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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Wah, who dabbles with drugs and tries to kill Wong by repeatedly stabbing him with drug needles, ends up being killed when Wong stabs a syringe of his own drugs into his neck, and ends up being flung into his own drug-making machinery]].
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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Wah, who dabbles with drugs and tries to kill Wong by repeatedly stabbing him with drug needles, ends up being is killed when Wong stabs a syringe of his own drugs into his neck, and ends up being flung into his own drug-making machinery]].
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* {{Meganekko}}: Yip, although she removes her glasses when making out with Wong.
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* DeathByCameo: Old-time martial arts icon Creator/LoLieh plays the mob boss who dies in the opening meeting scene.
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* DestinationDefenestration: Happens to various mooks, and most of the time its Jackie who’s dispensing the attacks, for instance kicking an EliteMook through a glass panel, a railing and into the sea during the ocean line fight, flipping over a mook into a glass table, and disposing TheDragon (well, one of the two CoDragons he ends up with) by kicking his face into a metal cabinet.
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* DestinationDefenestration: Happens to various mooks, and most of the time its Jackie who’s dispensing the attacks, for instance kicking an EliteMook through a glass panel, window, a railing and into the sea during the ocean line fight, flipping over a mook into a or sending mooks out of glass table, and disposing TheDragon (well, one of doors in the two CoDragons he ends up with) by kicking his face into a metal cabinet.nightclub fight.
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* HangingByTheFingers: Mei-ling’s ultimate fate after trying to take on Wah, only to end up getting knocked off a balcony and hanging onto a railing. [[spoiler: Wah, in typical villain fashion tries [[HandStomp to stamp on her fingers]], but in his moment of glee he fails to notice Wong lunging at him from behind with one of his drug-loaded syringes]].
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* HangingByTheFingers: Mei-ling’s Mei-ling’s ultimate fate after trying to take on Wah, only to end up getting knocked off a balcony and hanging onto a railing. [[spoiler: Wah, in typical villain fashion tries [[HandStomp to stamp on her fingers]], but in his moment of glee he fails to notice Wong lunging at him from behind with one of his drug-loaded syringes]].
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* BadassBiker, who frequently cruises on a motorcycle, with Mei-ling holding him behind.
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''Dragons Forever'' is a 1988 Hong Kong MartialArtsMovie masquerading as a courtroom drama (until the fight scenes occurs, that is!) starring Creator/JackieChan, Creator/SammoHung and Yuen Biao.
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''Dragons Forever'' is a 1988 Hong Kong MartialArtsMovie masquerading as a courtroom drama (until the fight scenes occurs, that is!) starring Creator/JackieChan, Creator/SammoHung and Yuen Biao.
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* SloganYellingMegaphoneGuy: Parodied, Wong uses a megaphone to yell his AnguisedDeclarationOfLove to Yip.
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* ShoutOut: Hua Hsien-Wu’s introduction scene at the start of the movie, where his bodyguards kill off a rival mob boss and leaves an enemy underling alive, at which point where Hua tells the underling to come work for him instead, is a clear reference to Film/Scarface1983.
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* ShoutOut: Hua Hsien-Wu’s introduction scene at the start of the movie, where his bodyguards kill off a rival mob boss and leaves an enemy underling alive, at which point where Hua tells the underling to come work for him instead, is a clear reference to Film/Scarface1983.
''Film/Scarface1983''.
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* SloganYellingMegaphoneGuy: Parodied, Wong uses a megaphone to yell his
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Don't let the above overly-complicated synopsis fool you though, this is just a very, very straightforward kung fu movie, one of the last that stars the three Dragons of Hong Kong action cinema, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao (hence its MeaningfulTitle, ''Dragons Forever'') all at the same time before their eventual parting. Pit them against Yuen Wah (from ''Film/EasternCondors''), Benny Urquidez, Phillip Ko and Billy Chow (from ''Film/FistOfLegend'') and you're in for a non-stop action-packed fun.
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Don't let the above overly-complicated synopsis fool you though, this is just a very, very straightforward kung fu movie, one of the last that stars the three Dragons of Hong Kong action cinema, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao (hence its MeaningfulTitle, title, ''Dragons Forever'') all at the same time before their eventual parting. Pit them against Yuen Wah (from ''Film/EasternCondors''), Benny Urquidez, Phillip Ko and Billy Chow (from ''Film/FistOfLegend'') and you're in for a non-stop action-packed fun.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Guys, this is like, one of the last movies starring all three of us together. Why are we fighting again?"]]
''Dragons Forever'' is a 1988 Hong Kong MartialArtsMovie masquerading as a courtroom drama (until the fight scenes occurs, that is!) starring Creator/JackieChan, Creator/SammoHung and Yuen Biao.
Jackie Lung (Jackie Chan) is a lawyer hired by an evil corporation to help them reclaim a fishing village so that the corporation can continue their contamination of the local waters around the waterfront. Oblivious to his client's actions, Jackie hires his friend Wong Fei-Hong (Sammo Hung) to help him get back at the fishery owners - Yip (Deannie Yip) head of the fishing village, and Wen Mei-ling (Pauline Yeung), an environmental scientist about to testify on Miss Yip's behalf. Inevitably, Jackie ends up falling for Mei-ling while Wong falls for Yip, and a professional criminal and inventor, Timothy Tung Tak-piu (Yuen Biao) also hired by Jackie on behalf of the corporation ends up getting dragged into the main plot.
Don't let the above overly-complicated synopsis fool you though, this is just a very, very straightforward kung fu movie, one of the last that stars the three Dragons of Hong Kong action cinema, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao (hence its MeaningfulTitle, ''Dragons Forever'') all at the same time before their eventual parting. Pit them against Yuen Wah (from ''Film/EasternCondors''), Benny Urquidez, Phillip Ko and Billy Chow (from ''Film/FistOfLegend'') and you're in for a non-stop action-packed fun.
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!!''Dragons Forever'' provides examples of
* ActionGirl: Jackie, Wong and Tung are not the only asskickers in the movie. Mei-ling beats up plenty of mooks in the finale too.
* AloneAmongTheCouples: By the end credits, {{Manchild}} Tung is the only one of the trio who didn’t have a significant LoveInterest.
* AttackHello: Jackie meeting Tung for the first time in years is greeted with Tung swinging a meat cleaver at his direction.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Wah is the leader of his corporation and drug-producing syndicate, and puts up a better fight than most of his mooks, maybe on par with his CoDragons.
* BadassBiker, who frequently cruises on a motorcycle, with Mei-ling holding him behind.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Jackie and Wong. Averted for Tung whose outfit is entirely casual however.
* BarBrawl: Jackie, Hung and Wong against Wah’s thugs.
* {{BFG}}: Subverted. Wong tries to sell a [[https://achinesefeast.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/dragons-forever.jpg?w=584 massively oversized assault rifle]] to some gundealers in his debut appearance, but he didn’t get to fire it. In fact, guns are barely fired throughout this film.
* BreakUpMakeUpScenario: Jackie, Wong and Hung spends much of the time bickering with each other, but eventually tries making amends, notably after their MeleeATrois.
* BridalCarry: Jackie carrying a near-unconscious Mei-ling after defeating the BigBad in the finale. Humorously, Wong have to carry Tung like this as well.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Wah the BigBad is an evil industrialist that wants to take over a fishing village and destroy the livehoods of people living there.
* CourtroomEpisode: Jackie Chan as a lawyer? Complete with several scenes in courtrooms and standing trials for the needy.
* CrusadingLawyer: Jackie is a good lawyer who eventually ends up trying to save the fishing village from being wiped out by evil industrialist Hua.
* DestinationDefenestration: Happens to various mooks, and most of the time its Jackie who’s dispensing the attacks, for instance kicking an EliteMook through a glass panel, a railing and into the sea during the ocean line fight, flipping over a mook into a glass table, and disposing TheDragon (well, one of the two CoDragons he ends up with) by kicking his face into a metal cabinet.
* DrugsAreBad: The PowerTrio protagonists eventually discovers that Wah’s industries is actually a front for producing and manufacturing drugs. [[spoiler: Wong notably gets a taste of the drug prototype when being subjected to ColdBloodedTorture after being captured alive]].
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: Hua’s hideout where he’s producing drugs, complete with his own private office and guarded by two CoDragons, setting of the final battle.
* EnsembleCast
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Hua, the BigBad, wears glasses in every scene he’s in.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Hua is almost never seen without his stogie.
* GroinAttack: Jackie and Tung do this more than once in fight scenes.
* HangingByTheFingers: Mei-ling’s ultimate fate after trying to take on Wah, only to end up getting knocked off a balcony and hanging onto a railing. [[spoiler: Wah, in typical villain fashion tries [[HandStomp to stamp on her fingers]], but in his moment of glee he fails to notice Wong lunging at him from behind with one of his drug-loaded syringes]].
** [[spoiler: Also subverted. Mei-ling eventually did fall from the railing when her fingers gives way, but the drop turns out to be less than 15 meters and she lands nonfatally on her back]].
* HiddenWire: Tung is hired by Jackie to install listening devices in Mei-ling’s apartment for him to eavesdrop on her. Unfortunately, his IncrediblyObviousBug didn’t stay hidden for long.
* InstantChucks: In the climax, a thug manage to force Mei-ling into a corner, on the assumption that she’s a helpless DamselInDistress. She responds by picking up a mic and mic stand connected by a wire, and beats up the mook without breaking a sweat before doing a Bruce Lee-style nunchaku pose using said mic.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Wah, who dabbles with drugs and tries to kill Wong by repeatedly stabbing him with drug needles, ends up being killed when Wong stabs a syringe of his own drugs into his neck, and ends up being flung into his own drug-making machinery]].
* LawProcedural: Roughly before the climatic final battle can start, we get a courtroom scene involving Jackie, who turns the case in favour of May and the fishing village.
* {{Manchild}}: The borderline immature Tung, whose mannerisms sounds more like a teenager and often talks with a MotorMouth (he’s played by the then-31-year old Yuen Biao).
* {{Meganekko}}: Yip, although she removes her glasses when making out with Wong.
* MeleeATrois: Jackie, Wong and Tung spend plenty of time fighting each other besides faceless goons, most notably after the meeting at Mei-ling’s place goes awry and they start pummeling each other. Before there’s a clear winner though, Mei-ling breaks up the fight by hosing the trio with water.
* NoOSHACompliance: Wah’s facilities with its preference of narrow catwalks with railings below waist levels, dangerous machinery exposed openly, typical villain lair stuff.
* OneManArmy: Wong beats up plenty of mooks by himself in the climax, before Jackie and Tung arrives to assist him. Even when one of the CoDragons (Benny Urquidez) manage to disable him with one kick, Wong simply DoNotGoGentle.
* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: Jackie lose the trust of both his friends Wong and Tung, since they end up believing he’s manipulating them for his own benefits. But all three of them eventually made up in time for the final battle.
* RailingKill: [[spoiler: The BigBad, Wah is finally finished off when Wong manage to subdue him with his own drugs and drop him into a deep pool in his own drug-producing machinery, for a DisneyVillainDeath]].
* RealMenCook: Jackie is shown to be quite a decent chef, spending one scene with Mei-ling in her kitchen.
* RomanticCandlelitDinner: Spoofed in the date between Jackie and May-ling. Wong and Tung are both trying to install their respective bugs while hiding from being noticed by each other, and Jackie didn’t expect both of them to show up in the same night. HilarityEnsues.
* RubeGoldbergDevice: Tung inexplicably had one of this in his living room, apparently meant for transporting his fish from one aquarium to another. The movie never explains this.
* ShoutOut: Hua Hsien-Wu’s introduction scene at the start of the movie, where his bodyguards kill off a rival mob boss and leaves an enemy underling alive, at which point where Hua tells the underling to come work for him instead, is a clear reference to Film/Scarface1983.
* SloganYellingMegaphoneGuy: Parodied, Wong uses a megaphone to yell his AnguisedDeclarationOfLive to Yip.
* SoMuchForStealth: For the climax, Wong sneaks into Hua’s hideout with a microcamera, and starts taking photos of Hua’s laboratory with their drug-producing facilities and equipment, until he noticed through the camera that Hua’s scientists and staff have suddenly stopped working. He then lowers his camera and noticed ''ALL'' enemy mooks are looking at him. OhCrap indeed…
* StaircaseTumble: The fate of several mooks when Jackie fights them on the higher decks of an ocean liner.
* WrenchWhack: Wong receives a hit to the forehead by a wrench held by Yip, who’s pissed off at him. But when she noticed he’s bleeding and not retaliating at all, her response quickly turns into MyGodWhatHaveIDone
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Guys, this is like, one of the last movies starring all three of us together. Why are we fighting again?"]]
''Dragons Forever'' is a 1988 Hong Kong MartialArtsMovie masquerading as a courtroom drama (until the fight scenes occurs, that is!) starring Creator/JackieChan, Creator/SammoHung and Yuen Biao.
Jackie Lung (Jackie Chan) is a lawyer hired by an evil corporation to help them reclaim a fishing village so that the corporation can continue their contamination of the local waters around the waterfront. Oblivious to his client's actions, Jackie hires his friend Wong Fei-Hong (Sammo Hung) to help him get back at the fishery owners - Yip (Deannie Yip) head of the fishing village, and Wen Mei-ling (Pauline Yeung), an environmental scientist about to testify on Miss Yip's behalf. Inevitably, Jackie ends up falling for Mei-ling while Wong falls for Yip, and a professional criminal and inventor, Timothy Tung Tak-piu (Yuen Biao) also hired by Jackie on behalf of the corporation ends up getting dragged into the main plot.
Don't let the above overly-complicated synopsis fool you though, this is just a very, very straightforward kung fu movie, one of the last that stars the three Dragons of Hong Kong action cinema, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao (hence its MeaningfulTitle, ''Dragons Forever'') all at the same time before their eventual parting. Pit them against Yuen Wah (from ''Film/EasternCondors''), Benny Urquidez, Phillip Ko and Billy Chow (from ''Film/FistOfLegend'') and you're in for a non-stop action-packed fun.
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!!''Dragons Forever'' provides examples of
* ActionGirl: Jackie, Wong and Tung are not the only asskickers in the movie. Mei-ling beats up plenty of mooks in the finale too.
* AloneAmongTheCouples: By the end credits, {{Manchild}} Tung is the only one of the trio who didn’t have a significant LoveInterest.
* AttackHello: Jackie meeting Tung for the first time in years is greeted with Tung swinging a meat cleaver at his direction.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Wah is the leader of his corporation and drug-producing syndicate, and puts up a better fight than most of his mooks, maybe on par with his CoDragons.
* BadassBiker, who frequently cruises on a motorcycle, with Mei-ling holding him behind.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Jackie and Wong. Averted for Tung whose outfit is entirely casual however.
* BarBrawl: Jackie, Hung and Wong against Wah’s thugs.
* {{BFG}}: Subverted. Wong tries to sell a [[https://achinesefeast.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/dragons-forever.jpg?w=584 massively oversized assault rifle]] to some gundealers in his debut appearance, but he didn’t get to fire it. In fact, guns are barely fired throughout this film.
* BreakUpMakeUpScenario: Jackie, Wong and Hung spends much of the time bickering with each other, but eventually tries making amends, notably after their MeleeATrois.
* BridalCarry: Jackie carrying a near-unconscious Mei-ling after defeating the BigBad in the finale. Humorously, Wong have to carry Tung like this as well.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Wah the BigBad is an evil industrialist that wants to take over a fishing village and destroy the livehoods of people living there.
* CourtroomEpisode: Jackie Chan as a lawyer? Complete with several scenes in courtrooms and standing trials for the needy.
* CrusadingLawyer: Jackie is a good lawyer who eventually ends up trying to save the fishing village from being wiped out by evil industrialist Hua.
* DestinationDefenestration: Happens to various mooks, and most of the time its Jackie who’s dispensing the attacks, for instance kicking an EliteMook through a glass panel, a railing and into the sea during the ocean line fight, flipping over a mook into a glass table, and disposing TheDragon (well, one of the two CoDragons he ends up with) by kicking his face into a metal cabinet.
* DrugsAreBad: The PowerTrio protagonists eventually discovers that Wah’s industries is actually a front for producing and manufacturing drugs. [[spoiler: Wong notably gets a taste of the drug prototype when being subjected to ColdBloodedTorture after being captured alive]].
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: Hua’s hideout where he’s producing drugs, complete with his own private office and guarded by two CoDragons, setting of the final battle.
* EnsembleCast
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Hua, the BigBad, wears glasses in every scene he’s in.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Hua is almost never seen without his stogie.
* GroinAttack: Jackie and Tung do this more than once in fight scenes.
* HangingByTheFingers: Mei-ling’s ultimate fate after trying to take on Wah, only to end up getting knocked off a balcony and hanging onto a railing. [[spoiler: Wah, in typical villain fashion tries [[HandStomp to stamp on her fingers]], but in his moment of glee he fails to notice Wong lunging at him from behind with one of his drug-loaded syringes]].
** [[spoiler: Also subverted. Mei-ling eventually did fall from the railing when her fingers gives way, but the drop turns out to be less than 15 meters and she lands nonfatally on her back]].
* HiddenWire: Tung is hired by Jackie to install listening devices in Mei-ling’s apartment for him to eavesdrop on her. Unfortunately, his IncrediblyObviousBug didn’t stay hidden for long.
* InstantChucks: In the climax, a thug manage to force Mei-ling into a corner, on the assumption that she’s a helpless DamselInDistress. She responds by picking up a mic and mic stand connected by a wire, and beats up the mook without breaking a sweat before doing a Bruce Lee-style nunchaku pose using said mic.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Wah, who dabbles with drugs and tries to kill Wong by repeatedly stabbing him with drug needles, ends up being killed when Wong stabs a syringe of his own drugs into his neck, and ends up being flung into his own drug-making machinery]].
* LawProcedural: Roughly before the climatic final battle can start, we get a courtroom scene involving Jackie, who turns the case in favour of May and the fishing village.
* {{Manchild}}: The borderline immature Tung, whose mannerisms sounds more like a teenager and often talks with a MotorMouth (he’s played by the then-31-year old Yuen Biao).
* {{Meganekko}}: Yip, although she removes her glasses when making out with Wong.
* MeleeATrois: Jackie, Wong and Tung spend plenty of time fighting each other besides faceless goons, most notably after the meeting at Mei-ling’s place goes awry and they start pummeling each other. Before there’s a clear winner though, Mei-ling breaks up the fight by hosing the trio with water.
* NoOSHACompliance: Wah’s facilities with its preference of narrow catwalks with railings below waist levels, dangerous machinery exposed openly, typical villain lair stuff.
* OneManArmy: Wong beats up plenty of mooks by himself in the climax, before Jackie and Tung arrives to assist him. Even when one of the CoDragons (Benny Urquidez) manage to disable him with one kick, Wong simply DoNotGoGentle.
* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: Jackie lose the trust of both his friends Wong and Tung, since they end up believing he’s manipulating them for his own benefits. But all three of them eventually made up in time for the final battle.
* RailingKill: [[spoiler: The BigBad, Wah is finally finished off when Wong manage to subdue him with his own drugs and drop him into a deep pool in his own drug-producing machinery, for a DisneyVillainDeath]].
* RealMenCook: Jackie is shown to be quite a decent chef, spending one scene with Mei-ling in her kitchen.
* RomanticCandlelitDinner: Spoofed in the date between Jackie and May-ling. Wong and Tung are both trying to install their respective bugs while hiding from being noticed by each other, and Jackie didn’t expect both of them to show up in the same night. HilarityEnsues.
* RubeGoldbergDevice: Tung inexplicably had one of this in his living room, apparently meant for transporting his fish from one aquarium to another. The movie never explains this.
* ShoutOut: Hua Hsien-Wu’s introduction scene at the start of the movie, where his bodyguards kill off a rival mob boss and leaves an enemy underling alive, at which point where Hua tells the underling to come work for him instead, is a clear reference to Film/Scarface1983.
* SloganYellingMegaphoneGuy: Parodied, Wong uses a megaphone to yell his AnguisedDeclarationOfLive to Yip.
* SoMuchForStealth: For the climax, Wong sneaks into Hua’s hideout with a microcamera, and starts taking photos of Hua’s laboratory with their drug-producing facilities and equipment, until he noticed through the camera that Hua’s scientists and staff have suddenly stopped working. He then lowers his camera and noticed ''ALL'' enemy mooks are looking at him. OhCrap indeed…
* StaircaseTumble: The fate of several mooks when Jackie fights them on the higher decks of an ocean liner.
* WrenchWhack: Wong receives a hit to the forehead by a wrench held by Yip, who’s pissed off at him. But when she noticed he’s bleeding and not retaliating at all, her response quickly turns into MyGodWhatHaveIDone
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