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** To ''Film/TheKiller'', when Long and Ming suddenly had a MexicanStandoff right in front of Long’s grandmother who is blind, and both of them have to fake having a casual conversation while trying not to pull the trigger on each other.

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** To ''Film/TheKiller'', ''Film/TheKiller1989'', when Long and Ming suddenly had a MexicanStandoff right in front of Long’s grandmother who is blind, and both of them have to fake having a casual conversation while trying not to pull the trigger on each other.
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* CoolHat: Lieutenant Ming is almost never seen without her cool beret in every scene.
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* SkunkStripe: A white tuft of hair on Saijo’s VillainousWidowsPeak.
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* BadassBeard: Long, complete with matching moustache.
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* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler: Long eventually got over his fiancee Jane's death towards the end of the movie, wehere its revealed that Long and Vinci had become a couple, and are flying to Korea to be married]].

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* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler: Long eventually got over his fiancee Jane's death towards the end of the movie, wehere where its revealed that Long and Vinci had become a couple, and are flying to Korea to be married]].
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* RedBaron: The BigBad is only referred to as White Dragon.

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* HellishCopter: After the exchange scene goes awry, which culminates with Long and Zheng shooting their way past the guards and corrupt military, Saijo’s number two quickly catches up with the fleeing dup in a helicopter, firing at them from above with a machine-gun, and then a rocket launcher. When Long and Zheng repeatedly dodges his firing, he quickly throws down a freaking ''[[GodzillaThreshold warhead]]'' causing a massive explosion the size of a building… [[spoiler: and it didn’t work]].

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* HellishCopter: After the exchange scene goes awry, which culminates with Long and Zheng shooting their way past the guards and corrupt military, Saijo’s number two quickly catches up with the fleeing dup duo in a helicopter, firing at them from above with a machine-gun, and then a rocket launcher. When Long and Zheng repeatedly dodges his firing, he quickly throws down a freaking ''[[GodzillaThreshold warhead]]'' causing a massive explosion the size of a building… [[spoiler: and it didn’t work]].


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** It might be possible that Long lied about his age though.
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Cheng Jia-Long (Fan) is an ex-cop turned hitman with a mysterious past and one of the most feared assassins in the mob, but he was assumed dead five years ago until a string of killings and murders started happening in South-East Asia. Inspector Ming, formerly Long's partner, has to investigate the killings and track down Long before he can strike, and her investigations leads to a gang war led by a sinister entity called the White Dragon, that is brewing rapidly out of control, ready to spill and explode into the streets.

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Cheng Jia-Long (Fan) is an ex-cop turned hitman with a mysterious past past, and one of the most feared assassins in the mob, underworld, but he was assumed dead after a botched assasination five years ago ago... until a string of killings and murders started happening in South-East Asia. Inspector Ming, formerly Long's partner, has to investigate the killings and track down Long before he can strike, and her investigations leads to a gang war led by a sinister entity called the White Dragon, that is brewing rapidly out of control, ready to spill and explode into the streets.



* AssholeVictim: The mob leader Long assassinates outside a car wash, who is introduced as berating a car-wash worker boy for not washing his car quickly enough, even grabbing a handful of soap suds and throwing it at the boy accompanied with plenty of verbal abuse. Needless to say, his imminent demise delivered by Long (set on fire and shot) is the most satisfying onscreen death in the whole film.

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* AssholeVictim: The mob leader Long assassinates outside a car wash, who is introduced as berating a car-wash worker boy for not washing his car quickly enough, even grabbing a handful of soap suds and throwing it at the boy accompanied with plenty of verbal abuse. Needless to say, his imminent demise delivered by Long (set on fire and shot) is the most satisfying onscreen death in the whole film.
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Cheng Jia-Long (Fan) is an ex-cop turned hitman with a mysterious past and one of the most feared assassins in the mob, but he was assumed dead five years ago until a string of killings and murders happens in South-East Asia. Inspector Ming, formerly Long's partner, has to investigate the killings and track down Long before he can strike, and her investigations leads to a gang war led by a sinister entity called the White Dragon, that is brewing rapidly out of control, ready to spill and explode into the streets.

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Cheng Jia-Long (Fan) is an ex-cop turned hitman with a mysterious past and one of the most feared assassins in the mob, but he was assumed dead five years ago until a string of killings and murders happens started happening in South-East Asia. Inspector Ming, formerly Long's partner, has to investigate the killings and track down Long before he can strike, and her investigations leads to a gang war led by a sinister entity called the White Dragon, that is brewing rapidly out of control, ready to spill and explode into the streets.
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--> (cue both combatants staring down each other for at least ten seconds as they pause to catch their breaths before resuming combat, although a RevealShot later [[spoiler: shows that both combatants are bleeding from cuts on their necks)])

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--> (cue both combatants staring down each other for at least ten seconds as they pause to catch their breaths before resuming combat, although a RevealShot later [[spoiler: shows that both combatants are bleeding from cuts on their necks)])necks]])
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* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler: Long eventually got over his fiancee Jane's death towards the end of the movie, wehere its revealed that Long and Vinci had become a couple, and are flying to Korea to be married]].
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''Spy Gear'' is a 2001 Hong Kong action film starring Creator/LouisFan.

Cheng Jia-Long (Fan) is an ex-cop turned hitman with a mysterious past and one of the most feared assassins in the mob, but he was assumed dead five years ago until a string of killings and murders happens in South-East Asia. Inspector Ming, formerly Long's partner, has to investigate the killings and track down Long before he can strike, and her investigations leads to a gang war led by a sinister entity called the White Dragon, that is brewing rapidly out of control, ready to spill and explode into the streets.

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!!''Spy Gear'' provides the following tropes:

* AssholeVictim: The mob leader Long assassinates outside a car wash, who is introduced as berating a car-wash worker boy for not washing his car quickly enough, even grabbing a handful of soap suds and throwing it at the boy accompanied with plenty of verbal abuse. Needless to say, his imminent demise delivered by Long (set on fire and shot) is the most satisfying onscreen death in the whole film.
* BackToBackBadasses: Long and Zheng during the ambush scene where the corrupt military bribed by Saijo and White Dragon tries to hunt them down.
* BadassBeard: Long, complete with matching moustache.
* ClothFu: In Long’s first fight with Canary, Long managed to briefly pull off his opponent’s long jacket and uses it to tie up Canary, but Canary untangles himself in an instant and slips his jacket back on.
*CoolHat: Lieutenant Ming is almost never seen without her cool beret in every scene.
*CoolShades: White Dragon and Zheng wears sunglasses throughout their scenes, although they remove them when getting into shootouts or fights.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Long is raised to be an assassin, and losing his fiancée five years ago made him a ruthless vigilante and murderer who waged a war against the mob.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Long’s fiancée Jane, after she is shot and mortally wounded, and he is forced to deliver a MercyKill.
* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: Canary’s belt, which he can remove and use as an EpicFlail. But used in a fight against Long, well… [[spoiler: Long simply grabs hold of the belt and twists it around Canary’s neck, [[HoistByHIsOwnPetard effectively strangling Canary with his own weapon]].]]
* DramaticWind: Used in one ActionFilmQuietDramaScene between Long and Vinci in the outside, with the wind causing both their hairs to flow dramatically throughout their entire conversation. Incidentally, ''his'' hair is actually longer than ''hers''…
*DudeLooksLikeALady: Long’s first target is Canary, an effeminate assassin with flowing blonde hair, pale skin, and wears lip-gloss for some reason. He even makes a feminine scowl when Long lands a kick on his face!
* {{Eyedscreen}}:
** Featured in the exchange scene when Long and Zheng, where the camera focuses on both their eyes.
** Also featured in the ending shootout when Long prepares to confront White Dragon, one-on-one after killing the last wave of mooks outside the mansion.
* FakeAFight: During the exchange scene, Long and Zheng suddenly realizes that they’ve been LuredIntoATrap, and the bodyguards around them are waiting to pull guns on them. So, both of them decide to feign a quarrel, suddenly fight each other, and just as the guards are distracted, they grab each other’s pistols and blast away at the guards.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Long is seen smoking several times in the movie, as is Saijo and the BigBad, White Dragon.
*GunsAkimbo: Mostly by Zheng in the final shootout.
* HellishCopter: After the exchange scene goes awry, which culminates with Long and Zheng shooting their way past the guards and corrupt military, Saijo’s number two quickly catches up with the fleeing dup in a helicopter, firing at them from above with a machine-gun, and then a rocket launcher. When Long and Zheng repeatedly dodges his firing, he quickly throws down a freaking ''[[GodzillaThreshold warhead]]'' causing a massive explosion the size of a building… [[spoiler: and it didn’t work]].
* ImprobableAge: When Inspector Ming looks through Long’s profile, the database lists Long’s age at 26, and that he has been an assassin for the past 5 years. Ergo, Long have been killing people ever since he was 21…
* KlingonPromotion: [[spoiler: Saijo’s number two betrays him this way, gunning him down from point-blank and taking over his position in the mob]].
* LodgedBladeRecycling: [[spoiler: In the finale, BigBad White Dragon managed to disarm Long and impale his sword through Long’s shoulder, into a wall ornament, causing the blade to snap in the process. Long then grabs White Dragon and force the blade still embedded through him into White Dragon’s chest, killing White Dragon once and for all]].
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Long.
* TheLostLenore: Long frequently pins for his deceased fiancée, Jane, which he cannot let go even five years after her passing.
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: In the final shootout, Long had eventually killed off every remaining mook in White Dragon’s mansion hideout as he marches into White Dragon’s quarters, pistol trained on his opponent. White Dragon instead throws a sheathed sword towards Long while holding another sword himself. Long obliged to his challenge – cue SwordFight.
* TheManBehindTheMan: White Dragon is pulling the strings behind the weapon smugglings and mob war, while PlayingBothSides for his own benefits.
* ManOnFire: The fate of an opposing mob leader executed by Long, after Long dumps an entire canister of fuel on his car and set it alight with him still in it. As soon as he gets out, Long puts a bullet through him while he’s still alight.
* MidBattleTeaBreak: Briefly happens in the final battle between Long and White Dragon.
--> '''White Dragon''': "Seems like you've improved a bit."
--> '''Long''': "No – you’ve gone rusted yourself."
--> (cue both combatants staring down each other for at least ten seconds as they pause to catch their breaths before resuming combat, although a RevealShot later [[spoiler: shows that both combatants are bleeding from cuts on their necks)])
* TheMole: [[spoiler: Ming’s superior and Superintendent turns out to be under White Dragon’s payroll, and is responsible for setting up the whole ambush to have Long and Zheng LuredIntoATrap]].
* OneManArmy: Zheng and Long actually take turns being a One-man army in the final shootout. Firstly its Zheng who takes on White Dragon’s mooks and killing most of them, but [[spoiler: when Zheng gets killed]], Long arrives in time to continue the battle where he left off.
* PinkIsFeminine: Vinci wears a pink dress throughout all her scenes in the movie.
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: Long was assumed to be dead for five years before coming back to settle an old score. Naturally his little sister May is more than surprised after spending all those years mourning for him.
* RevealShot: May spends much of the first act pinning for her brother, who she claimed was killed in action five years ago and whose identity was deliberately made unclear to the audience… until halfway into the film, when a scene in May’s house [[spoiler: shows a snapshot of her and Long together, revealing Long to be the supposedly dead brother]].
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Subverted. After [[spoiler: Saijo’s number two betray and kills Saijo]], the man is suddenly ambushed by White Dragon, who beats the snot out of him and had a foot shoved into his neck. But then White Dragon instead ''praises'' his action, and in the next scene [[spoiler: Saijo’s number two is a henchman leading White Dragon’s mooks]].
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Zheng dies in the final shootout, leaving the rest of the baddies, including White Dragon, for Long to clean up]].
* ShoutOut:
** To ''Film/TheKiller'', when Long and Ming suddenly had a MexicanStandoff right in front of Long’s grandmother who is blind, and both of them have to fake having a casual conversation while trying not to pull the trigger on each other.
** Saijo’s number two is never named onscreen, but he’s frequently seen wearing a nametag that says "[[Creator/JimmyWangYu Wang Yu]]"…
* SlashedThroat: Zheng does this in several of his assassinations, whenever he’s opting for a stealthier approach.
* SkunkStripe: A white tuft of hair on Saijo’s VillainousWidowsPeak.
*StormingTheCastle: Zheng marching towards White Dragon’s hideout in the finale, shooting the gates open and shooting his way past legions and legions of mooks. [[spoiler: When Zheng gets ambushed by Saijo’s number two]], Long arrives and takes over, killing Saijo’s number two and the remaining mooks before marching into White Dragon’s hall for his final battle.
* SwordFight: Between Long and White Dragon which climaxes the movie. [[spoiler: Long wins]].
* TroubledBackstoryFlashback: Long’s flashback of his fiancée Jane getting mortally wounded, weeks before their wedding.
* UnnecessaryCombatRoll: Used by both Long and Zheng, but especially Zheng during the shootout against the corrupt military soldiers.

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* CoolHat: Lieutenant Ming is almost never seen without her cool beret in every scene.
* CoolShades: White Dragon and Zheng wears sunglasses throughout their scenes, although they remove them when getting into shootouts or fights.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Long is raised to be an assassin, and losing his fiancée five years ago made him a ruthless vigilante and murderer who waged a war against the mob.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Long’s fiancée Jane, after she is shot and mortally wounded, and he is forced to deliver a MercyKill.

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* CoolHat: *CoolHat: Lieutenant Ming is almost never seen without her cool beret in every scene.
* CoolShades: *CoolShades: White Dragon and Zheng wears sunglasses throughout their scenes, although they remove them when getting into shootouts or fights.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Long is raised to be an assassin, and losing his fiancée five years ago made him a ruthless vigilante and murderer who waged a war against the mob.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Long’s fiancée Jane, after she is shot and mortally wounded, and he is forced to deliver a MercyKill.



* DudeLooksLikeALady: Long’s first target is Canary, an effeminate assassin with flowing blonde hair, pale skin, and wears lip-gloss for some reason. He even makes a feminine scowl when Long lands a kick on his face!

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* DudeLooksLikeALady: *DudeLooksLikeALady: Long’s first target is Canary, an effeminate assassin with flowing blonde hair, pale skin, and wears lip-gloss for some reason. He even makes a feminine scowl when Long lands a kick on his face!



* GunsAkimbo: Mostly by Zheng in the final shootout.

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* GunsAkimbo: *GunsAkimbo: Mostly by Zheng in the final shootout.



* TheLostLenore: Long frequently pins for his deceased fiancée, Jane, which he cannot let go even five years after her passing.

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* TheLostLenore: Long frequently pins for his deceased fiancée, Jane, which he cannot let go even five years after her passing.



* StormingTheCastle: Zheng marching towards White Dragon’s hideout in the finale, shooting the gates open and shooting his way past legions and legions of mooks. [[spoiler: When Zheng gets ambushed by Saijo’s number two]], Long arrives and takes over, killing Saijo’s number two and the remaining mooks before marching into White Dragon’s hall for his final battle.

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* StormingTheCastle: *StormingTheCastle: Zheng marching towards White Dragon’s hideout in the finale, shooting the gates open and shooting his way past legions and legions of mooks. [[spoiler: When Zheng gets ambushed by Saijo’s number two]], Long arrives and takes over, killing Saijo’s number two and the remaining mooks before marching into White Dragon’s hall for his final battle.



* TroubledBackstoryFlashback: Long’s flashback of his fiancée Jane getting mortally wounded, weeks before their wedding.

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* TroubledBackstoryFlashback: Long’s flashback of his fiancée Jane getting mortally wounded, weeks before their wedding.

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