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* InformedAbility: Supposedly, the competitors are 30 of the best assassins in the world, but very few of them show any of the actual skills one would associate with such a title. Most of them resemble either typical thugs or the kind of people who kill a specific person for a specific reason.
* InnocentBystander: Father [=MacAvoy=].
* InnocentBystander: Father [=MacAvoy=].
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* InformedAbility: InformedAbility:
** Supposedly, the competitors are 30 of the best assassins in the world, but very few of them show any of the actual skills one would associate with such a title. Most of them resemble either typical thugs or the kind of people who kill a specific person for a specific reason.
** Yuri Petrov, the ruthless Russian ProfessionalKiller played by MMA-expert Creator/ScottAdkins. Reputed to be "An incredible all-rounder armed to the teeth. Fists, feet, bullets, bombs—utterly merciless, he has it all." with an insanely high betting odds of 12-To-1... except most of his rampage is from CCTV footage where he's killing faceless mooks. The ''one'' time he gets to show off his skills in a church fight against Lai Lai Zhen, he's on the losing end.
* InnocentBystander: Father[=MacAvoy=].[=MacAvoy=], a priest and non-combatant unintentionally dragged into the titular Tournament after accidentally swallowing one of the bugs.
** Supposedly, the competitors are 30 of the best assassins in the world, but very few of them show any of the actual skills one would associate with such a title. Most of them resemble either typical thugs or the kind of people who kill a specific person for a specific reason.
** Yuri Petrov, the ruthless Russian ProfessionalKiller played by MMA-expert Creator/ScottAdkins. Reputed to be "An incredible all-rounder armed to the teeth. Fists, feet, bullets, bombs—utterly merciless, he has it all." with an insanely high betting odds of 12-To-1... except most of his rampage is from CCTV footage where he's killing faceless mooks. The ''one'' time he gets to show off his skills in a church fight against Lai Lai Zhen, he's on the losing end.
* InnocentBystander: Father
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* WeHardlyKnewYe: Yuri Petrov is introduced in the film as one of the tournament's most lethal combatants, having a DeathMontage of himself executong several people, is played by MMA-expert and action star Creator/ScottAdkins... and dies before the first act is even over, being Lai Lai Zhen's second onscreen kill [[spoiler:(Though not the first chronologically as a OnceMoreWithClarity revealed later on)]].
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* WeHardlyKnewYe: Yuri Petrov is introduced in the film as one of the tournament's most lethal combatants, having a DeathMontage of himself executong executing several people, is played by MMA-expert and action star Creator/ScottAdkins... and dies before the first act is even over, being Lai Lai Zhen's second onscreen kill [[spoiler:(Though not the first chronologically as a OnceMoreWithClarity revealed later on)]].
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A 2009 straight to DVD film starring Creator/RobertCarlyle, Creator/KellyHu, and Creator/VingRhames, The Tournament is a game in a similar vein to ''Film/BattleRoyale'' - the characters are clearly drawn from both it and [[FollowTheLeader imitation]] ''Film/TheCondemned''.
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A 2009 straight to DVD film starring Creator/RobertCarlyle, Creator/KellyHu, and Creator/VingRhames, The Tournament is a game in a similar vein to ''Film/BattleRoyale'' - the characters are clearly drawn from both it and [[FollowTheLeader imitation]] ''Film/TheCondemned''.
''Film/TheCondemned2007''.
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* SlaughterhouseFight: Joshua is involved in a gunfight inside a slaughterhouse at the start of the film.
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* KickTheDog: Miles Slade invokes this fairly literally when he shoots a dog for no apparent reason. He also decides to aim at anyone, even to the point of not bothering to prioritise people actually fighting back, during the strip club shootout. [[spoiler:After surviving that, he then finishes off the girl he was dancing with, for no reason whatsoever.]]
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* KickTheDog: KickTheDog:
** Steve Tomko garrotes a bellboy in Lai Lai's motel to try to do some RoomDisservice. Notably, it is pointed out it's a kick the dog moment InUniverse, with the two hackers who give IT support to the Tournament being puzzled about him killing an innocent bystander.
** Miles Slade invokes this fairly literally when he shoots a dog for no apparent reason. He also decides to aim at anyone, even to the point of not bothering to prioritise people actually fighting back, during the strip club shootout. [[spoiler:After surviving that, he then finishes off the girl he was dancing with, for no reason whatsoever.]]
** Steve Tomko garrotes a bellboy in Lai Lai's motel to try to do some RoomDisservice. Notably, it is pointed out it's a kick the dog moment InUniverse, with the two hackers who give IT support to the Tournament being puzzled about him killing an innocent bystander.
** Miles Slade invokes this fairly literally when he shoots a dog for no apparent reason. He also decides to aim at anyone, even to the point of not bothering to prioritise people actually fighting back, during the strip club shootout. [[spoiler:After surviving that, he then finishes off the girl he was dancing with, for no reason whatsoever.]]
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* ChaseFight: The big climactic fight has Bogart and Lai Lai trying to kill each other within a two-story bus which is being driven by Father [=MacAvoy=], who is also dealing with Harlow chasing them in a fuel truck like a very angry Terminator.
* CombatPragmatist: Father [=MacAvoy=] spends the whole film being collateral damage of one such decision: with his tracker removed, Anton Bogart can freely move around and dispose of opponents without them seeing he is coming in their EnemyDetectingRadar and he also can follow the Father around to draw them out as bait. The plan do hits a bit of a snag when Lai Lai decides to protect him, though.
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* EasyEvangelism: Father [=MacAvoy=] does this with Lai Lai Zhen, [[spoiler: and manages to convince her to spare Miles Slade's life. He dies anyway when the organisers set off the explosive charge planted in him earlier]].
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* EasyEvangelism: Father [=MacAvoy=] does this with Lai Lai Zhen, [[spoiler: and [[spoiler:and manages to convince her to spare Miles Slade's life. He dies anyway when the organisers set off the explosive charge planted in him earlier]].earlier]].
* EnemyDetectingRadar: All participants of the Tournament are given a PDA that showcases the location of their fellow hitmen's trackers and the countdown before the Tournament ends and said trackers explode. [[spoiler:Most of the plot happens because Bogart [[CombatPragmatist decides to cheat]] and removes his tracker so his fellow hitmen won't see him coming.]]
* EnemyDetectingRadar: All participants of the Tournament are given a PDA that showcases the location of their fellow hitmen's trackers and the countdown before the Tournament ends and said trackers explode. [[spoiler:Most of the plot happens because Bogart [[CombatPragmatist decides to cheat]] and removes his tracker so his fellow hitmen won't see him coming.]]
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* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: [[spoiler: Father [=MacAvoy=] invokes this dilemma on Lai Lai Zhen after she disarms and stabs Miles Slade's hand in place, and reduces the man to begging for his life.]]
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* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: [[spoiler: Father [[spoiler:Father [=MacAvoy=] invokes this dilemma on Lai Lai Zhen after she disarms and stabs Miles Slade's hand in place, and reduces the man to begging for his life.]]
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Powers regales Harlow with a speech about how he is a gladiator and deserved a better finale to his life than dying on his bed [[spoiler:and confesses to having ordered the assassination of Harlow's wife to supply ”motivation".]]
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* OnceMoreWithClarity: The death of Joshua Harlow's pregnant wife, shot by an unseen assailiant, is played out more than once in flashback scenes, the killer being ambiguous and that the vicious Miles Slade seeming like a suspect. [[spoiler: The last time its shown, the camera turns back a bit to reveal Lai Lai Zhen as the killer]].
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* OnceMoreWithClarity: The death of Joshua Harlow's pregnant wife, shot by an unseen assailiant, is played out more than once in flashback scenes, the killer being ambiguous and that the vicious Miles Slade seeming like a suspect. [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The last time its shown, the camera turns back a bit to reveal Lai Lai Zhen as the killer]].
* ResignationsNotAccepted: Joshua Harlow quits being an assassin after the Tournament we see in the prologue. [[spoiler:Powers orders Joshua's pregnant wife to be assassinated because he really wants Harlow back in the saddle, with plenty of money to be obtained from his odds of winning, too.]]
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* ScaryBlackMan: Joshua.
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* ScaryBlackMan: Joshua.Joshua Harlow is played by Creator/VingRhames and oozes TranquilFury.
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* WorthyOpponent: One of the two unnamed hitmen of the Tournament in the prologue is acquainted with Joshua Harlow enough that [[FriendlyEnemy he is glad that it's Joshua the one who is going to win]] and is given a prim and proper MercyKill by Harlow (OneLastSmoke, wishing him a happy retirement and marriage and such) while the other hitman… well… [[YourHeadAsplode let's just say he got what he deserved.]]
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* ActionSurvivor: Father [=MacAvoy=] is not an assassin, he is just a drunken, down-on-his-luck priest. He spends most of the film being dragged around by Lai Lai, [[EveryoneHasStandards who does not likes the fact an innocent bystander has been dragged into the Tournament.]]
* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: The gas station brawl between Slade and Lai Lai is ignored but he attendant because he is listening to music on his earphones.
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* WeHardlyKnewYe: Yuri Petrov is introduced in the film as one of the tournament's most lethal combatants, having a DeathMontage of himself executong several people, is played by MMA-expert and action star Creator/ScottAdkins... and dies before the first act is even over, being Lai Lai Zhen's first onscreen kill [[spoiler:(Though not the first chronologically as a OnceMoreWithClarity revealed later on)]].
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* WeHardlyKnewYe: Yuri Petrov is introduced in the film as one of the tournament's most lethal combatants, having a DeathMontage of himself executong several people, is played by MMA-expert and action star Creator/ScottAdkins... and dies before the first act is even over, being Lai Lai Zhen's first second onscreen kill [[spoiler:(Though not the first chronologically as a OnceMoreWithClarity revealed later on)]].
