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* BladeOnAStick: Many characters uses this, including some bandits in the opening battle and Yuan's mooks. Su Can himself notably uses a halberd when confronting Yuan in the climax of the second act.
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* InfantImmortality: Su Can's son, Su Feng, despite several close shave with danger, survives the entire movie.
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''True Legend'' is a 2010 MartialArtsMovie directed by Creator/YuenWooPing, starring Creator/VincentZhao Wen Zhuo, Creator/ZhouXun, Creator/MichelleYeoh, Creator/GordonLiu and Creator/JayChou. It was widely promoted as the first modern UsefulNotes/ThreeDMovie made in China.
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''True Legend'' is a 2010 MartialArtsMovie directed by Creator/YuenWooPing, starring Creator/VincentZhao Wen Zhuo, Creator/ZhouXun, Creator/MichelleYeoh, Creator/GordonLiu and Creator/JayChou.Music/JayChou. It was widely promoted as the first modern UsefulNotes/ThreeDMovie made in China.
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''True Legend'' is a 2010 MartialArtsMovie directed by Creator/YuenWooPing, starring Creator/VincentZhao Wen Zhuo, ''Creator/ZhouXun'', ''Creator/MichelleYeoh'' Creator/ZhouXun, Creator/MichelleYeoh, Creator/GordonLiu and Jay Chou.Creator/JayChou. It was widely promoted as the first modern UsefulNotes/ThreeDMovie made in China.
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Su Can (Vincent Chiu) was once a proud warrior and general, but Su Can's half-brother, Yuan-lie - the child of a villainous martial arts master killed by Su Can's father and subsequently adopted into the Su family - harbors an old grudge towards the Su family, and specifically despises Su Can due to his achievements as a warrior. Seeking revenge against the entire Su bloodline, Yuen initiates a massacre where Su Can, his wife Ying (Zhou Xun) and his son Su Feng, are among the only survivors. Barely surviving the bloodshed, Su Can and Ying are rescued by a herbalist named Sister Yu (Michelle Yeoh), while Su Feng is taken away by Yuan as a foster son. Now desperately seeking vengeance,Su Can seeks guidance from the fabled God of Wushu, for him to learn the true powers of martial arts and rescue his son Su Feng from his demented half-brother.
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Su Can (Vincent Chiu) was once a proud warrior and general, but Su Can's half-brother, Yuan-lie - the child of a villainous martial arts master killed by Su Can's father and subsequently adopted into the Su family - harbors an old grudge towards the Su family, and specifically despises Su Can due to his achievements as a warrior. Seeking revenge against the entire Su bloodline, Yuen initiates a massacre where Su Can, his wife Ying (Zhou Xun) and his son Su Feng, are among the only survivors. Barely surviving the bloodshed, Su Can and Ying are rescued by a herbalist named Sister Yu (Michelle Yeoh), while Su Feng is taken away by Yuan as a foster son. Now desperately seeking vengeance,Su Can seeks guidance from the fabled God of Wushu, for him Wushu to learn the true powers of martial arts and rescue his son Su Feng from his demented half-brother.
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''True Legend'' is a 2010 MartialArtsMovie directed by Creator/YuenWooPing, starring Vincent Chiu Man-Cheuk, Creator/VincentZhao Wen Zhuo, ''Creator/ZhouXun'', ''Creator/MichelleYeoh'' and Jay Chou. It was widely promoted as the first modern UsefulNotes/ThreeDMovie made in China.
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Su Can (Vincent Chiu) was once a proud warrior and general, and had just returned from a daring rescue mission. But Su Can's half-brother, Yuan-lie - the child of a villainous martial arts master killed by Su Can's father and subsequently adopted into the Su family - harbors an old grudge towards the Su family, and specifically despises Su Can due to his achievements as a warrior. Seeking revenge against the entire Su bloodline, Su Can ends up being the last survivor of a family massacre initiated by Yuen. Escaping with his wife Ying (Zhou Xun) and rescued by a herbalist Sister Yu (Michelle Yeoh), Su Can seeks the guidance of the God of Wushu, for him to learn the true powers of martial arts and rescue his son Su Feng from his demented half-brother.
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Su Can (Vincent Chiu) was once a proud warrior and general, and had just returned from a daring rescue mission. But but Su Can's half-brother, Yuan-lie - the child of a villainous martial arts master killed by Su Can's father and subsequently adopted into the Su family - harbors an old grudge towards the Su family, and specifically despises Su Can due to his achievements as a warrior. Seeking revenge against the entire Su bloodline, Su Can ends up being the last survivor of Yuen initiates a family massacre initiated by Yuen. Escaping with where Su Can, his wife Ying (Zhou Xun) and his son Su Feng, are among the only survivors. Barely surviving the bloodshed, Su Can and Ying are rescued by a herbalist named Sister Yu (Michelle Yeoh), while Su Feng is taken away by Yuan as a foster son. Now desperately seeking vengeance,Su Can seeks the guidance of from the fabled God of Wushu, for him to learn the true powers of martial arts and rescue his son Su Feng from his demented half-brother.
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* UngratefulBastard: Yuen, whose adoption into the Su family brought the downfall of the entire Su bloodline.
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* TrainingMontage: Su Can Can, after recovering from his injuries, desperate goes through one of this to make himself stronger for his eventual revenge.
* UngratefulBastard: Yuen,whose adoption into the Su who repays his adoptive family brought by initiating the massacre and downfall of the entire Su bloodline.
* UngratefulBastard: Yuen,
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Su Can (Vincent Chiu) was once a proud warrior and general who general, and had just returned from a daring rescue mission, but his mission. But Su Can's half-brother, Yuan-lie - the child of a villainous martial arts master killed by Su Can's father and subsequently adopted into the Su family - who harbors an old grudge towards the Su family, and specifically despises Su Can due to his achievements as a warrior, seeks warrior. Seeking revenge against the entire Su bloodline, Su Can ends up being the last survivor of his family. a family massacre initiated by Yuen. Escaping with his wife Ying (Zhou Xun), Xun) and rescued by a herbalist Sister Yu (Michelle Yeoh), Su Can seeks the guidance of the God of Wushu, for him to learn the true powers of martial arts and rescue his son Su Feng from his demented half-brother.
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* BioArmor: Yuan, after achieving the highest possible level of his venomous powers, had a set of scorpion-like organic armour growing on his chest, torso and back. [[spoiler: In the penultimate battle between Yuan and Su Can, Su, in an extreme fit of rage, rips off chunk after chunk of Yuan's natural armour [[BodyHorror exposing much of his inner flesh]]...]]
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* BadBoss: Yuan, who nonchalantly kills off one of his soldiers who brought back bad news to him (Its hardly the soldier's fault!) and later on, after ordering his mooks to [[spoiler: bury Ying somewhere in the woods,]] then kills off all his mooks to LeaveNoWitnesses.
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* BadBoss: Yuan, who nonchalantly kills off one of his soldiers who brought back bad news to him (Its hardly the soldier's fault!) and later on, after ordering his mooks to [[spoiler: bury Ying somewhere in the woods,]] then kills off all his mooks to LeaveNoWitnesses.
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* {{Retraux}}: [[https://www.google.com/search?q=true+legend&tbm=isch&chips=q:true+legend,g_1:movie:IkY0VMzx0hw%3D&client=ms-android-samsung-gj-rev1&prmd=vin&hl=en&ved=2ahUKEwjhlar98__oAhVc7DgGHSRcCYIQ4lYoAHoECAEQCg&biw=412&bih=734#imgrc=V5zfy3MGcj2IbM The film's American poster]] is designed to deliberately invoke the style of 70s vintage kung fu movie posters.
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''Creator/DavidCarradine'' shows up near the ending as a pit fighting-ring host, in his final film role.
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EvilUncle: Yuen, to Su Feng. Downplayed example though, he didn't really try to hurt the child, since the Su family raised him from birth, he's determined to raise Su Feng as his own.
*TheFarmerAndTheViperTheFarmerAndTheViper: Yuen is adopted by the Su family so that he doesn't end up a villainous martial artist like his own father, and Su Can, feeling that Yuan deserves better as a brother, decide to relinquish his position as a governer to Yuan. So... Yuan repays the Su family by removing his adoptive father's head, ordering his proteges to massacre the Su family, tried to have his half-brother killed, kidnaps his nephew, and orders for his sister-in-law to be buried alive.
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ImaginaryFriend: [[spoiler: The God of Wushu and the Old Sage doesn't exist. Su Can only imagined them to be his mentors while he's fighting with himself]]. It's something like a kung-fu version of [[Film/FightClub Tyler Durden]].
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InfantImmortality: Su Can's son, Su Feng, despite several close shave with danger, survives the entire movie.
*MyGodWhatHaveIDoneMyGodWhatHaveIDone: Su Can, after [[spoiler: killing Yuen with a MegatonPunch]] despite his son trying to hold him back. But that's only because [[spoiler: Yuen is the only person who knew where Su Can's wife, Ying, was buried, and through killing Yuen, Su Can may no longer be able to save his wife before its too late]].
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NothingUpMySleeve: While battling the pit fighters, one of them stealthily whips out a hidden blade beneath his sleeve and tries to attack Su Can. Su quickly dodges his attack [[DeadlyDodging causing said fighter to stab one of his own partners instead]].
*OneHitPolykillOffWithHisHead: Yuan executes Su Can's father with this manner, and later [[DecapitationPresentation presents the decapitated head]] in a bundle to his own father's grave.
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PoisonousPerson: Yuan, whose training in the forbidden Five Venom Fist made his punches literally venomous, and can corrode a person's flesh just by grabbing with his palm.
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PosthumousCredit: Anton is portrayed by Creator/DavidCarradine, who passed away before the film can be released.
*PowerCreepPowerSeep
PowerCreepPowerSeep: Su Can, after training by the God of Wushu, have become invincible and all-powerful, enough to eventually [[spoiler: defeat and kill Yuan]]. But after the TimeSkip, he's now struggling to defeat a handful of BadassNormal wrestlers.
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TakeItToTheBridge: In the opening fight, Su Can had to battle a few bandits while crossing a bridge over a bottomless chasm. And while confronting Yuan, he had to cross another bridge over a pier.
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TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler: There is no God of Wushu, or Drunken Sage. The True Master that trained Su Can to be better, stronger, and invincible in the second act, is all Su Can himself]].
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* BrotherSisterTeam: The Iron Twins, a pair of deadly siblings who serves Yuan directly. They serve as both a WarmUpBoss and DualBoss before Su Can's penultimate confrontation against Yuan.
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CheatersNeverProsper: During the arena battle, Su Can have finally taken down all the pit fighters except Malatoff. Anton, in a last-ditch attempt to make sure Malatoff wins, decides to inject Malatoff with a syringe of steroids and send him back to battle. [[spoiler: Su Can beats Malatoff to death all the same]].
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CycleOfRevenge: The entire conflict is kicked off by Yuan's desire to avenge his father's death in the hands of Su Can's father, and then arranged to have the Su family killed off, only for Su Can to escape and come back for more revenge...
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CombatMedic: Sister Yu, the herbalist, who knows plenty of martial arts herself. Being played by Michelle Yeoh that's a given.
*DiscOneFinalBossDesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: [[spoiler: Su Can in the third and final act of the film, having lost his wife, family, killed his own foster brother, only for Western colonialists to topple the dynasty where he's unable to serve the Imperial court or re-live his glory days. The fact that his son is still with him is the only reason why he didn't become a DeathSeeker outright]].
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* GenreMashup: The entire movie feels like a rather uneven mishmash of different martial arts movies made in the decades preceding this movie. Put it simply, the first act feels like Film/DragonGateInn, the second act feels like Film/The36thChamberOfShaolin, and the final act feels like Film/Fearless2006.
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* GenreMashup: The entire movie feels like a rather uneven mishmash of different martial arts movies made in the decades preceding this movie. Put it simply, the first act feels like Film/DragonGateInn, ''Film/DragonGateInn'', the second act feels like Film/The36thChamberOfShaolin, ''Film/The36thChamberOfShaolin'', and the final act feels like Film/Fearless2006.''Film/Fearless2006''.
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IHaveYourWife: Su Can's wife, Ying gets captured by Yuen in the second act, when she seeks Yuen directly in exchange for her son.
*HowTheMightyHaveFallenHowTheMightyHaveFallen: Su Can went from a proud warrior and general, to a homeless martial artist seeking refuge in the mountains, to [[spoiler: a drunk vagabond and homeless drifter who have completely lost his will to live after the death of his wife and entire bloodline]].
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Su Can (Vincent Chiu) was once a proud warrior and general who just returned from a daring rescue mission, but his half-brother, Yuan-lie - the child of a villainous martial arts master killed by Su Can's father and subsequently adopted into the Su family - who harbors an old grudge towards the Su family, and specifically despises Su Can due to his achievements as a warrior, seeks revenge against the entire Su bloodline, Su Can ends up being the last survivor of his family. Escaping with his wife Ying (Zhou Xun), rescued by a herbalist Sister Ying Yu (Michelle Yeoh), Su Can seeks the guidance of the God of Wushu, for him to learn the true powers of martial arts and rescue his son Su Feng from his demented half-brother.
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AdvertisedExtra: Michelle Yeoh's and Jay Chou's characters have their own character posters. They have a combined screentime of around 15 minutes in a 2 hour movie.
*BadBoss
BadBoss: Yuan, who nonchalantly kills off one of his soldiers who brought back bad news to him (Its hardly the soldier's fault!) and later on, after ordering his mooks to [[spoiler: bury Ying somewhere in the woods,]] then kills off all his mooks to LeaveNoWitnesses.
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BaldOfEvil: Yuan doesn't have a single hair on his head or body, which may be a result of him infusing himself with the [[BadPowersBadPeople Venom Fist]] to make himself utterly invincible.
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BladeOnAStick: Many characters uses this, including some bandits in the opening battle and Yuan's mooks. Su Can himself notably uses a halberd when confronting Yuan in the climax of the second act.
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BrotherSisterTeam: The Iron Twins, a pair of deadly siblings who serves Yuan directly. They serve as both a WarmUpBoss and DualBoss before Su Can's penultimate confrontation against Yuan.
*BuriedAliveBuriedAlive: [[spoiler: Ying ends up being shoved into a box and buried in the woods outside Yuan's mansion. Su Can manage to locate where she is buried and dig her out, but by the time he digs her out Ying have already died of suffocation]].
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''True Legend'' is a 2010 MartialArtsMovie directed by Creator/YuenWooPing, starring Vincent Chiu Man-Cheuk, ''Creator/ZhouXun'', ''Creator/MichelleYeoh'' and Jay Chou. It was widely promoted as the first modern UsefulNotes/ThreeDMovie made in China.
Su Can (Vincent Chiu) was once a proud warrior and general who just returned from a daring rescue mission, but his half-brother, Yuan-lie - the child of a villainous martial arts master killed by Su Can's father and subsequently adopted into the Su family - who harbors an old grudge towards the Su family, and specifically despises Su Can due to his achievements as a warrior, seeks revenge against the entire Su bloodline, Su Can ends up being the last survivor of his family. Escaping with his wife Ying (Zhou Xun), rescued by a herbalist Sister Ying (Michelle Yeoh), Su Can seeks the guidance of the God of Wushu, for him to learn the true powers of martial arts and rescue his son Su Feng from his demented half-brother.
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!!This film provides examples of the following tropes:
* AdvertisedExtra
* BadBoss
* BaldOfEvil
* BarbarianLonghair
* BladeOnAStick
* BrotherSisterTeam
* BuriedAlive
* CainAndAbel: Yuen is the Cain to Su-Can’s Abel, who is also his ArchEnemy after all the pain and suffering he caused for his brother in the name of revenge.
* CheatersNeverProsper
* CycleOfRevenge
* CombatMedic
* DiscOneFinalBoss
* EndingFatigue
* EndOfAnAge
* EvilUncle
* TheFarmerAndTheViper
* GenreMashup: The entire movie feels like a rather uneven mishmash of different martial arts movies made in the decades preceding this movie. Put it simply, the first act feels like Film/DragonGateInn, the second act feels like Film/The36thChamberOfShaolin, and the final act feels like Film/Fearless2006.
* GiantMook
* HateSink
* IHaveYourWife
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen
* ImaginaryFriend
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Part of the ExtremeMeleeRevenge Su Can delivers to Yuan during his RoaringRampageOfRescue for his wife and Su Feng’s mother.
* OffWithHisHead
* PapaWolf: Do NOT threaten Su Can's son and only child, Su Feng, in his presence, if you want to live.
* PoisonousPerson
* PosthumousCredit
* PowerCreepPowerSeep
* SanitySlippage
* SinsOfOurFathers
* TakeItToTheBridge
* TomatoSurprise
* TragicHero
* TrainingMontage
* UngratefulBastard
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''True Legend'' is a 2010 MartialArtsMovie directed by Creator/YuenWooPing, starring Vincent Chiu Man-Cheuk, ''Creator/ZhouXun'', ''Creator/MichelleYeoh'' and Jay Chou. It was widely promoted as the first modern UsefulNotes/ThreeDMovie made in China.
Su Can (Vincent Chiu) was once a proud warrior and general who just returned from a daring rescue mission, but his half-brother, Yuan-lie - the child of a villainous martial arts master killed by Su Can's father and subsequently adopted into the Su family - who harbors an old grudge towards the Su family, and specifically despises Su Can due to his achievements as a warrior, seeks revenge against the entire Su bloodline, Su Can ends up being the last survivor of his family. Escaping with his wife Ying (Zhou Xun), rescued by a herbalist Sister Ying (Michelle Yeoh), Su Can seeks the guidance of the God of Wushu, for him to learn the true powers of martial arts and rescue his son Su Feng from his demented half-brother.
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!!This film provides examples of the following tropes:
* AdvertisedExtra
* BadBoss
* BaldOfEvil
* BarbarianLonghair
* BladeOnAStick
* BrotherSisterTeam
* BuriedAlive
* CainAndAbel: Yuen is the Cain to Su-Can’s Abel, who is also his ArchEnemy after all the pain and suffering he caused for his brother in the name of revenge.
* CheatersNeverProsper
* CycleOfRevenge
* CombatMedic
* DiscOneFinalBoss
* EndingFatigue
* EndOfAnAge
* EvilUncle
* TheFarmerAndTheViper
* GenreMashup: The entire movie feels like a rather uneven mishmash of different martial arts movies made in the decades preceding this movie. Put it simply, the first act feels like Film/DragonGateInn, the second act feels like Film/The36thChamberOfShaolin, and the final act feels like Film/Fearless2006.
* GiantMook
* HateSink
* IHaveYourWife
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen
* ImaginaryFriend
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Part of the ExtremeMeleeRevenge Su Can delivers to Yuan during his RoaringRampageOfRescue for his wife and Su Feng’s mother.
* OffWithHisHead
* PapaWolf: Do NOT threaten Su Can's son and only child, Su Feng, in his presence, if you want to live.
* PoisonousPerson
* PosthumousCredit
* PowerCreepPowerSeep
* SanitySlippage
* SinsOfOurFathers
* TakeItToTheBridge
* TomatoSurprise
* TragicHero
* TrainingMontage
* UngratefulBastard
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