History Film / HeroicBrothers

* NonIndicativeTitle: The two protagonists are NOT related, despite what the title states. They do count as BloodBrothers though.

Part of a consecutive string of HeroicBloodshed movies from early 90s-Hong Kong cinema, [[FollowTheLeader spawned by the success]] of ''Film/TheKiller'' and following the formula to a T, but entertaining enough with plenty of shootouts (including a final action scene in an industrial zone where Lam Wai and Alex Man takes on at least 60 faceless mooks and winning) to keep fans of the genre satisfied.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Chien, the drug kingpin (played by Shing Fui-on who previously portrayed the main villain of ''Film/TheKiller''), is merely the DiscOneFinalBoss. As it turns out Mr. Hsu is TheManBehindTheMan.

* CrusadingWidower: Huan lose his wife to mobsters prior to the events of the movie, and have become a VigilanteMan who swears war against all sorts of crime in Hong Kong.

* IllGirl: Well, Ill Boy. Huan’s young son is stricken with some unknown disease and confined to a hospital bed or a wheelchair for most of his screentime, and is unable to even walk upright properly.

* InfantImmortality: Played straight with Huan’s young son, who was kidnapped by the drug dealers in an attempt to force him out. After a lengthy climatic shootout with plenty of dealers killed, Huan retrieves his son who’s completely unharmed.

''Heroic Brothers'' is a 1991 HeroicBloodshed film (with a title like that, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin would you expect otherwise]]?) starring David Lam Wai and Alex Man (from ''Film/TragicHero''), respectively as a VigilanteMan and CowboyCop who find themselves on opposing sides while trying to investigate a drug smuggling ring in Hong Kong, but ends up becoming a team when they have to face a common enemy, much to the former's annoyance.

Huan Sai-keung (Lam Wai) is a former hitman who lose his wife and is now a vigilante, working as a businessman by day while masquerading as a dangerous vigilante and murderer of criminals by night. Hired by the mysterious Mr. Hsu to dispose of a drug-dealing syndicate, Huan's killings are being investigated by Hong Kong police officer Man (Alex Man), a loose cannon in the police force who shoots first and ask questions later. But eventually they realize the truth behind the GreaterScopeVillain, their real enemy, at which point both men have to work together to survive in an epic final showdown.

** Boss Kwuang, another dealer and mobster affiliated with Chien, who is a FatBastard himsefl, is also seen wearing glasses at all times.
* HarpoonGun: Huan uses one of these while infiltrating Hu’s yacht, which he uses to force his call-girls into a pantry at harpoon-point. And in their direct confrontation when Hu tries to whip out a concealed pistol on Huan, he ends up having the harpoon fired through his gut from point-blank.

* {{Manchild}}: Officer Man, despite being a badass and tough-as-nails super-cop, is also downright immature, cracking jokes and refusing to take his superior’s scolding seriously. In one scene he appears to be serious while accepting a phone call, but he’s actually flinging paper airplanes behind his desk while watching Anime/{{Dangaioh}} on a television set opposite his desk.

[[caption-width-right:350:Lam Wai (above) is doing his job, while Alex Man (bottom) is just happy to get a share of the action.]]

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: May, the younger sister of Yen, only had one minute of screentime before being revealed to have overdosed on drugs one scene later.
* FanserviceExtra: The scene on Hu’s yacht features four random girls clad in bikinis and swimsuitswho’s clad in this attire for their entire screen time.

Huan Sai-keung (Lam Wai) is a former hitman who lose his wife and is now a vigilante, working as a businessman by day while masquerading as a dangerous vigilante and murderer of criminals by night. Hired by the mysterious Mr. Hsu to dispose of a drug-dealing syndicate, Huan's killings are being investigated by Hong Kong police officer Man (Alex Man), a loose cannon in the police force who shoots first and ask questions later. But eventually they realize the GreaterScopeVillain which is their real enemy, at which point both men have to work together in an epic final showdown.

Part of a consecutive string of HeroicBloodshed movies from early 90s-Hong Kong cinema, [[FollowTheLeader spawned by the success]] of ''Film/TheKiller'' and following the formula to a T, but entertaining enough to keep fans of the genre satisfied.

* ColdSniper: Huan in the dock shootout scene, where he took out several of Chien’s fellow dealers using a long-range sniper rifle, including Boss KHuang. Before marching straight up to Chien to snipe his face from point-blank range.

** Boss KHuang, another dealer and mobster affiliated with Chien, who is a FatBastard himsefl, is also seen wearing glasses at all times.

* GratitiousEnglish: Officer Man tends to occasionally slip out some English words every now and then, for no reason since none of the characters in the movie spoke English anyway. Although his vocabulary is limited to "sorry", "easy job", "you see" and some rather simple phrases.

* DrugsAreBad: The very plot of the movie is caused by Yen’s sister, May, OD-ing on drugs, which drives VigilanteMan Huan to investigate and ends up uncovering how one of Hong Kong’s leading tycoons being involved in the drug trafficking business.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: May, the younger sister of Yen, only had one minute of screentime before being revealed to have overdosed on drugs one scene later.

* GunsAkimbo: Officer Man do this a lot, in the whorehouse shootout and in the finale. In fact, during his EstablishingCharacterMoment where a gangster took Man’s revolver away, Man immediately grabs a second revolver hidden in his sock and shoot the gangster dead, before retrieving his first revolver and firing both away at enemies left and right.

* LetsYouAndHimFight: Officer Man’s reasoning on why he isn’t keen on investigating the vigilante killing orchestrated by Huan. To quote what he said to his superior, "He’s killing the scum of society anyway, why stop him?"

* DrugsAreBad: The very plot of the movie is caused by Yen’s sister, May, OD-ing on drugs, which drives VigilanteMan Huan to investigate and ends up uncovering how one of Hong Kong’s leading tycoons being involved in the drug trafficking business.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: May, the younger sister of Yen, only had one minute of screentime before being revealed to have overdosed on drugs one scene later.

* GunsAkimbo: Officer Man do this a lot, in the whorehouse shootout and in the finale. In fact, during his EstablishingCharacterMoment where a gangster took Man’s revolver away, Man immediately grabs a second revolver hidden in his sock and shoot the gangster dead, before retrieving his first revolver and firing both away at enemies left and right.

* LetsYouAndHimFight: Officer Man’s reasoning on why he isn’t keen on investigating the vigilante killing orchestrated by Huan. To quote what he said to his superior, "He’s killing the scum of society anyway, why stop him?"