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Author: jrh03

Nov 22nd 2013 at 10:01:47 AM

Look up an a Chinese movie called "Warriors of Heaven and Earth".  Its a very good flick and good story in its own right.  Its sounds like a good example of what the poster means here.

Lt Li is a former military officer who deserted the army (of course for an honorable reason).

Lt Lai Qi is the current officer sent to find him and execute him.

Qi confronts Li.  Li states that he working as an armed guard and has sworn to a group of Buddhist monks that he will escort them and their sacred magical item to the capital.  Thus he cannot turn himself in to Lai Qi right now.

Li then offers that he will fight Lai Qi now, but if Lai Qi cannot kill him in three passes, Lai Qi must agree to let Li go free to accomplish his mission.  Lai Qi agrees.  Failing to defeat Li in the three passes, Lai Qi honors his word. However, still being obligated to do his duty to punish Li, Lai Qi decides he will ride to the capital with Li, helping him to deliver the monks under the condition that once the mission is complete, Lai Qi and Lt Li will then complete their duel to the death.

Then the rest of the movie is mostly Li and Qi riding through the desert fighting off the bandit horde who tries to kill them and the monks in order to steal the magic item.