History Main / HeroicBloodshed

* ''Bangkok Dangerous'': Applies to both [[Film/BangkokDangerous1999 the original]] and the Creator/NicolasCage Film/BangkokDangerous2008 remake]]. Appropriate, since both movies actually have the same director, Oxide Pang.

* ''Film/TheCrow'' - This movie has many elements of Heroic Bloodshed, particularly in the boardroom and church shootouts. Brandon Lee's final movie.

* Yet another remake of ''A Better Tomorrow'', this time from its native Hong Kong, premieres in 2018.

* ''Film/BangkokDangerous'' applies to both the original and the 2008 Creator/NicolasCage remake. Appropriate, since both movies actually have the same director, Oxide Pang.

* ''Film/OneInTheChamber'' starring Dolph Lundgren, who had to contend with rival hitman Creator/CubaGoodingJr. Both hitmen uses dual pistols and becomes [[SwornBrothers blood brothers]] who had to face a common enemy.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Two BloodBrothers about to spill some more blood; both their own and their enemies'.]]

* BashBrothers
* BloodBrothers: A holdover from the Chinese cinematic and literary tradition -- two men who are sworn to each other and will go through hell and high water for each other. Actual blood relation optional.

* ''Film/OneInTheChamber'' starring Dolph Lundgren, who had to contend with rival hitman Creator/CubaGoodingJr. Both hitmen uses dual pistols and becomes BloodBrothers who had to face a common enemy.

* ''Film/ChinaWhite'' starring Andy Lau, Alex Man and Carina Lau. It's interesting to note that this movie is produced by the triads, who back in the early 90s have a degree of control over the Hong Kong film industry through financing and producing films. In fact, Andy Lau was allegedly forced to act in this movie at gunpoint!

* ''VideoGame/SleepingDogs'' uses many of the genre's story elements in a WideOpenSandbox setting, though its combat is more focused on MMA-style brawling.

* The ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'' series mixes the tropes of this genre with elements of FilmNoir and ConspiracyThriller.

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* ''Film/TheKiller'' - directed by Creator/JohnWoo, and starring Chow Yun-Fat and Danny Lee, the quintessential example of HeroicBloodshed cinema. Provides the page image.

* ''Film/SkinTraffik'' is a British DTV flick with various action scenes and plot elements lifted from John Woo's movies, including the protagonist being a HitmanWithAHeart and TheAtoner, characters diving aside while firing guns, scenes of the hero and villains in slick tuxedos and suits, and plenty of faceless mooks to be shot and killed in several action scenes. To hit the nail even deeper, an early scene in the movie have the protagonist making a confession in church, much like ''Film/TheKiller'', before carrying out his first onscreen hit.
* ''Film/SlaughterInXiAn'' directed by Shaw Brother’s Chang Cheh, one of his last movies, which combines Wuxia with Heroic Bloodshed elements. The protagonist is a police officer framed by the mob, and ends up wielding a belt-fed heavy machine gun and single-handedly killing loads and loads of white-clad extras (so yes, there’s a lot of red squibs going off throughout the last 5 minutes of the film).

* ''Film/ThunderCop'', a SpiritualSuccessor to Film/TheKiller, about a reckless super-cop befriending a triad mobster who wants out of the triad syndicate only to have mobsters coming all over their tails.

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* ''Film/TripleThreat2019'' centres on an Indonesian man who wants to avenge his village's destruction at the hands of a band of mercenaries, while two defectors fight for their own survival alongside a Chinese heiress targeted by the mercenaries. There is an assortment of gun and melee violence and virtually every named character is a capable combatant.

* ''VideoGame/TrueCrimeStreetsOfLA''

* ''VideoGame/DrakeOfThe99Dragons''

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* The ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' series, like ''Manga/CryingFreeman'', uses many of the same story-related tropes as a lot of Heroic Bloodshed films, only it's more of a brawler than a shooter.

* ''[[Film/IronButterfly Iron Butterfly III: Tomorrow]]'', a low budget film starring Tony Leung from ''Hard Boiled'', where Leung is a reformed hitman wanted by his triad. Complete with the iconic corridor scene from ''Hard Boiled'' recreated in this movie.

* ''Film/{{War}}'' starring Jet Li and Jason Statham, directly inspired by ''Crying Freeman''.

For more information about the genre, see Wiki/TheOtherWiki's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroic_bloodshed article]].

* ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' may ''seem'' to be this genre at first, but on closer observation, it plays the cynical subtropes straight while ''mercilessly'' demolishing the idealistic ones. Unlike true Heroic Bloodshed, the series holds absolutely '''no''' faith in honor, hope or fundamental human decency. Downplayed in the English dub, where TheWestern aesthetics are played up instead.

* The German indie TRPG ''[[http://www.newhongkongstory.de/ New Hong Kong Story]]'' covers several cinematic genres, with Heroic Bloodshed being the most prominent (after {{Wuxia}}, modern martial arts film, and UsefulNotes/VietnamWar drama). In a twist, the player characters are not framed as actual, in-story characters, but as ''actors'' playing roles in a movie of the particular genre, while the GameMaster is framed as the director of said movie, making the game in many ways a SpiritualSuccessor to ''TabletopGame/HongKongActionTheatre''. While this invites large amounts of RailRoading, it is completely justified by the FramingDevice, and allows the players to focus on fluidly choreographed action scenes and stunts instead of trying to direct out the story.

* ''VideoGame/DeadToRights'', much like ''Max Payne'', borrows the gunfighting tropes of the genre with a FilmNoir story.

* [[UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}} Christian themes and imagery.]] And don't think it's [[CrystalDragonJesus just for show]] because of the Asian origins of the genre. Creator/JohnWoo is an actual practicing Lutheran.

* GunsAkimbo: Though single-gunning is quite common in these films, it isn't uncommon to see a hero or villain go both guns blazing.
* TheGunslinger: Type C

* [[{{Overcrank}} Slow Mo]]: Particularly violent moments, particularly in John Woo movies, tend to take place in slow-mo, and sequences like these are part of the genre's style.

** The same thing can be said for the [[Film/HitmanAgent47 2015 reboot]].

** During the premiere party of the film, Vic Armstrong was surprised to see John Woo in attendance. Vic quickly utters an apology for trying to rip-off Woo, leading to the following exchange:
--> '''Vic Armstrong''': "Sorry, John, I'm kind of ripping you off in one scene in this movie."
--> '''John Woo''': "Don't worry about it, Vic. I've been stealing from you for years."

** ''Film/DragonFromRussia'', yet another Hong Kong adaption of the ''Crying Freeman'' manga, which is incidentally released a few months after ''Killer's Romance''.

* The ''Videogame/{{Yakuza}}'' series, like ''Manga/CryingFreeman'', uses many of the same story-related tropes as a lot of Heroic Bloodshed films, only it's more of a brawler than a shooter.

''VideoGame/Gungrave'': These mainly show up as brief flashbacks in the first game, but becomes the crutch of the story in the [[WholeEpisodeFlashback anime]] adaption. Due to Brandon's fighting style, it still counts. There are themes of honor, code, family, and redemption in the games too.

* [[{{Overcrank}} Slow Mo]]: Particularly violent moments, particularly in John Woo movies, tend to take place in slow-mo, and is part of the genre's style.

* GunFu / GunKata: The action in Heroic Bloodshed is incredibly stylized, and often have the feel of martial arts battles carried out with guns.

* ''Film/TripleThreat'' centres on an Indonesian man who wants to avenge his village's destruction at the hands of a band of mercenaries, while two defectors fight for their own survival alongside a Chinese heiress targeted by the mercenaries. There is an assortment of gun and melee violence and virtually every named character is a capable combatant.