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* BlackAndWhiteMorality: It's clearly a good vs. evil movie. However, there are shades of [[{{BlackAndGreyMorality}} grey]]
** Jack Knife saves Thaddeus[[spoiler: and the children at the Pink Blossom]], but he also provokes a man into a fight early on in the movie, basically for being a FatBastard and proceeds to cut said man in half.
*** He even suggests Madam Blossom feed his dead body to the dogs.
** Though he later feels remorse, Thaddeus is responsible for the construction of the weapon that kills Gold Lion and sets the plot in motion.
*** He knew he was making weapons of murder, but was more interested in buying his girlfriend's freedom. Somewhat justified, given his history and environment.
** [[spoiler: Madam Blossom is not above poisoning all the lions and taking gold that belongs to someone else, but she's also [[{{FatherToHisMen}} mother to her girls]]]].
*** [[spoiler: She also ends up giving her life to save a child.]]
** [[spoiler: Lady Silk comes off as an innocent victim, but she was complicit in Madam Blossom's plant to poison all the Lions and steal the gold.]]
*** She just happened to get stuck with the [[{{NighInvulnerability}} nigh invincible]] Brass Body.
** Jack Knife saves Thaddeus[[spoiler: and the children at the Pink Blossom]], but he also provokes a man into a fight early on in the movie, basically for being a FatBastard and proceeds to cut said man in half.
*** He even suggests Madam Blossom feed his dead body to the dogs.
** Though he later feels remorse, Thaddeus is responsible for the construction of the weapon that kills Gold Lion and sets the plot in motion.
*** He knew he was making weapons of murder, but was more interested in buying his girlfriend's freedom. Somewhat justified, given his history and environment.
** [[spoiler: Madam Blossom is not above poisoning all the lions and taking gold that belongs to someone else, but she's also [[{{FatherToHisMen}} mother to her girls]]]].
*** [[spoiler: She also ends up giving her life to save a child.]]
** [[spoiler: Lady Silk comes off as an innocent victim, but she was complicit in Madam Blossom's plant to poison all the Lions and steal the gold.]]
*** She just happened to get stuck with the [[{{NighInvulnerability}} nigh invincible]] Brass Body.
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* BandofBrothers: [[spoiler: Thaddeus, Jack, and Zen Yi at the end]].
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* SheFu: All the little blossoms practice this.
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* SheFu: All the little blossoms practice this.
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* WaifFu: [[spoiler: Madam Blossom takes out Bronze Lion, though she is killed in the process]].
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** It's not always clear whether the movie is intended to be an AffectionateParody or a {{Pastiche}}. It's probably a little of both.
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* MartialArtsMovie: If you've made it this far then it goes without saying.
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* Flashback: While Thaddeus tells Jack how he got to China.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Silver Lion is killed by the gold he worked so hard to steal]].
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* StormingTheCastle: [[spoiler:Well, actually the Pink Blossom]].
* SupernaturalMartialArts: A blacksmith [[{{EnlightenmentSuperpowers}} capable of using his qi to control inanimate objects]]. A man with a brass body capable of repelling blades.
* SupernaturalMartialArts: A blacksmith [[{{EnlightenmentSuperpowers}} capable of using his qi to control inanimate objects]]. A man with a brass body capable of repelling blades.
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* AmbiguousTimePeriod/AnachronismStew: AmbiguousTimePeriod / AnachronismStew: It appears to be set in China, but where and when is hard to pin down. The presence of Jack Knife (who dresses like a old west gunman) and his dealings with Opium in China, also the Blacksmith's backstory as a slave in Southern American plantations, nominally put this movie somewhere around the 1860s but the technology blends BambooTechnology with Steampunk and meshes the aesthetic of several time periods (with the Pink Blossom in particular practically looking like a modern-day brothel).
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* AmbiguousTimePeriod: AmbiguousTimePeriod/AnachronismStew: It appears to be set in China, but where and when is hard to pin down. The presence of Jack Knife (who dresses like a old west gunman) and his dealings with Opium in China, also the Blacksmith's backstory as a slave in Southern American plantations, nominally put this movie somewhere around the 1860s but the technology blends BambooTechnology with Steampunk and meshes the aesthetic of several time periods (with the Pink Blossom in particular practically looking like a modern-day brothel).
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Silver Lion acts fairly normal around those not in his inner circle, but he is conniving and violent. [[spoiler: He doesn't hesitate to agree with Poison Dagger that Madam Blossom should die just after making a deal with her and he enjoys toying with Zen Yi in the HallofMirrors]].
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* BigBad: Silver Lion, TheUsurper of the Lion Clan trying to steal the gold. However, [[spoiler: Poison Dagger is arguably the ManBehindTheMan and the true BigBad. He's at least part of a BigBadDuumvirate]].
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* BallsofSteel: Brass body has these...go figure.
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* MamaBear: Madam Blossom tells Jack Knife that if he hurts her girls she will hurt his boys. [[spoiler: she even dies saving a small child]].
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* SilkHidingSteel: [[spoiler: All the ladies of the Pink Blossom]].
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* ActionPrologue: EverybodyWasKungFuFighting during the opening credits.
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* BikiniBar: Despite being a brothel, none of the women at the Pink Blossom ever remove their tops on-screen. Even mid-coital, they're still clothed.
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* KillTheCutie: Zen-Yi's assistant, Chan. The poor kid is clearly in over his head from the start, and [[spoiler: has his throat ripped out by Silver Lion just to goad Zen-Yi]].
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* TheAtoner: The Blacksmith saves X-Blade's life to atone for the fact he made the weapon that killed X-Blade's father.
* ChekhovsGunman: That white haired official in the early narration ordering the shipment of the gold? Turns out that's [[spoiler: Poison Dagger]].
* DeathByFallingOver: The AssholeVictim Thaddeus accidentally killed in his backstory. While harassing, hitting, and insulting Thaddeus, he eventually fights back, pushing him over. The racist hick hits his head on an anvil and dies.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Poison Dagger. [[spoiler: As he's slowly being dragged into the massive gears, he's not struggling, and laughing]].
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** [[spoiler: Two of the last loyal members of the Lion clan that were working against Silver Lion, die saving Zhen Yi from Brass Body's attempted assassination. ]]
** [[spoiler: LadySilk Silk, leaving herself open to a fatal attack to save the life of a child.]]
*HighPressureBloodHeroKiller: Poison Dagger, who basically exists to one-shot characters who are otherwise a OneManArmy.
* HighPressureBlood: Characters spew blood from any wound.
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** The sequel gives us a man wielding a mantis claw-shaped sword and the man with the iron legs.
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** He plays much the same role in the sequel, as well. A significant portion of the story has even less to do with him than the first one.
