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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Zhou usually leaves the dirty work up to other people, [[spoiler:but he holds his own pretty well during his final battle with Shen, actually getting a pretty serious stab in. If only he hadn't decided to push Shen closer to his sword in an attempt to run his spear all the way through...]]
* RankScalesWithAsskicking: Zhou usually leaves the dirty work up to other people, [[spoiler:but he holds his own pretty well during his final battle with Shen, actually getting a pretty serious stab in. If only he hadn't decided to push Shen closer to his sword in an attempt to run his spear all the way through...]]
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* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler:The last scene makes it unclear if Shen died of his wounds at the end or if he's just reminiscing of what could've been with had Lu and Jin.Jin survived.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:If not a full-blown DownerEnding depending on how you look at it. Shen kills Zhou, but by that point Zhou's been rendered a nobody on the run anyways, and Shen's sworn brothers are both dead. It's also possible that he died from his wounds at the very end, though it's left up to interpretation.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Ding doesn't suffer any actual punishment for killing Jin's doctor, who was a completely innocent man.]]
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:How Zhou goes out.]]
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* DirtyCoward: Zhou absolutely refuses to get his hands dirty, manipulating others to do his bidding and take the fall for him.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Ding carries himself with a laid-back and lackadaisical demeanor, but at the end of the day he's a petty crook who likes making Jin's life miserable. [[spoiler:When it comes time to actually kill Jin, however, he hesitates. He also spares the girl Jin liked.]]
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Ding carries himself with a laid-back and lackadaisical demeanor, but at the end of the day he's a petty crook who likes making Jin's life miserable. [[spoiler:When it comes time to actually kill Jin, however, he hesitates. He also spares the girl Jin liked. He later pulls a full HeelFaceTurn and assists Shen in killing Zhou.]]
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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Ding pulls this off sometime before the DistantFinale, presumably in response to both Jin saving his life at the cost of his own and Zhou's [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal attempt to dispose of him]].]]
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* DistantFinale: [[spoiler: The last act takes place two months later.]]
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Subverted. When Ding is paid to kill Jin, he at first acts with offense, but it turns out that offense was towards not being paid ''more''. [[spoiler:Double-subverted as Ding finds that he can't bring himself to actually kill Jin after thoroughly trouncing him..]]
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Subverted. When Ding is paid to kill Jin, he at first acts with offense, but it turns out that offense was towards not being paid ''more''. [[spoiler:Double-subverted as Ding finds that he can't bring himself to actually kill Jin after thoroughly trouncing him..him. He also spares the girl Jin had feelings for.]]
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* UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler:When he's captured, Lu refuses to sell out the other two, insisting he acted alone in letting Wei live.]]
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* AlmightyJanitor: The three leads rank fairly low as assassins and are generally looked down upon, but they can take on hoards of {{Mooks}} on their own. Doubly impressive for Jin, considering he suffers from an IncurableCoughOfDeath.
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'''''Brotherhood of Blades''''' is a 2014 {{Chinese|Films}} MartialArtsMovie.
Three sworn brothers work as assassins for the Emperor of China. Their current job? Take out the former head of the court, who is plotting to overthrow the government. However, like any good assassin story, there's more to the case than there initially appears to be...
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!!This film contains examples of:
* ActionPrologue: Shen leading some assassins, including most of our main characters, in capturing one member of the Eunuch Clique.
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Zhou Jhingzhong has been secretly manipulating the events of the film so he can take control of the secret police.]]
* {{Blackmail}}: A petty criminal learns that Jin killed a man and took his identity, and demands 100 taels (5 years of an assassin's salary) to keep quiet. The criminal is a skilled enough swordsman that he can prevent a BlackmailBackfire.
* ColdBloodedTorture: The government employs brutal torture, including [[EyeScream eye removal]], on everybody they arrest.
* CrapsackWorld: Ming China is portrayed as a corrupt land where bribery is mandatory to get ahead and a government-sanctioned SexSlave operation goes unquestioned. The most herouc characters in the film are a trio of {{Professional Killer}}s who gladly work for the SecretPolice, their only problems with it being that there are infiltrators trying to topple their emperor.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:Wei Zhongian, who has been plotting to overthrow the government throughout the film, is killed with twenty minutes left. It is then revealed that his godson, Zhou Jhingzhong, had been manipulating events to take power the whole time.]]
* EunuchsAreEvil: TheHeavy is a former court eunuch plotting to topple the Emperor.
* FakingTheDead: Wei has one of his servants burn himself alive to make the government think he's dead, letting him continue his schemes unabated.
* TheMole: Wei has his godson become head of the SecretPolice so he can continue to manipulate them.
* {{Ninja}}: A bunch of these sent after our heroes serve as the main {{Mooks}} of the film.
* ThePurge: Emperor Chongzhen orders everybody who worked for Wei assassinated to prevent him from maintaining power after his ousting.
* SexSlave: Imperial assassins sometimes force the wives and daughters of their targets to be courtesans at the Academy's brothel.
* TeamTitle
* TheXOfY
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'''''Brotherhood of Blades''''' is a 2014 {{Chinese|Films}} MartialArtsMovie.
Three sworn brothers work as assassins for the Emperor of China. Their current job? Take out the former head of the court, who is plotting to overthrow the government. However, like any good assassin story, there's more to the case than there initially appears to be...
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!!This film contains examples of:
* ActionPrologue: Shen leading some assassins, including most of our main characters, in capturing one member of the Eunuch Clique.
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Zhou Jhingzhong has been secretly manipulating the events of the film so he can take control of the secret police.]]
* {{Blackmail}}: A petty criminal learns that Jin killed a man and took his identity, and demands 100 taels (5 years of an assassin's salary) to keep quiet. The criminal is a skilled enough swordsman that he can prevent a BlackmailBackfire.
* ColdBloodedTorture: The government employs brutal torture, including [[EyeScream eye removal]], on everybody they arrest.
* CrapsackWorld: Ming China is portrayed as a corrupt land where bribery is mandatory to get ahead and a government-sanctioned SexSlave operation goes unquestioned. The most herouc characters in the film are a trio of {{Professional Killer}}s who gladly work for the SecretPolice, their only problems with it being that there are infiltrators trying to topple their emperor.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:Wei Zhongian, who has been plotting to overthrow the government throughout the film, is killed with twenty minutes left. It is then revealed that his godson, Zhou Jhingzhong, had been manipulating events to take power the whole time.]]
* EunuchsAreEvil: TheHeavy is a former court eunuch plotting to topple the Emperor.
* FakingTheDead: Wei has one of his servants burn himself alive to make the government think he's dead, letting him continue his schemes unabated.
* TheMole: Wei has his godson become head of the SecretPolice so he can continue to manipulate them.
* {{Ninja}}: A bunch of these sent after our heroes serve as the main {{Mooks}} of the film.
* ThePurge: Emperor Chongzhen orders everybody who worked for Wei assassinated to prevent him from maintaining power after his ousting.
* SexSlave: Imperial assassins sometimes force the wives and daughters of their targets to be courtesans at the Academy's brothel.
* TeamTitle
* TheXOfY
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