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* BloodBrothers: The Lung siblings may be related in name only, but they're definitely this trope.
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* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Lung Ka-wah delivers one of these to the youngest brother, Lung Ka-chung, [[spoiler:after their mother's death]] telling him to snap out of his HeroicBSOD.
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* ArmorPiercingSlap: Lung Ka-wah delivers one of these to the youngest brother, Lung Ka-chung, telling him to snap out of his HeroicBSOD.
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* {{Acrofatic}}: Sergeant Po, played by the chubby Kent Cheng, who can kick a surprising amount of ass despite his size. Unfortunately, he doesn’t fare as well in a foot chase when outnumbered, which results in him [[RealityEnsues tiring out from running]] and [[spoiler: quickly shot dead]].
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* {{Acrofatic}}: Sergeant Po, played by the chubby Kent Cheng, who can kick a surprising amount of ass despite his size. Unfortunately, he doesn’t fare as well in a foot chase when outnumbered, which results in him [[RealityEnsues tiring out from running]] running and [[spoiler: quickly shot dead]].
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* DeathOfAChild: During the Lung family massacre, Lung Ying’s grandson, barely 6 years of age, is among the casualties.
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* InfantImmortality: Averted; during the Lung family massacre, Lung Ying’s grandson, barely 6 years of age, is among the casualties.
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After assasinating Lung Ying and killing off most of the Lung family in a shockingly long and brutal massacre scene during Lung Ying's funeral, three brothers - Lung Ka-wah (Andy Lau), Lung Ka-yip (Alan Tam), Lung Ka-chung (Max Mok), not biologically related but sharing the same surnames for being part of the family, have to work together and avenge the Lung family.
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After assasinating assassinating Lung Ying and killing off most of the Lung family in a shockingly long and brutal massacre scene during Lung Ying's funeral, three brothers - Lung Ka-wah (Andy Lau), Lung Ka-yip (Alan Tam), Lung Ka-chung (Max Mok), not biologically related but sharing the same surnames for being part of the family, have to work together and avenge the Lung family.
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One of Hong Kong's leading triad family, the Lung triad, led by Lung Ying, is waning in power. Lung Ying had decided to no longer dabble in the drug trade, and go straight with legitimate business, but his right-hand, White Wolf, and frequent collaborator, Tsui, persists on joining forces in trafficking drugs. When Lung Ying threatens to have them expelled, they instead decide to have the entire Lung family executed and take over.
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One of Hong Kong's leading triad family, the Lung triad, triad led by Lung Ying, is waning in power. Lung Ying had has decided to no longer dabble in the drug trade, trade and go straight with legitimate business, but his right-hand, right-hand man, White Wolf, Wolf and frequent collaborator, Tsui, persists on joining forces in continuing with the drug trafficking drugs.business. When Lung Ying threatens to have them expelled, they instead decide to have the entire Lung family executed and take over.
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* WaterTorture: Part of the Lung brothers’ method of putting Kui, as part of their JackBauerInterrogationTechnique to force Kui to reveal Tsui’s private hideout.
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* WaterTorture: Part of the Lung brothers’ method of putting grilling Kui, as part of their JackBauerInterrogationTechnique to force Kui to reveal Tsui’s private hideout.
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* ArmorPiercingSlap: Lung Ka-wah delivers one of these to the youngest brother, Lung Ka-chung, telling him to snap out of his HeroicBSOD.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: White Wolf, the right-hand of Lung Ying, partakes in the drug trade despite being repeatedly warned against doing so.
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* MexicanStandoff: Happens briefly in the climax, when a bunch of mooks gets the drop on the Lung brothers just as the brothers holds a MookLieutenant at gunpoint too.
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* BadBoss: Tsui, who is willing to backstab anyone on the same ranks as him to earn his KilingonPromotion in the triads, and when finding out his right-hand man, Kui, was captured by the Lung brothers and taken hostage, nonchalantly orders his mooks to kill everyone – Kui included.
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* BadBoss: Tsui, who is willing to backstab anyone on the same ranks as him to earn his KilingonPromotion KlingonPromotion in the triads, and when finding out his right-hand man, Kui, was captured by the Lung brothers and taken hostage, nonchalantly orders his mooks to kill everyone – Kui included.
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HumanShield: Kui ends up being one held by Lung Ka-chung during the final shootout. He's also a BulletproofHumanShield, soaking more than a dozen rounds before being flung aside as a distraction.
*ImprovisedWeaponImprovisedWeapon: More than once, notably during fight scenes.
** Lung Ka-chung strangles an assassin sent by Tsui after him using a clothes hanger.
** While fighting the American drug dealer working for Tsui, Lung Ka-yip bites a shard of glass and use it to [[SlashedThroat slice his opponent's jugular]].
** In the same fight scene, the second American drug dealer tries to retaliate by using his BriefcaseFullOfMoney as a club. Predictably, his briefcase ends up getting kicked out of his hands sending loads and loads of hundred-dollar bills all over the air, with him exasperatedly shouting, "My money!"
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** Lung Ka-chung strangles an assassin sent by Tsui after him using a clothes hanger.
** While fighting the American drug dealer working for Tsui, Lung Ka-yip bites a shard of glass and use it to [[SlashedThroat slice his opponent's jugular]].
** In the same fight scene, the second American drug dealer tries to retaliate by using his BriefcaseFullOfMoney as a club. Predictably, his briefcase ends up getting kicked out of his hands sending loads and loads of hundred-dollar bills all over the air, with him exasperatedly shouting, "My money!"
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* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Wolf, after deciding to work with Tsui to betray Lung Ying and initiate the family massacre, congratulates Tsui on becoming his newest partner. [[spoiler: Tsui is not amused and shoots Wolf in the gut repeatedly from point-blank range, and throws Wolf off a balcony. The camera even zooms in on Wolf’s face that simply says “WTF”?]]
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* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Wolf, after deciding to work with Tsui to betray Lung Ying and initiate the family massacre, congratulates Tsui on becoming his newest partner. [[spoiler: Tsui is not amused and shoots Wolf in the gut repeatedly from point-blank range, and throws Wolf off a balcony. The camera even zooms in on Wolf’s face that simply says “WTF”?]]"WTF"?]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:When you tell your movie poster designers to include ALL the action from your movie...]]
''The Dragon Family'' is a 1988 Hong Kong HeroicBloodshed action movie starring Creator/AndyLau, Alan Tam and Max Mok.
One of Hong Kong's leading triad family, the Lung triad, led by Lung Ying, is waning in power. Lung Ying had decided to no longer dabble in the drug trade, and go straight with legitimate business, but his right-hand, White Wolf, and frequent collaborator, Tsui, persists on joining forces in trafficking drugs. When Lung Ying threatens to have them expelled, they instead decide to have the entire Lung family executed and take over.
After assasinating Lung Ying and killing off most of the Lung family in a shockingly long and brutal massacre scene during Lung Ying's funeral, three brothers - Lung Ka-wah (Andy Lau), Lung Ka-yip (Alan Tam), Lung Ka-chung (Max Mok), not biologically related but sharing the same surnames for being part of the family, have to work together and avenge the Lung family.
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!!This film contains examples of:
* {{Acrofatic}}: Sergeant Po, played by the chubby Kent Cheng, who can kick a surprising amount of ass despite his size. Unfortunately, he doesn’t fare as well in a foot chase when outnumbered, which results in him [[RealityEnsues tiring out from running]] and [[spoiler: quickly shot dead]].
* AlliterativeFamily: Lung Ka-wah (Andy Lau), Lung Ka-yip (Alan Tam), Lung Ka-chung (Max Mok).
* BadassPacifist: Lung Ka-wah stays out of violence and killings throughout the movie, but he can still kick ass and fight. And when pushed too far, he’s willing to finally break his ThouShallNotKill rule and start taking names.
* BadassFamily: The Lung brothers, [[TheHero Lung Ka-yip]], [[TheLancer Lung Ka-wah]], and [[TheHeart Lung Ka-chung]].
* BadBoss: Tsui, who is willing to backstab anyone on the same ranks as him to earn his KilingonPromotion in the triads, and when finding out his right-hand man, Kui, was captured by the Lung brothers and taken hostage, nonchalantly orders his mooks to kill everyone – Kui included.
* BringMyBrownPants: Caught in the cross fire of the final shootout, Kui ends up wetting his pants. And slips on the puddle of his own piss!
* DesecratingTheDead: White Wolf shows up during Lung Ying’s funeral, but only with the intention to [[UnsportsmanlikeGloating repeatedly gloat]] about how his new triad business will flourish and that the Lung family are fools for not following into the drug business. Of course, his arrival is actually to signal his henchmen to ambush and massacre everyone in the funeral.
* DisproportionateRetribution: White Wolf, the right-hand of Lung Ying, partakes in the drug trade despite being repeatedly warned against doing so.
* DrugsAreBad: Lung Ying, patriarch of the Lung family, is willing to have his syndicate perform any kind of illicit activities, except drugs. In fact, his refusal to partake in the drug business ends up causing a schism in his subordinates, triggering the bigger plot of the movie.
* FamilyTitle: Lung means "Dragon" in Chinese, and most of the movie features thew ups and downs of the Lung triad family.
* HumanShield
* ImprovisedWeapon
* InfantImmortality: Averted; during the Lung family massacre, Lung Ying’s grandson, barely 6 years of age, is among the casualties.
* KarmicDeath:
** Wolf decides to betray his closest ally, Lung Ying, to take over his position in the triad. [[spoiler: He gets immediately betrayed and killed by his newest closest ally, Tsui, roughly ten minutes later]].
** Tsui, in an effort to LeaveNoSurvivors, had his henchmen [[spoiler: kill off the Lung brothers’ mother by lighting her on fire]]. In the climatic finale [[spoiler: the Lung brothers roasts Tsui alive]].
* LastDisrespects: The Lung family massacre happens during Lung Ying’s very funeral, with the mourners actually being Tsui’s minions waiting to whip out machine-guns from their robes and start killing everybody.
* ManOnFire: [[spoiler: Tsui’s final fate, being set on fire after Lung Ka-chung smashes a MolotovCocktail on where he stands. For good measure, he ends up jumping out of a nearby window as he burns, forgetting that he is currently on the penthouse level]].
* RageBreakingPoint: Lung Ka-wah is a pacifist and despite losing most of his family to Tsui, he’s more willing to work as a pimp to support his ill and crippled mother rather than try to seek revenge. But when [[spoiler: Tsui had his mooks kill off Lung’s mother, finally Lung Ka-wah decides to grab his shotgun and go on a rampage]].
*RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Wolf, after deciding to work with Tsui to betray Lung Ying and initiate the family massacre, congratulates Tsui on becoming his newest partner. [[spoiler: Tsui is not amused and shoots Wolf in the gut repeatedly from point-blank range, and throws Wolf off a balcony. The camera even zooms in on Wolf’s face that simply says “WTF”?]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The final shootout between the Lung brothers and Tsui’s syndicate, where the three brothers are pretty much on a SelfDestructiveCharge to kill absolutely everybody affiliated with Tsui before [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill offing Tsui in the most painful way]] possible to avenge their massacred family.
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: White Wolf shows up in Lung Ying’s funeral, claiming that he’s to pay his last respects, but ends up gloating in a passive-aggressive way about his superiority in the drug trade.
* SwordFight: A very fierce and bloody one happens between Lung Ka-wah and Tsui in the final battle, as both combatants uses up all their firearms' ammunition and decide to grab swords which are hanging from the walls as decorations.
* TheTriadsAndTheTongs: Most of the movie is about a power struggle in a once-flourishing triad family, and the consequences it leaves on three brothers which are part of it.
* TrouserSpace: In the final shootout, Lung Ka-wah hides a shotgun in his trousers. Which allows him to gun down mooks by shoving his hand in his pockets and pointing his foot at his target.
* WaterTorture: Part of the Lung brothers’ method of putting Kui, as part of their JackBauerInterrogationTechnique to force Kui to reveal Tsui’s private hideout.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
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[[caption-width-right:350:When you tell your movie poster designers to include ALL the action from your movie...]]
''The Dragon Family'' is a 1988 Hong Kong HeroicBloodshed action movie starring Creator/AndyLau, Alan Tam and Max Mok.
One of Hong Kong's leading triad family, the Lung triad, led by Lung Ying, is waning in power. Lung Ying had decided to no longer dabble in the drug trade, and go straight with legitimate business, but his right-hand, White Wolf, and frequent collaborator, Tsui, persists on joining forces in trafficking drugs. When Lung Ying threatens to have them expelled, they instead decide to have the entire Lung family executed and take over.
After assasinating Lung Ying and killing off most of the Lung family in a shockingly long and brutal massacre scene during Lung Ying's funeral, three brothers - Lung Ka-wah (Andy Lau), Lung Ka-yip (Alan Tam), Lung Ka-chung (Max Mok), not biologically related but sharing the same surnames for being part of the family, have to work together and avenge the Lung family.
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!!This film contains examples of:
* {{Acrofatic}}: Sergeant Po, played by the chubby Kent Cheng, who can kick a surprising amount of ass despite his size. Unfortunately, he doesn’t fare as well in a foot chase when outnumbered, which results in him [[RealityEnsues tiring out from running]] and [[spoiler: quickly shot dead]].
* AlliterativeFamily: Lung Ka-wah (Andy Lau), Lung Ka-yip (Alan Tam), Lung Ka-chung (Max Mok).
* BadassPacifist: Lung Ka-wah stays out of violence and killings throughout the movie, but he can still kick ass and fight. And when pushed too far, he’s willing to finally break his ThouShallNotKill rule and start taking names.
* BadassFamily: The Lung brothers, [[TheHero Lung Ka-yip]], [[TheLancer Lung Ka-wah]], and [[TheHeart Lung Ka-chung]].
* BadBoss: Tsui, who is willing to backstab anyone on the same ranks as him to earn his KilingonPromotion in the triads, and when finding out his right-hand man, Kui, was captured by the Lung brothers and taken hostage, nonchalantly orders his mooks to kill everyone – Kui included.
* BringMyBrownPants: Caught in the cross fire of the final shootout, Kui ends up wetting his pants. And slips on the puddle of his own piss!
* DesecratingTheDead: White Wolf shows up during Lung Ying’s funeral, but only with the intention to [[UnsportsmanlikeGloating repeatedly gloat]] about how his new triad business will flourish and that the Lung family are fools for not following into the drug business. Of course, his arrival is actually to signal his henchmen to ambush and massacre everyone in the funeral.
* DisproportionateRetribution: White Wolf, the right-hand of Lung Ying, partakes in the drug trade despite being repeatedly warned against doing so.
* DrugsAreBad: Lung Ying, patriarch of the Lung family, is willing to have his syndicate perform any kind of illicit activities, except drugs. In fact, his refusal to partake in the drug business ends up causing a schism in his subordinates, triggering the bigger plot of the movie.
* FamilyTitle: Lung means "Dragon" in Chinese, and most of the movie features thew ups and downs of the Lung triad family.
* HumanShield
* ImprovisedWeapon
* InfantImmortality: Averted; during the Lung family massacre, Lung Ying’s grandson, barely 6 years of age, is among the casualties.
* KarmicDeath:
** Wolf decides to betray his closest ally, Lung Ying, to take over his position in the triad. [[spoiler: He gets immediately betrayed and killed by his newest closest ally, Tsui, roughly ten minutes later]].
** Tsui, in an effort to LeaveNoSurvivors, had his henchmen [[spoiler: kill off the Lung brothers’ mother by lighting her on fire]]. In the climatic finale [[spoiler: the Lung brothers roasts Tsui alive]].
* LastDisrespects: The Lung family massacre happens during Lung Ying’s very funeral, with the mourners actually being Tsui’s minions waiting to whip out machine-guns from their robes and start killing everybody.
* ManOnFire: [[spoiler: Tsui’s final fate, being set on fire after Lung Ka-chung smashes a MolotovCocktail on where he stands. For good measure, he ends up jumping out of a nearby window as he burns, forgetting that he is currently on the penthouse level]].
* RageBreakingPoint: Lung Ka-wah is a pacifist and despite losing most of his family to Tsui, he’s more willing to work as a pimp to support his ill and crippled mother rather than try to seek revenge. But when [[spoiler: Tsui had his mooks kill off Lung’s mother, finally Lung Ka-wah decides to grab his shotgun and go on a rampage]].
*RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Wolf, after deciding to work with Tsui to betray Lung Ying and initiate the family massacre, congratulates Tsui on becoming his newest partner. [[spoiler: Tsui is not amused and shoots Wolf in the gut repeatedly from point-blank range, and throws Wolf off a balcony. The camera even zooms in on Wolf’s face that simply says “WTF”?]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The final shootout between the Lung brothers and Tsui’s syndicate, where the three brothers are pretty much on a SelfDestructiveCharge to kill absolutely everybody affiliated with Tsui before [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill offing Tsui in the most painful way]] possible to avenge their massacred family.
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: White Wolf shows up in Lung Ying’s funeral, claiming that he’s to pay his last respects, but ends up gloating in a passive-aggressive way about his superiority in the drug trade.
* SwordFight: A very fierce and bloody one happens between Lung Ka-wah and Tsui in the final battle, as both combatants uses up all their firearms' ammunition and decide to grab swords which are hanging from the walls as decorations.
* TheTriadsAndTheTongs: Most of the movie is about a power struggle in a once-flourishing triad family, and the consequences it leaves on three brothers which are part of it.
* TrouserSpace: In the final shootout, Lung Ka-wah hides a shotgun in his trousers. Which allows him to gun down mooks by shoving his hand in his pockets and pointing his foot at his target.
* WaterTorture: Part of the Lung brothers’ method of putting Kui, as part of their JackBauerInterrogationTechnique to force Kui to reveal Tsui’s private hideout.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
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