History Film / Fearless2006

* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Master Qin's sword.

* CoolSword: Master Qin's.

* NoSell: couple of Huo's kicks and moves cause him to stumble against the U.S. wrestler.

* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Huo is one before he learns better.

Incidentally, Jet Li also starred in the 1994 movie ''Film/FistOfLegend'' (itself a remake of the Creator/BruceLee movie ''Film/FistOfFury''), where he played the fictional student of Huo Yuanjia out of [[YouKilledMyMaster get justice for the death of his master]] after he is murdered [[note]]In RealLife, Huo seemingly died of arsenic poisoning, but this was likely accidental rather than foul play[[/note]], so while they have very different continuities, the film could be considered a SpiritualSuccessor of sorts to that one.

* [[spoiler:TheHeroDies: Huo himself at the end.]]

* BlindedByRage: After the Belgian lancer comes off the worse in his first few clashes with Huo's spear, he angrily decides to snap his lance and shorten it to allow him to stab faster. However, his now-shortened reach proves to be the reason he loses the fight.

* CurbStompBattle: One time Huo fought in the rain, and he beat the challengers (MANY!!!) without moving from his spot ''while holding an umbrella''.

* GoodColorsEvilColors: Right before he lost his family, Yuanjia and his students wore all black. Later, he and the Jingwu Association members wore white tops.

* AudibleSharpness: When Huo fights Master Chin, their swords are very, very sharp, and therefore incredibly audible, even when they aren't moving...

* AntiVillain: Tanaka, to the point he isn't really a villain at all.

* DualWielding: Both Huo and Tanaka do this in the last moments of their armed bout, with the former using two separated thirds of his three-sectioned-staff, and the latter using the remaining third and his katana.

* WhatTheFuAreYouDoing: When Tanaka, the Japanese fighter, swipes Huo's three-section staff during their fight (losing his katana to Huo in the process), both men switch fighting styles. Nearly averted at first, with Tanaka dual-wielding the outer sections competently. But all bets are off once Tanaka tries to do a fancy around-the-back spin move, and whacks himself in the head. Huo graciously returns Tanaka's sword, and Tanaka does likewise with Huo's staff.

''Fearless'' (original title: 霍元甲) is a movie starring JetLi, directed by Ronny Yu and released in 2006. It is a fictionalized biopic of famous martial arts master Huo Yuanjia (1868-1910).

* AntiVillain: Tanaka.

** The real life Hercules O'Brien was a boxer, while the one from the film appears to be a professional wrestler. Also, he was an Irishman, while in the film he is American.

* WrestleInAllOfUs: Hercules O'Brien uses a diving splash at a point.

** Tanaka, who declared Huo the victor [[spoiler:even though he's dying of poison]]. ** O'Brien starts off as a SoreLoser but becomes this after Huo saves him from falling on some spikes.

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: If it were not for Huo catching him, [[spoiler: this would have nearly happened to the U.S. Wrestler.]]

** The real life Hercules O'Brien was a boxer, while the one from the film appears to be a catch-as-catch-can wrestler. Also, he was an Irishman, while in the film he is American.

** Also interesting is the fact that Huo and Tanaka don't really switch fighting styles. Instead of using a katana style, Huo swings the katana one-handed with many circular movements, exactly how he would wield a Dao (Chinese single-bladed sword), while Tanaka wields the three-section staff as it is done with the same weapon in traditional Okinawan kobudo. However, as mentioned above, the Japanese seems to have a bit less practice with said art than Huo in his.

* ArtisticLicenseMartialArts: The real life Hercules O'Brien was a boxer, while the one from the film appears to be a catch-as-catch-can wrestler. Also, he was an Irishman, while in the film he is American.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: [[DoomedMoralVictor Huo dies but on his own terms]] while bringing self confidence back to China's martial arts.]]

* CrazyHomelessPeople: There's one who asks Huo when he will become the champion of Tianjin.

* GracefulLoser: Tanaka, who declared Huo the victor [[spoiler:even though he's dying of poison]]. O'Brien starts off as a SoreLoser but becomes this after Huo saves him from falling on some spikes.

* NoSell: couple of Huo's kicks and moves cause him to stumble against the U.S. Wrestler.

** Also interesting is the fact that Huo and Tanaka don't really switch fighting styles. Instead of using a katana style, Huo swings the katana one-handed with many circular movements, exactly how he would wield a Dao (Chinese single-bladed sword), while Tanaka wields the three-section staff as it is done with the same weapon in traditional Okinawan kobudo. However, as said above, the Japanese seems to have a bit less practice with said art than Huo in his.

* BittersweetEnding

* CasualtyInTheRing

* UnskilledButStrong: Hercules O'Brien is this compared to Yuanjia. Unlike many examples of this trope, he is actually very good at utilizing his massive strength to cover up his weaknesses. Behind Tanaka and Master Qin, he gave Yuanjia the most trouble out of his opponents.

** Also interesting is the fact that Huo doesn't really switch fighting styles. Instead of using a katana style, he swings the katana one-handed with many circular movements, exactly how he would wield a Dao (Chinese single-bladed sword).

** Foreign businessman are especially sinister. One of them strongly resembles a DastardlyWhiplash. And Corrupt Japanese Businessman is basically reprising his role in ''Film/TheLastSamurai''.