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* SimpleStaff: In the opening fight, Hung is shown using a staff to beat up mercenaries.
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* HeadCrushing: The movie ends with the heroes, Hung Hsi-Kwan and Fang Shi-yu fighting the main villain's EliteMook legion in a duel. Hung managed to kill one of them by forcing his fingers into the mook's temple, before the [[FlashOfPain entire screen flashes red for a second]] with the sound of a cracking skull in the background, and then cutting back to the mook spewing blood from his forehead.
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[[caption-width-right:270:The two heroes of Heroes Two.]]

''Heroes Two'' is a 1974 MartialArtsMovie directed by Chang Cheh and produced by Creator/ShawBrothers, starring Creator/ChenKuanTai and Creator/AlexanderFuSheng as the titular duo.

The patriots in the Shaolin Temple are being hunted down by imperial mercenaries for opposing the Manchurian government. Legendary warrior Hung Shi-kwan (Chen), escaping from the burning temple, secretly leads a resistance force. But following a run-in with Fang Shi-yu (Fu), a hot-headed martial artist with great potential but a HairTriggerTemper, Manchurian Warlord and General Che Kang who comandeers the manhunt for Shaolin practitioners decide to take advantage of the situation by offering Fang Shi-yu a position of power, and trick the young warrior into fighting Hung.

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* TheAtoner: When Fang Shi-yu realized he's been used as a pawn by the corrupt Manchurian government into hunting down the lawful Shaolin practitioners, he strives to have the lawful hero and leader of the Shaolin trainees, Hung Shi-kwan, who was wrongfully imprisoned because of Fang Shi-yu, rescued and to help Hung defeat the villains.
* BackToBackBadasses: Hung Shi-kwan and Fang Shi-yu in the final battle.
* BackToBackPoster: Both in an ass-kicking pose.
* BattleAmongstTheFlames: The opening scene had Hung Shi-kwan leading a small band of Shaolin practitioners fighting against several martial arts traitors and mercenaries in the burning Shaolin Temple, with the flames being a fiery hazard.
* BigBad: Manchurian Warlord and General Che Kang leads the campaign to have all Shaolin practitioners massacred, and will stop at nothing to have Hung Shi-kwan tortured and killed for opposing the corrupt Manchurian court.
* EliteMooks: In the final battle, Fang Shi-yu and Hung Shi-kwan have to do battle against General Che Kang's expert fighters, consisting of half a dozen exceptionally well-trained brawlers [[LawOfChromaticSuperiority wearing red capes, crimson headbands and belts]] and puts up hell of a tough fight.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: Swords, knives and spears exist, but everyone prefers fighting with their bare hands in this movie.
* ImpromptuTracheotomy: Fang Shi-yu and Hung Shi-kwan, being trained in the Eagle Fist style of kung fu, can rip out their enemies' throats with ease. [[spoiler: This is how they managed to kill the main villain, General Che, in the climax]].
* LetsYouAndHimFight: Fang Shi-yu and Hung Shi-kwan is manipulated into thinking each other as enemies and eventually fighting each other.
* ManipulativeBastard: General Che Kang, gaining the trust of Fang Shi-yu, managed to convince Fang that Hung Shi-kwan is a traitor, resulting in Fang defeating Hung and having the latter captured alive.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When Fang Shi-yu realized that he's been used as a pawn into capturing Hung Shi-kwan, a good man and hero who is fighting the Manchurian government oppresing the people.
* ProtagonistTitle: The title refers to Hung Shi-kwan and Fang Shi-yu, two heroes who eventually kicks ass side by side.
* RedOniBlueOni: Hot-headed, easily fooled and overly brash Fang Shi-yu as the red, level-headed, patient Hung Shi-kwan as the blue.
* SimpleStaff: In the opening fight, Hung is shown using a staff to beat up mercenaries.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Fang Shi-yu and Hung Shi-kwan both have training scenes while shirtless. Even more so for Hung, who spends the entire final battle with his abs exposed.

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