGirl: Ma Jin-ling, played by Shaw Brothers' "Deadly Doll" Li Ching. Unlike Li Ching's other roles like in ''Film/HaveSwordWillTravel'' and ''Film/TheAnnonymousHeroes'' where she plays second fiddle as a supporting player to the (mostly male) protagonists, here she managed to fend herself well enough against hordes and hordes of mooks, takes plenty of names (even moreso than her earlier parts), can hold her own against EliteMooks [[note]] In her other films she usually only fight faceless randoes before getting defeated by named villains, at which point she's out of action while other protagonists takes on prominent baddies [[/note]], and even [[spoiler: killing the powerful Bandit Lord Jin Tiao-ling which is TheDreaded]].

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* ActionGirl: Ma Jin-ling, played by Shaw Brothers' "Deadly Doll" Li Ching. Unlike Li Ching's other roles like in ''Film/HaveSwordWillTravel'' and ''Film/TheAnnonymousHeroes'' ''Film/TheAnonymousHeroes'' where she plays second fiddle as a supporting player to the (mostly male) protagonists, here she managed to fend herself well enough against hordes and hordes of mooks, takes plenty of names (even moreso more so than her earlier parts), can hold her own against EliteMooks [[note]] In her other films she usually only fight faceless randoes before getting defeated by named villains, at which point she's out of action while other protagonists takes on prominent baddies [[/note]], and even [[spoiler: killing the powerful Bandit Lord Jin Tiao-ling which is TheDreaded]].
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* InASingleBound: Demonstrated by most of the five, with Yue Zhenbei and Ma Jin-ling doing sumersaults and backflips throughout their fights.

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* InASingleBound: Demonstrated by most of the five, with Yue Zhenbei and Ma Jin-ling doing sumersaults somersaults and backflips back-flips throughout their fights.



* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Besides using this trick to kill [[spoiler: the bandot lord]], Ma Jin-ling also throws her sword at an EliteMook in the finale.

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* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Besides using this trick to kill [[spoiler: the bandot lord]], Bandit Lord Jin Tiao-ling]], Ma Jin-ling also throws her sword at through an EliteMook in the finale.
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* BackToBackBadasses: Yue Zhenbei and Ma Jin-ling in the final mansion battle, against [[spoiler: Duke Cao]] soldiers.

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* BackToBackBadasses: Yue Zhenbei and Ma Jin-ling in the final mansion battle, against [[spoiler: Duke Cao]] Cao's]] soldiers.



* FriendToAllChildren: Li Xiao-qi, despite being a gambler and killer, is fond of kids, mostly in viting children to guess the outcomes of his dice rolls while chilling leisurely in a tavern.

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* FriendToAllChildren: Li Xiao-qi, despite being a gambler and killer, is fond of kids, mostly in viting inviting children to guess the outcomes of his dice rolls while chilling leisurely in a tavern.
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** The Lancer: Ma Jin-ling, the on-off girlfriend of Yue who is a competent and deadly fighter on her own right, also overlapping with TheChick due to being the [[TheSmurfettePrinciple only female of the killers]].

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** The Lancer: TheLancer: Ma Jin-ling, the on-off girlfriend of Yue who is a competent and deadly fighter on her own right, also overlapping with TheChick due to being the [[TheSmurfettePrinciple only female of the killers]].
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* EliteMook: In the final battle, [[spoiler: Duke Cao]] has a group of six expert warriors wearing winged helmets, armed with unique weapons (either halbers, chains, or iron staffs) and gives both Yue Zhenbei and Ma Jin-ling one hell of a fight. Even battling the experts one-on-one, it still takes plenty of effort before they're eventually defeated.

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* EliteMook: In the final battle, [[spoiler: Duke Cao]] has a group of six expert warriors wearing winged helmets, armed with unique weapons (either halbers, halberds, chains, or iron staffs) and gives both Yue Zhenbei and Ma Jin-ling one hell of a fight. Even battling the experts one-on-one, it still takes plenty of effort before they're eventually defeated.
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* ActionGirl: Ma Jin-ling, played by Shaw Brothers' "Deadly Doll" Li Ching. Unlike Li Ching's other roles like in ''Film/HaveSwordWillTravel'' and ''Film/TheAnnonymousHeroes'' where she plays second fiddle as a supporting player to the (mostly male) protagonists, here she managed to fend herself well enough against hordes and hordes of mooks, takes plenty of names (even moreso than her earlier parts), can hold her own against EliteMooks [[note]] In Li Ching's she usually only fight faceless randoes before getting defeated by named villains, at which point she's out of action while other protagonists takes on prominent baddies [[/note]], and even [[spoiler: killing the powerful Bandit Lord Jin Tiao-ling which is TheDreaded]].

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* ActionGirl: Ma Jin-ling, played by Shaw Brothers' "Deadly Doll" Li Ching. Unlike Li Ching's other roles like in ''Film/HaveSwordWillTravel'' and ''Film/TheAnnonymousHeroes'' where she plays second fiddle as a supporting player to the (mostly male) protagonists, here she managed to fend herself well enough against hordes and hordes of mooks, takes plenty of names (even moreso than her earlier parts), can hold her own against EliteMooks [[note]] In Li Ching's her other films she usually only fight faceless randoes before getting defeated by named villains, at which point she's out of action while other protagonists takes on prominent baddies [[/note]], and even [[spoiler: killing the powerful Bandit Lord Jin Tiao-ling which is TheDreaded]].
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[[caption-width-right:350:Pictured: Killer 1 Ma Jin-ling (Li Ching) and Killer 2 Yue Zhenbei (Tang Chia). Out of Five.]]

''Killers Five'' is a 1969 Creator/ShawBrothers {{Wuxia}} MartialArtsMovie starring Li Ching (the "Deadly Doll" of Shaw Brothers, the nickname unofficially given by the Studios), Tang Ching, and Ku Feng.

True to it's title, the movie revolves around a band of five warriors and swordsmen-for-hire, led by veteran assassin Yue Zhenbei, whose members consist of Yue's on-off girlfriend Ma Jin-ling (Li Ching), smugglers Li Xiaoqi and Ngau, and master thief Liang Shengfei, who was recruited by Duke Cao Guo-Wei on a rescue mission, when the Duke's daughter, Lady Chao, was kidnapped by a powerful bandit lord and imprisoned in Mount Jin-long, a stronghold swarming with bandits and criminal scum. But as the five of them battle their way through hordes and hordes of villains, they realize their mission has been compromised...

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!!Killers Five contains examples of:

* ActionGirl: Ma Jin-ling, played by Shaw Brothers' "Deadly Doll" Li Ching. Unlike Li Ching's other roles like in ''Film/HaveSwordWillTravel'' and ''Film/TheAnnonymousHeroes'' where she plays second fiddle as a supporting player to the (mostly male) protagonists, here she managed to fend herself well enough against hordes and hordes of mooks, takes plenty of names (even moreso than her earlier parts), can hold her own against EliteMooks [[note]] In Li Ching's she usually only fight faceless randoes before getting defeated by named villains, at which point she's out of action while other protagonists takes on prominent baddies [[/note]], and even [[spoiler: killing the powerful Bandit Lord Jin Tiao-ling which is TheDreaded]].
* AnAxToGrind: Ngau, TheHeart and number four of the five killers use axes as his preferred weapon.
* BackToBackBadasses: Yue Zhenbei and Ma Jin-ling in the final mansion battle, against [[spoiler: Duke Cao]] soldiers.
* BadassCrew: The titular five killers, a legion of the best warriors of the martial arts world being sent on a covert rescue mission.
* BladeOnAStick: In the final battle, a few of [[spoiler: Duke Cao's]] higher-ranked sergeants use halberds in combat.
* BoobyTrap: The bandit hideout in Mount Jinlong is filled with these, including pit falls, spiked ceilings, and collapsing caverns.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: Bandit Lord Jin Tiao-ling is hyped up as a massive threat for the heroes, and is stated numerous times to be invincible, indestructible, a very, very dangerous opponent... [[spoiler: and after Ma stabs him through the eye the movie continues for another twenty minutes when Duke Cao, the employer and benefactor of the five, turns out to be the ''real'' villain of the picture]].
* EliteMook: In the final battle, [[spoiler: Duke Cao]] has a group of six expert warriors wearing winged helmets, armed with unique weapons (either halbers, chains, or iron staffs) and gives both Yue Zhenbei and Ma Jin-ling one hell of a fight. Even battling the experts one-on-one, it still takes plenty of effort before they're eventually defeated.
* EnsembleCast: Five of Shaw Brothers' leading stars as the titular five.
* EyeScream: The bandit leader, Jin Tiao-ling, was subdued when Ma throws her hairpin into his left eye. [[spoiler: And for her CoupDeGrace, she then [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks throws her sword]] through his right]].
* FalseReassurance: When consulting his "lucky dice" to determine the outcome of the mission, Li Xiao-qi was horrified to see the numbers of the roll to be 2,1,2 (a small odd number, meaning an unlucky outcome). Before the others can see his roll, he quickly nudges the table, turning the dice numbers to 5,6,5 (a large even number, meaning a lucky outcome) and tells everyone the gods of fortune has blessed their mission. [[spoiler: This comes back and bites him in the ass when he is the first of the five to die, betrayed and killed by his employer]].
* FiveManBand: True to the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin movie's title]]...
** TheHero: Yue Zhenbei, protagonist, leader and best of the warriors.
** The Lancer: Ma Jin-ling, the on-off girlfriend of Yue who is a competent and deadly fighter on her own right, also overlapping with TheChick due to being the [[TheSmurfettePrinciple only female of the killers]].
** TheSmartGuy: Water Rat Li Xiao-qi, a gambler, smuggler and strategist who's in charge of getting the titular five in and out of Mount Jinlong.
** TheHeart: Ngau, the best friend of Li Xiao-qi and the closest the movie has to an emotional center.
** SixthRanger: Liang Shengfei who joins the group at the last minute. [[spoiler: The movie plays with the notion that he may be a SixthRangerTraitor, but ultimately averts it]].
* FriendToAllChildren: Li Xiao-qi, despite being a gambler and killer, is fond of kids, mostly in viting children to guess the outcomes of his dice rolls while chilling leisurely in a tavern.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Liang Shengfei, despite being shady and ambiguous throughout the movie, ultimately proves himself to be on the side of good when he takes a spear through the gut meant for Ma Jin-ling]], thereby dying as one of the good guys.
* HiddenVillain: [[spoiler: Duke Cao is actually an Imperial traitor who is using the rescue mission as a diversion while he plots to overthrow the Imperial government]].
* HighPressureBlood: Plenty of red sauce flows freely throughout the fight scenes, especially in one scene where Ngau whacks his axes through a fallen mook, causing an entire geyser of karo syrup into the air.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Ma Jin-ling, when it comes to throwing darts. [[spoiler: It's hard to hit someone's eye with a thrown hairpin from more than ten meters, but she managed]].
* InASingleBound: Demonstrated by most of the five, with Yue Zhenbei and Ma Jin-ling doing sumersaults and backflips throughout their fights.
* IronicEcho: Li Xiao-qi, due to being a gambler, constantly boasts that the gods of fortune is on his side. [[spoiler: Guess which one of the five is first to die]].
* PartingFromConsciousnessWords: From [[spoiler: Li Xiao-qi]].
--> '''[[spoiler: Li Xiao-qi]]''': "[[spoiler: Duke Cao]]... he's behind all this... the mission... you can still make it..." (dead)
* ReverseMole: [[spoiler: Liang Shang-fei]] appears to be the SixthRangerTraitor, building himself reputation from within the ranks of Jin Tiao-ling the Bandit Lord, but [[spoiler: reveals his true allegiances when he kills two bandit mooks and saves Ma from a spiked trap]].
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Li Xiao-qi ends up getting ambushed and mortally wounded by Duke Cao's soldiers]], surviving just long enough to unite with Yue Zhenbei and Ma Jin-ling, telling them the truth about how their whole rescue mission was rigged and to keep on going without him.
* SixthRangerTraitor: [[spoiler: Inverted; Liang reveals himself to be working for Jin Tiao-ling the bandit leader, but turns out to be using this as an excuse to infiltrate the bandits' ranks and exploit Jin's weakness]].
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler: Does impaling one's eye with a sword, all the way through to the other side, counts]]?
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Besides using this trick to kill [[spoiler: the bandot lord]], Ma Jin-ling also throws her sword at an EliteMook in the finale.
* WaterfallShower: Ma Jin-ling in her first scene.
* WireFu: This is a {{Wuxia}} after all...
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