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* Egg Shen's duel with David Lo Pan. Any sorcerers worth their salt can engage in a WizardDuel; but to make their BeamOWar [[UpToEleven transform into a pair of spirit warriors who engage in an epic slow-motion swordfight?]] ''That,'' you don't see every day.

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* Egg Shen's duel with David Lo Pan. Any sorcerers worth their salt can engage in a WizardDuel; but to make their BeamOWar [[UpToEleven transform into a pair of spirit warriors who engage in an epic slow-motion swordfight?]] swordfight? ''That,'' you don't see every day.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: John Carpenter films tended to have this.

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: John Carpenter films tended to have this.this.
** In a nice little detail, the alarm bell that sounds as the heroes are leaving the warehouse is timed to exactly match the beat of the action music.

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* The opening. It may be a ForgottenFramingDevice, but it walks you right through what kind of film this is gonna be. [[EstablishingSeriesMoment From the minute you see lightning crackle between Egg Shen's fingers]], you know this is going straight past MaybeMagicMaybeMundane and into a Wuxia WorldOfWeirdness!



* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: John Carpenter films tended to have this.
* The opening. It may be an orphaned HowWeGotHere moment, but it walks you right through what kind of film this is gonna be. [[EstablishingSeriesMoment From the minute you see lightning crackle between Egg Shen's fingers]], you know this is going straight past MaybeMagicMaybeMundane and into a Wuxia WorldOfWeirdness!

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: John Carpenter films tended to have this.
* The opening. It may be an orphaned HowWeGotHere moment, but it walks you right through what kind of film this is gonna be. [[EstablishingSeriesMoment From the minute you see lightning crackle between Egg Shen's fingers]], you know this is going straight past MaybeMagicMaybeMundane and into a Wuxia WorldOfWeirdness!
this.
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-->'''Jack Burton:''' It's all in the reflexes.

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-->'''Jack Burton:''' [[BondOneLiner It's all in the reflexes.reflexes]].
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** Everything to do with Egg Shen in general. From his implied history with the BigBad, to using various magical cantrips to fend off the [[CoDragons Three Storms]] with ease, to his BadassBookworm nature, he's among the coolest of fiction's [[CoolOldGuy Cool Old Guys]].
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* AwesomeMusic: John Carpenter films tended to have this.

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* AwesomeMusic: SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: John Carpenter films tended to have this.
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* Say what you will about Jack Burton's dorkiness, but he DOES get to kill the villain: Lo Pan throws Jack's knife at him, then Jack almost casually catches it and ''puts it right between Lo Pan's eyes!''

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* Say what you will about Jack Burton's dorkiness, but he DOES get still gets the chance to kill the villain: Lo Pan throws Jack's knife at him, then Jack almost casually catches it and ''puts it right between Lo Pan's eyes!''
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* Wang kicking ass at the Arcade. Especially him running around the arch upside down.
* AwesomeMusic: It IS a John Carpenter film after all.

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* Wang kicking ass at the Arcade. arcade. Especially him his running around the arch upside down.
* AwesomeMusic: It IS a John Carpenter film after all.films tended to have this.
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* AwesomeMusic: It IS a John Carpenter film after all.

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* AwesomeMusic: It IS a John Carpenter film after all.all.
* The opening. It may be an orphaned HowWeGotHere moment, but it walks you right through what kind of film this is gonna be. [[EstablishingSeriesMoment From the minute you see lightning crackle between Egg Shen's fingers]], you know this is going straight past MaybeMagicMaybeMundane and into a Wuxia WorldOfWeirdness!
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* Say what you will about Jack Burton's dorkiness, but he DOES get to kill the villain: Lo Pan throws Jack's knife at him, then Jack almost casually catches it and puts it right between Lo Pan's eyes.

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* Say what you will about Jack Burton's dorkiness, but he DOES get to kill the villain: Lo Pan throws Jack's knife at him, then Jack almost casually catches it and puts ''puts it right between Lo Pan's eyes.eyes!''

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* Say what you will about Jack Burton's dorkiness, but he DOES get to kill the villain: Lo Pan throws Jack's knife at him, then Jack almost casually catches it and throws it back right into Lo Pan's forehead! As Jack would say, "it's all in the reflexes."

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* Say what you will about Jack Burton's dorkiness, but he DOES get to kill the villain: Lo Pan throws Jack's knife at him, then Jack almost casually catches it and throws puts it back right into between Lo Pan's forehead! As Jack would say, "it's eyes.
-->'''Jack Burton:''' It's
all in the reflexes."
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* Say what you will about Jack Burton's dorkiness, but he [[spoiler: DOES get to kill the villain: Lo Pan throws Jack's knife at him, then Jack almost casually catches it and throws it back right into Lo Pan's forehead!]]

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* Say what you will about Jack Burton's dorkiness, but he [[spoiler: DOES get to kill the villain: Lo Pan throws Jack's knife at him, then Jack almost casually catches it and throws it back right into Lo Pan's forehead!]]forehead! As Jack would say, "it's all in the reflexes."
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* Egg Shen's duel with David Lo Pan. Any sorcerers worth their salt can engage in a WizardDuel; but to make their BeamOWar [[UpToEleven transform into a pair of spirit warriors who engage in an epic slow-motion swordfight?]] ''That,'' you don't see every day.
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* Wang kicking ass at the Arcade. Especially him running up the arch upside down.

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* Wang kicking ass at the Arcade. Especially him running up around the arch upside down.
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* All the fight scenes are very well choreographed. Such as the street fight and Wang VS Wind.

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* All the fight scenes are very well choreographed. Such as the street fight and Wang VS Wind.Rain.
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* The fight scenes are very well choreographed.

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* The All the fight scenes are very well choreographed.choreographed. Such as the street fight and Wang VS Wind.

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* Say what you will about Jack Burton's dorkiness, but he DOES get to kill the villain: Lo Pan throws Jack's knife at him, then Jack almost casually catches it and throws it back right into Lo Pan's forehead!

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* Say what you will about Jack Burton's dorkiness, but he [[spoiler: DOES get to kill the villain: Lo Pan throws Jack's knife at him, then Jack almost casually catches it and throws it back right into Lo Pan's forehead!forehead!]]
* The fight scenes are very well choreographed.
* Wang kicking ass at the Arcade. Especially him running up the arch upside down.
* AwesomeMusic: It IS a John Carpenter film after all.
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*Say what you will about Jack Burton's dorkiness, but he DOES get to kill the villain: Lo Pan throws Jack's knife at him, then Jack almost casually catches it and throws it back right into Lo Pan's forehead!

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