History Film / ShadowMask

* AllMonksKnowKungFu: One of the MookLieutenant serving Red Goddess is a monk in flowing yellow robes which puts up quite a fight, and is the first enemy who actually gives Tien-ming a challenge. He still gets killed by Tien-ming all the same.
* BadassCape: Most of the named characters, including Tien-ming, Red Goddess, Blood Moon, and even [[spoiler: Uncle Iron]] who is revealed to be the ''original'' Shadow Mask.
* BadassTeacher: Uncle Iron, who is also the adoptive father of Shadow Mask and trainer to make his protégé stronger than before. He even gets to fight Red Goddess at the end of the second act, and is [[spoiler: in fact the previous Shadow Mask who’s responsible for inflicting the near-fatal injury that defeats Red Goddess and have her put in prison in the first place]].

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Red Goddess is dead, and her league of ruthless assassins have disbanded. But Uncle Iron and Jacky, both whom are the people closest to Tien-ming, are dead too, and even though Sandy is rescued, her mind is permanently damaged from Red Goddess’ mind control reducing her to having the mental capacity of a three-year-old child. Nevertheless, Tien-ming, as Shadow Mask, is dedicated to continue fighting evil while taking care of his girlfriend]].

* DarkActionGirl: Blood Eagle, the most trusted acolyte of Red Goddess, and also TheDragon of the film.
* DeadlyDoctor: [[spoiler: Red Wood infiltrates the hospital room of the wounded Uncle Iron while disguised as a doctor, and [[SlashedThroat cut]] Uncle Iron’s throat in his sleep]]. [[ImposterForgotOneDetail He forgot to remove his ring though]], causing the passing Tien-ming to realize the doctor is an imposter.

* {{Expy}}: Louis Fan’s Shadow Mask is clearly based on Jet Li’s Black Mask, from the movie of the same name, right down to his outfit, fighting styles, and being a dorky nerd when assuming civilian mode. To differentiate both characters however, Shadow Mask/Tien-ming is portrayed to be more immature and close to being a {{Manchild}}, as well as being more socially awkward and having an equally immature best friend to boot.

* HellBentForLeather: Shadow Mask’s superhero outfit is a jet-black body-fitting leather shirt and pants. And leather gloves.

* LovesMyAlterEgo: Played with, Sandy is Tien-ming’s girlfriend and genuinely loves him, but she also has a crush on Shadow Mask for saving her life, unaware that both Shadow Mask and Tien-ming are in fact the same person. [[spoiler: By the end of the movie, her mind has been destroyed and she is reduced to having the mentality of a child, and even until then she is still oblivious to Tien-Ming’s/Shadow Mask’s true identity]].
* {{Manchild}}: Tien-ming, the hilariously immature protagonist, who is shown to enjoy playing video games while he’s supposed to be training, is awkward around girls who had feelings for him, likes to crack jokes and play pranks, and tends to talk like someone half his age.
* ManipulativeBitch: Blood Eagle, who uses her charms to manipulate Jacky into turning against Tien-ming, and then [[spoiler: tricking him to end up being brainwashed completely by Red Goddess]].

* PressurePoint: During their date, Tien-ming uses this to knock out Sandy, non-fatally, rendering her out cold, because he realized several of Red Goddess’ minions have followed him and is trying to kill him. He defeats and kills all the baddies, before driving all the way back with Sandy slumped unconscious in the passenger seat, and waking Sandy up claiming that she fell asleep from drinking too much.
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: Subverted in the scene where Red Wood tries to betray Red Goddess by whipping out his pistol behind her. When he tries to pull the trigger, he realized his fingers are frozen, and Red Goddess is mentally controlling him to turn the gun around into his own throat instead. But in the last second, she made him drop the pistol after swearing his allegiance to her.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler: Tien-ming beats the snot out of Red Wood, completely destroying him in battle after learning Red Wood has killed Uncle Iron under Red Goddess’ orders, and then marches straight to take on Red Goddess and her minions]].

* {{Telepathy}}: Red Goddess’ main ability, which she can use to probe the minds of her enemies and prisoners, and for the weak-minded, even brainwash them into becoming her minions. (Exhibit A: [[spoiler: Jacky]])

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Most of the characters in the movie have oddly-coloured hair, mostly as result of having their DNA tampered into making them superhumans, including Blood Eagle having orange hair, Scorpion having purple hair, and [[spoiler: the brainwashed Jacky]] having blue hair.

* MindManipulation: Red Goddess’ main ability, which she can perform on the weak-willed. Like [[spoiler: Jacky]].

* {{Adorkable}}: Tien-ming tends to be rather dorky and awkward in several of his scenes, despite being the civilian alter-ego of the superhero known as Shadow Mask.

* PressurePoint: During their date, Tien-ming uses this to knock out Sandy, non-fatally, rendering her out cold, because he realized several of Red Goddess’ minions have followed him and is trying to kill him. He defeats and kills all the baddies, before driving all the way back with Sandy slumped unconscious in the passenger seat, before waking Sandy up and claiming that she fell asleep from drinking too much.

* LovesMyAlterEgo” Played with, Sandy is Tien-ming’s girlfriend and genuinely loves him, but she also has a crush on Shadow Mask for saving her life, unaware that both Shadow Mask and Tien-ming are in fact the same person. [[spoiler: By the end of the movie, her mind has been destroyed and she is reduced to having the mentality of a child, and even until then she is still oblivious to Tien-Ming’s/Shadow Mask’s true identity]].

* AfraidOfNeedles: Implied for Tien-ming. After returning home to Uncle. Iron after his mission, Uncle. Iron gives Tien-ming all kinds of pills and medication, telling him its necessary for Tien-ming to consume to make himself stronger. Tien-ming tries protesting by saying he already took these pills multiple times, at which point Uncle. Iron queries that maybe Tien-ming would prefer the needle instead. Cue Tien-ming shoving pills down his own throat.

* BelatedLoveEpiphany: Fan-ming often considers Uncle. Iron, despite being his adoptive father, to be a nuisance and an overly-harsh trainer who continuously demands him to be training when he can be slacking off. [[spoiler: But after Uncle. Iron dies in the hands of Red Wood, Fan-ming came to realize how important his mentor and father figure really is for him]].

* DeadlyDoctor: [[spoiler: Red Wood infiltrates the hospital room of the wounded Uncle. Iron while disguised as a doctor, and [[SlashedThroat cut]] Uncle. Iron’s throat in his sleep]]. [[ImposterForgotOneDetail He forgot to remove his ring though]], causing the passing Tien-ming to realize the doctor is an imposter.

* FakeUltimateMook: Red Wood is set up to being the other major threat against Shadow Mask / Tien-ming throughout the movie, besides Red Goddess, and gets to fight Tien-ming one-on-one before the climax of the film. [[spoiler: Tien-ming kills him in a CurbStompBattle by kicking him against a wall, breaking Red Wood’s neck in the process]]. It helps that [[spoiler: Red Wood just killed Uncle. Iron earlier on, which Tien-ming had just found out]].

* LikeASonToMe: Uncle. Iron considers Tien-ming, his protégé, to be like his own son. Tien-ming doesn’t appreciate Uncle. Iron enough until [[spoiler: Uncle. Iron dies]].

* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler: Uncle. Iron dies in the hands of Red Wood before he can see Tien-ming, his protégé, become the next Shadow Mask, prompting Tien-ming to avenge him in the finale]].

* ParentalSubstitute: Uncle. Iron to Tien-ming, raising the child to become the next Shadow Mask.

* DevourTheDragon: [[spoiler: Blood Eagle dies in the hands of her own mentor and BadBoss, Red Goddess].

* {{Wuxia}}: The movie feels a lot like a wuxia in modern times, with its excessive WireFu, stories about revenge and honour, mentor-apprentice relationships and mottos about honour and loyalty.

* CombatPragmatist: [[spoiler: In the final one-on-one battle against Red Goddess, Tien-ming is getting beaten down by his opponent whose power is leagues ahead of him. But he came prepared with [[NothingUpMySleeve concealed mini-blades]] hidden in his clothing, which he used to main Red Goddess when she tries to finish him off, eventually allowing him to kill her instead]].

* BadassCape: Most of the named characters, including Tien-ming, Red Goddess, Blood Moon, and even [[spoiler: Jacky]] after becoming Red Goddess’ minion.
* BadassTeacher: Uncle. Iron, who is also the adoptive father of Shadow Mask and trainer to make his protégé stronger than before. He even gets to fight Red Goddess at the end of the second act, and is [[spoiler: in fact the previous Shadow Mask who’s responsible for inflicting the near-fatal injury that defeats Red Goddess and have her put in prison in the first place]].

* BadassCape: Most of the named characters, including Tien-ming, Red Goddess, Blood Moon, and even [[spoiler: Jacky]] after becoming Red Goddess’ minion.
* BadassTeacher: Uncle. Iron, who is also the adoptive father of Shadow Mask and trainer to make his protégé stronger than before. He even gets to fight Red Goddess at the end of the second act, and is [[spoiler: in fact the previous Shadow Mask who’s responsible for inflicting the near-fatal injury that defeats Red Goddess and have her put in prison in the first place]].

* LikeASonToMe: Uncle. Iron considers Tien-ming, his protégé, to be like his own son. Tien-ming doesn’t appreciate Uncle. Iron enough until [[spoiler: Uncle. Iron dies]].

* {{Manchild}}: Tien-ming, the hilariously immature protagonist, who is shown to enjoy playing video games while he’s supposed to be training, is awkward around girls who had feelings for him, likes to crack jokes and play pranks, and tends to talk like someone half his age.

* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler: Uncle. Iron dies in the hands of Red Wood before he can see Tien-ming, his protégé, become the next Shadow Mask, prompting Tien-ming to avenge him in the finale]].

* {{Telepathy}}: Red Goddess’ main ability, which she can use to probe the minds of her enemies and prisoners, and for the weak-minded, even brainwash them into becoming her minions. (Exhibit A: [[spoiler: Jacky]])

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Red Goddess decides that Blood Eagle have failed her far too many times, and executes her with a NeckSnap]]. With ONE hand.

* BadassCape: Most of the named characters, including Tien-ming, Red Goddess, Blood Moon, and even [[spoiler: Jacky]] after becoming Red Goddess’ minion.
* BadassTeacher: Uncle. Iron, who is also the adoptive father of Shadow Mask and trainer to make his protégé stronger than before. He even gets to fight Red Goddess at the end of the second act, and is [[spoiler: in fact the previous Shadow Mask who’s responsible for inflicting the near-fatal injury that defeats Red Goddess and have her put in prison in the first place]].

* LikeASonToMe: Uncle. Iron considers Tien-ming, his protégé, to be like his own son. Tien-ming doesn’t appreciate Uncle. Iron enough until [[spoiler: Uncle. Iron dies]].

* {{Manchild}}: Tien-ming, the hilariously immature protagonist, who is shown to enjoy playing video games while he’s supposed to be training, is awkward around girls who had feelings for him, likes to crack jokes and play pranks, and tends to talk like someone half his age.

* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler: Uncle. Iron dies in the hands of Red Wood before he can see Tien-ming, his protégé, become the next Shadow Mask, prompting Tien-ming to avenge him in the finale]].

* {{Telepathy}}: Red Goddess’ main ability, which she can use to probe the minds of her enemies and prisoners, and for the weak-minded, even brainwash them into becoming her minions. (Exhibit A: [[spoiler: Jacky]])

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Red Goddess decides that Blood Eagle have failed her far too many times, and executes her with a NeckSnap]]. With ONE hand.