Line #1 Film/HonorAndGlory


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3	''Honor and Glory'' is a 1993 action film starring Creator/CynthiaRothrock.
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5	FBI agent Tracy Pride (Rothrock) is on a mission to bust Jason Slade, a corrupt bank president who is trying to sell a stolen atomic device. Also on Slade's trail are Tracy's sister Joyce, a TV reporter, and their father John, a CIA agent. Conveniently, all of these characters are trained in kung fu.
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7	!!This film provides examples of:
8	* AGodAmI: Jason Slade sees himself this way.
9	--> '''Slade:''' "I'm like a god! I'll piss on you... from a great height!"
10	* AlternateDVDCommentary: In 2016 the film was the subject of a Podcast/RiffTrax commentary featuring Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett.
11	* AmusingInjuries: It's hard not to crack a smile while Mickey is getting his ass kicked by Hideo.
12	* AnachronismStew: Although the film presumably takes place in the present day of 1993, there is a mention of Soviet intelligence. It is possible that the script was written before the end of the UsefulNotes/ColdWar of 1991.
13	* AsYouKnow: Probably one of the clumsiest examples in film history is when Mickey is out having lunch at a Chinese place and he sees Jason Slade walking out after talking to one of the workers.
14	-->'''Mickey''': ''(who we remind you is eating ALONE)'' That's Jason Slade! Joyce did a report on him. [[DullSurprise He's an evil man.]] Waiter!
15	* BlatantLies: This gem occurs, though the movie is not smart enough to be making a self-aware joke about itself:
16	-->'''Tracy''': Dad, are you alright?
17	-->'''John''': ''(visibly bruised, is crouched over from the pain, bleeding from the scalp with one black eye completely closed)'' Tracy. Joyce. Yeah, I'm okay.
18	-->'''Mike Nelson''': ''(as John)'' Blood's poolin' on mah brain, but I'm totally good!
19	* BodyguardBetrayal: Well, not so much a betrayal as a resignation.
20	* CallingTheOldManOut: Joyce takes her father to task for ignoring her during her childhood.
21	* CelebrityResemblance: Jake looks and sounds ''exactly'' like Eddie Murphy. Especially with his shades on.
22	* CigaretteBurns: Slade puts his cigar out in his own palm as an attempt to be intimidating during the climax.
23	* ButtMonkey: Mickey.
24	* CoversAlwaysLie: Cynthia Rothrock's hair is much shorter, and her clothes are much looser in the movie than they appear on the cover/poster (see main image)
25	* DeathMontage: The non-cooperative BBTI executives are wiped out by Hideo.
26	* DisposableSexWorker: Averted. None of the prostitutes in the film are killed, but their pimp is.
27	* DoggedNiceGuy: Despite being totally out of his depth, Mickey keeps trying to help Joyce catch Slade.
28	* EasilyForgiven: Joyce instantly forgets her resentment of her father after he is taken hostage by Slade.
29	* EveryBodyWasKungFuFighting: Everyone in this film's universe seems to be trained in martial arts.
30	-->[Jake Armstrong morosely kicks a soda can.]
31	-->'''Bill Corbett:''' "So far that can is the only character that doesn't know kung fu."
32	* FriendsRentControl: Mickey is often referred to as a "kid", and seems to have no job, but he owns a nice house in a D.C. suburb.
33	* HeelFaceTurn: Jake Armstrong quits Slade's employ rather than be "party to murder", though it's worth noting that he does nothing to prevent that murder from happening.
34	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: How the dragon dies.
35	* InformedAbility: Mildly. Joyce is said to be Seifu's best student, but she gets the least amount of hits in and gets tossed around a lot in the final kung fu fight against Slade.
36	* IronicEcho: "Only death can retire Jason Slade!"
37	* JuggleFu: To show off her mad skills, Joyce picks up a ringing phone with a long stick and tosses it to herself.
38	-->'''Bill Corbett:''' "Yes, that took fifty-seven takes."
39	* KickTheDog: Jason Slade is given several opportunities to exhibit his dickishness. In one of the strangest examples, he blows off a prayer breakfast with Ronald Reagan, scoffing "to hell with that old bastard!"
40	* KingpinInHisGym: Jason Slade spends much of his time working out with exotic martial arts equipment.
41	* LargeHam: Good God, the actor playing Slade is picking enormous pieces of the set out of his teeth in ''every last scene he's in.''
42	* NeverBringAKnifeToAFistFight: Joyce is attacked by the daughter of a senator she exposed. The woman pulls a knife and is promptly dispatched with kung fu.
43	* {{Overcrank}}: Especially during Joyce's workout scenes, and when Tracy is fighting Silk.
44	* PlotHole: The movie in no way explains to the audience how the heck Tracy, Joyce, Dragon Lee, and Jake know where Slade took their father in order to beat the location of the recovered money out of him. They just show up like they had a homing beacon on him or something.
45	* SceneryPorn: Definitely averted. This film was shot in drab D.C. suburbs, often during overcast weather.
46	-->'''Bill Corbett:''' "The chase for glory takes you through a lot of suburban Virginia strip malls."
47	* SmugSnake: Jason Slade's character brags about how powerful he is and that he's a god, when in reality he's just a bank manager with delusions of grandeur who wants to make it big time by becoming an arms dealer.
48	-->'''Slade:''' "Winning's the easy part. It's toying with them that I enjoy."
49	* StupidEvil: The senator's daughter attacks Joyce in the middle of the day, in the middle of a parking lot surrounded by busy streets, right in front of her ''cameraman'' and another eyewitness. We don't actually see her get arrested, though, so she might be a KarmaHoudini.
50	* TheNineties: Note Slade's giant white Seinfeld sneakers. Also Tracy's teased up hair and Jake and Silk's hideous boxy suits.
51	* ThinkingOutLoud: In one scene, Tracy sits in a car describing her current situation.
52	-->'''Kevin Murphy:''' "She's accidentally reading the description parts of the script."
53	* TitleDrop: More or less.
54	-->'''Joyce:''' "You chase honor, I chase glory!"
55	-->'''Mike Nelson:''' "And they're basically the same thing, so it works out."

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