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* CoolGuns: Given the setting of the film, the Mauser C96 shows up several times throughout the film. Liao Fei-Lung and Ma Tien-piao notably used matching Mausers with identical pieces of cloth attached during their shootout against government soldiers early in the film.
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* WantedPoster: The film opens on two wanted posters depicting the two dreaded outlaws, Liao Fei Lung and Ma Tien Piao. And then the two rides into town, stages a holdup, cue shootout and opening credits.
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* EyeScream: In their final confrontation, [[spoiler: Liao Fei-Lung eventually kills Ma Tien-piao by shooting his eyes out]].
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* MoeGreeneSpecial: In their final confrontation, [[spoiler: Liao Fei-Lung eventually kills Ma Tien-piao by shooting his eyes out]].
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NOT to be confused with the [[Series/TheFugitive Tv series]] or the [[Film/TheFugitive film]] with the same name.
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NOT to be confused with the [[Series/TheFugitive Tv TV series]] or the [[Film/TheFugitive film]] with the same name.
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* TheJimmyHartVersion: Given the Western influences, several snippets from Spaghetti Westerns popular at the time of this film's release does show up. Notably, Music/EnnioMorricone's score from ''Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest'' can be heard a few times, while the background theme from ''Film/{{Django}}'' turns up in the shootout against town soldiers.
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''The Fugitive'' is a 1972 Creator/ShawBrothers kung-fu SpaghettiWestern (yes) film starring Creator/LoLieh, Li Ching and Ku Feng, made in the western-boom of the late 70s and early 80s.
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''The Fugitive'' is a 1972 Creator/ShawBrothers kung-fu SpaghettiWestern (yes) film starring Creator/LoLieh, Li Ching and Ku Feng, made in the western-boom of the late 70s and early 80s.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Any last words besides WeUsedToBeFriends?"]]
''The Fugitive'' is a 1972 Creator/ShawBrothers kung-fu SpaghettiWestern (yes) film starring Creator/LoLieh, Li Ching and Ku Feng, made in the western-boom of the late 70s and early 80s.
Liao Fei-Lung and Ma Tien-piao are two bank robbers, murderers and expert killing machines who grew up together in a 1930s desert town in the Chinese border. After a robbery attempt goes askew, Liao volunteers to let himself be arrested on the condition that Ma bails him out of prison later, but Ma, consumed by {{greed}}, instead decides to abandon his former best friend with the gold. When Liao eventually escapes prison, he finds out that Ma is now the leader of a ruthless bandit army who rules the entire town with an iron fist, and Liao's path to revenge is harder than he can imagine.
NOT to be confused with the [[Series/TheFugitive Tv series]] or the [[Film/TheFugitive film]] with the same name.
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!!Tropes in the film:
* AccidentalMurder: While trying to gun down Liao Fei-lung, Ma Tien-piao, in a moment of impulse and the fact that he's shooting in total darkness, ends up [[spoiler: unintentionally shooting Miao-miao, his adopted daughter, who dies afterwards]].
* AntiHero: Liao Fei-lung may be the protagonist we're supposed to root for after being betrayed by his lifelong best friend and taking down his former friend's entire organization of baddies, but at the end of the film he's still a bank robber and murderer whose body count includes dozens and dozens of government soldiers only doing their jobs.
* BackToBackBadasses: Liao Fei-Lung and Ma Tien-piao fleeing after the robbery scene, where they take on numerous soldiers while back-to-back. This is way before the latter's FaceHeelTurn in the movie.
* BeardOfEvil: On Ma Tien-piao. Note that he actually have this beard before he became a villain, though.
* EvilFormerFriend: Ma Tien-piao to Liao Fei-Lung.
* CoolGuns: Given the setting of the film, the Mauser C96 shows up several times throughout the film. Liao Fei-Lung and Ma Tien-piao notably used matching Mausers with identical pieces of cloth attached during their shootout against government soldiers early in the film.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: Miao-miao, in Liao Fei-Lung's arms, after being shot by a stray bullet]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Ma Tien-piao, despite being the BigBad willing to sacrifice his best friend for wealth and power, and a mass murderer who kills government soldiers without batting an eye, by the end of the day he does ''genuinely'' care for his adopted daughter, Miao-miao. To the point of suffering a VillainousBreakdown when he [[spoiler: finds out about her death]].
* EyeScream: In their final confrontation, [[spoiler: Liao Fei-Lung eventually kills Ma Tien-piao by shooting his eyes out]].
* FaceHeelTurn: Ma Tien-piao, who is willing to betray his former best friend and sworn brother Fei-Lung for money and power.
* HighPressureBlood: The squibwork in this movie is simply ''glorious''.
* TheJimmyHartVersion: Given the Western influences, several snippets from Spaghetti Westerns popular at the time of this film's release does show up. Notably, Music/EnnioMorricone's score from ''Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest'' can be heard a few times, while the background theme from ''Film/{{Django}}'' turns up in the shootout against town soldiers.
* MutualKill: [[spoiler: Liao Fei-Lung and Ma Tien-piao wounds each other at the same time at the conclusion of their duel]]. While the latter dies quickly, the former managed to look upon his sworn enemy's corpse for a few seconds and the carnage all around him before he expires.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Ma Tien-piao after [[spoiler: unintentionally shooting his adopted daughter Miao-miao, and learning about her death]].
* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler: An unintentional example. With the parent feeling genuine remorse over their actions]].
* OneManArmy: Towards the end of the film, Liao Fei-Lung after losing ''literally'' everything (including [[spoiler: his beloved Miao-miao]]), marches straight into the town and battles his way through Ma Tien-piao and his mooks. One of him, against thirty of them.
* RuggedScar: Liao Fei-Lung gains a scar under his left eye, after he got out of prison. That scar remains on him for the rest of the movie. [[http://www.hkmdb.com/db/movies/image_detail.mhtml?id=5359&image_id=139899&display_set=eng Seen here]].
* SleevesAreForWimps: Seemingly enforced, after the prison escape the protagonist Liao Fei-Lung lose a sleeve from his jacket, and remains in this attire for the rest of his screentime in the entire movie.
* SpaghettiWestern: A Shaw Brothers take on the familiar Western formula, but with a bunch of kung-fu and fight scenes peppered in for good measure.
* ThrowingTheDistraction: During the prison breakout scene, Liao Fei-lung is using the warden as a HumanShield. When trapped in a corner, Liao flings the warden out so that he can be shot by several of his own soldiers while Liao formulates a plan to escape.
* UnexpectedlyAbandoned: When Liao Fei-Lung marches into town to confront Ma Tien-piao, he realize in shock that the entire place is completely empty. Until Ma's army of goons suddenly shows up. [[spoiler: At the end of the shootout, with ''everyone'' including Liao Fei-Lung and Ma Tien-piao dead, only then did the citizens reveal themselves, having gone into hiding when knowing a big shootout is about to happen]].
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Liao Fei-Lung and Ma Tien-piao. They ''were'' sworn brothers until the latter's betrayal for the money from their robbery.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Any last words besides WeUsedToBeFriends?"]]
''The Fugitive'' is a 1972 Creator/ShawBrothers kung-fu SpaghettiWestern (yes) film starring Creator/LoLieh, Li Ching and Ku Feng, made in the western-boom of the late 70s and early 80s.
Liao Fei-Lung and Ma Tien-piao are two bank robbers, murderers and expert killing machines who grew up together in a 1930s desert town in the Chinese border. After a robbery attempt goes askew, Liao volunteers to let himself be arrested on the condition that Ma bails him out of prison later, but Ma, consumed by {{greed}}, instead decides to abandon his former best friend with the gold. When Liao eventually escapes prison, he finds out that Ma is now the leader of a ruthless bandit army who rules the entire town with an iron fist, and Liao's path to revenge is harder than he can imagine.
NOT to be confused with the [[Series/TheFugitive Tv series]] or the [[Film/TheFugitive film]] with the same name.
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!!Tropes in the film:
* AccidentalMurder: While trying to gun down Liao Fei-lung, Ma Tien-piao, in a moment of impulse and the fact that he's shooting in total darkness, ends up [[spoiler: unintentionally shooting Miao-miao, his adopted daughter, who dies afterwards]].
* AntiHero: Liao Fei-lung may be the protagonist we're supposed to root for after being betrayed by his lifelong best friend and taking down his former friend's entire organization of baddies, but at the end of the film he's still a bank robber and murderer whose body count includes dozens and dozens of government soldiers only doing their jobs.
* BackToBackBadasses: Liao Fei-Lung and Ma Tien-piao fleeing after the robbery scene, where they take on numerous soldiers while back-to-back. This is way before the latter's FaceHeelTurn in the movie.
* BeardOfEvil: On Ma Tien-piao. Note that he actually have this beard before he became a villain, though.
* EvilFormerFriend: Ma Tien-piao to Liao Fei-Lung.
* CoolGuns: Given the setting of the film, the Mauser C96 shows up several times throughout the film. Liao Fei-Lung and Ma Tien-piao notably used matching Mausers with identical pieces of cloth attached during their shootout against government soldiers early in the film.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: Miao-miao, in Liao Fei-Lung's arms, after being shot by a stray bullet]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Ma Tien-piao, despite being the BigBad willing to sacrifice his best friend for wealth and power, and a mass murderer who kills government soldiers without batting an eye, by the end of the day he does ''genuinely'' care for his adopted daughter, Miao-miao. To the point of suffering a VillainousBreakdown when he [[spoiler: finds out about her death]].
* EyeScream: In their final confrontation, [[spoiler: Liao Fei-Lung eventually kills Ma Tien-piao by shooting his eyes out]].
* FaceHeelTurn: Ma Tien-piao, who is willing to betray his former best friend and sworn brother Fei-Lung for money and power.
* HighPressureBlood: The squibwork in this movie is simply ''glorious''.
* TheJimmyHartVersion: Given the Western influences, several snippets from Spaghetti Westerns popular at the time of this film's release does show up. Notably, Music/EnnioMorricone's score from ''Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest'' can be heard a few times, while the background theme from ''Film/{{Django}}'' turns up in the shootout against town soldiers.
* MutualKill: [[spoiler: Liao Fei-Lung and Ma Tien-piao wounds each other at the same time at the conclusion of their duel]]. While the latter dies quickly, the former managed to look upon his sworn enemy's corpse for a few seconds and the carnage all around him before he expires.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Ma Tien-piao after [[spoiler: unintentionally shooting his adopted daughter Miao-miao, and learning about her death]].
* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler: An unintentional example. With the parent feeling genuine remorse over their actions]].
* OneManArmy: Towards the end of the film, Liao Fei-Lung after losing ''literally'' everything (including [[spoiler: his beloved Miao-miao]]), marches straight into the town and battles his way through Ma Tien-piao and his mooks. One of him, against thirty of them.
* RuggedScar: Liao Fei-Lung gains a scar under his left eye, after he got out of prison. That scar remains on him for the rest of the movie. [[http://www.hkmdb.com/db/movies/image_detail.mhtml?id=5359&image_id=139899&display_set=eng Seen here]].
* SleevesAreForWimps: Seemingly enforced, after the prison escape the protagonist Liao Fei-Lung lose a sleeve from his jacket, and remains in this attire for the rest of his screentime in the entire movie.
* SpaghettiWestern: A Shaw Brothers take on the familiar Western formula, but with a bunch of kung-fu and fight scenes peppered in for good measure.
* ThrowingTheDistraction: During the prison breakout scene, Liao Fei-lung is using the warden as a HumanShield. When trapped in a corner, Liao flings the warden out so that he can be shot by several of his own soldiers while Liao formulates a plan to escape.
* UnexpectedlyAbandoned: When Liao Fei-Lung marches into town to confront Ma Tien-piao, he realize in shock that the entire place is completely empty. Until Ma's army of goons suddenly shows up. [[spoiler: At the end of the shootout, with ''everyone'' including Liao Fei-Lung and Ma Tien-piao dead, only then did the citizens reveal themselves, having gone into hiding when knowing a big shootout is about to happen]].
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Liao Fei-Lung and Ma Tien-piao. They ''were'' sworn brothers until the latter's betrayal for the money from their robbery.
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