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Alec has only had his powers for half a millennium.


* AntagonistInMourning: [[spoiler: Alec [=McCullough=]]] has been mourning the deaths of his wife and son for a couple thousand years due to his [[CursedWithAwesome immortality]]. He's the BigBad.

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* AntagonistInMourning: [[spoiler: Alec [=McCullough=]]] has been mourning the deaths of his wife and son for a couple thousand five hundred years due to his [[CursedWithAwesome immortality]]. He's the BigBad.
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A feature-length film, ''Fistful of Vengeance'', which will serve as the sequel, was announced in February 2021. Iko Uwais, Lewis Tan, [=JuJu=] Chan, and Lawrence Kao will reprise their roles, joined by Pearl Thusi, Francesca Torney, Jason Tobin, Rhatha Pongam, and Simon Kuke. It will be released on February 17, 2022.

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A feature-length film, ''Fistful of Vengeance'', ''Film/FistfulOfVengeance'', which will serve as the sequel, was announced in February 2021. Iko Uwais, Lewis Tan, [=JuJu=] Chan, and Lawrence Kao will reprise their roles, joined by Pearl Thusi, Francesca Torney, Jason Tobin, Rhatha Pongam, and Simon Kuke. It will be released on February 17, 2022.
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The series also stars Creator/ByronMann as Uncle Six, leader of the Triad and Kai's stepfather; Creator/LewisTan as Lu Xin Lee, Kai's oldest friend who runs a car theft ring for the Triad; Creator/TommyFlanagan as Alec [=McCullough=], an international crime boss with a mysterious interest in San Francisco’s Chinatown; Li Jun Li as Jenny Wah, a Chinese-American restaureteur and Kai's friend; Lawrence Kao as Tommy Wah, Jenny's brother; and Celia Au as Ying Yin. Creator/MarkDacascos recurs as a monk who disguises Kai's identity, as do [=JuJu=] Chan as the skilled assassin Zan and Creator/TziMa as Kai's kind neighbor Mr. Young.

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The series also stars Creator/ByronMann as Uncle Six, leader of the Triad and Kai's stepfather; Creator/LewisTan as Lu Xin Lee, Kai's oldest friend who runs a car theft ring for the Triad; Creator/TommyFlanagan as Alec [=McCullough=], an international crime boss with a mysterious interest in San Francisco’s Chinatown; Li Jun Li as Jenny Wah, a Chinese-American restaureteur restaurateur and Kai's friend; Lawrence Kao as Tommy Wah, Jenny's brother; and Celia Au as Ying Yin.Ying, Kai's teacher. Creator/MarkDacascos recurs as a monk who disguises Kai's identity, as do [=JuJu=] Chan as the skilled assassin Zan and Creator/TziMa as Kai's kind neighbor Mr. Young.
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A feature-length film, ''Fistful of Vengenace'', which will serve as the sequel, was announced in February 2021. Iko Uwais, Lewis Tan, [=JuJu=] Chan, and Lawrence Kao will reprise their roles, joined by Pearl Thusi, Francesca Torney, Jason Tobin, Rhatha Pongam, and Simon Kuke. It will be released on February 17, 2022.

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A feature-length film, ''Fistful of Vengenace'', Vengeance'', which will serve as the sequel, was announced in February 2021. Iko Uwais, Lewis Tan, [=JuJu=] Chan, and Lawrence Kao will reprise their roles, joined by Pearl Thusi, Francesca Torney, Jason Tobin, Rhatha Pongam, and Simon Kuke. It will be released on February 17, 2022.

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The series also stars Creator/ByronMann as Uncle Six, Creator/LewisTan as Lu Xin Lee, Kai's oldest friend who runs a car theft ring for the Triad; Creator/TommyFlanagan as Alec [=McCullough=], an international crime boss with a mysterious interest in San Francisco’s Chinatown; [=JuJu=] Chan as the skilled assassin Zan; Creator/MarkDacascos as a monk and Tzi Ma as Mr. Young, a kindly Chinatown grocer and a mentor to Kai.

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The series also stars Creator/ByronMann as Uncle Six, leader of the Triad and Kai's stepfather; Creator/LewisTan as Lu Xin Lee, Kai's oldest friend who runs a car theft ring for the Triad; Creator/TommyFlanagan as Alec [=McCullough=], an international crime boss with a mysterious interest in San Francisco’s Chinatown; Li Jun Li as Jenny Wah, a Chinese-American restaureteur and Kai's friend; Lawrence Kao as Tommy Wah, Jenny's brother; and Celia Au as Ying Yin. Creator/MarkDacascos recurs as a monk who disguises Kai's identity, as do [=JuJu=] Chan as the skilled assassin Zan; Creator/MarkDacascos as a monk Zan and Tzi Ma Creator/TziMa as Kai's kind neighbor Mr. Young, a kindly Chinatown grocer and a mentor to Kai.
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A feature-length film, ''Fistful of Vengenace'', which will serve as the sequel, was announced in February 2021. Iko Uwais, Lewis Tan, [=JuJu=] Chan, and Lawrence Kao will reprise their roles, joined by Pearl Thusi, Francesca Torney, Jason Tobin, Rhatha Pongam, and Simon Kuke. It will be released on February 17, 2022.
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* CapturedOnPurpose: Done by GG as she allows herself to be arrested stealing a car so she can meet her police contact.

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* CapturedOnPurpose: Done by GG CG as she allows herself to be arrested stealing a car so she can meet her police contact.



* DisabilityImmunity: The Metal Wu can possess the bodies of people thanks to the iron in their blood. When he does so to GG, he gloats in a mindscape on his control of her. At which point, GG smirks that she just happens to be anemic which means she can reassert control and leave the Wu the one locked up in his own mind.
-->'''GG''': You should have paid more attention in chemistry class.

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* DisabilityImmunity: The Metal Wu can possess the bodies of people thanks to the iron in their blood. When he does so to GG, CG, he gloats in a mindscape on his control of her. At which point, GG CG smirks that she just happens to be anemic which means she can reassert control and leave the Wu the one locked up in his own mind.
-->'''GG''': -->'''CG''': You should have paid more attention in chemistry class.



* INeverToldYouMyName: When an Assassin possesses a cop to aid a raid on a police station, GG has gotten herself arrested as part of her undercover assignment. The "cop" urges her to go, calling her Christine. At first going with, GG hits her with a taser as the cop shouldn't know her by anything but her cover name. Interestingly, she never calls the Assassin out on the mistake.

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* INeverToldYouMyName: When an Assassin possesses a cop to aid a raid on a police station, GG CG has gotten herself arrested as part of her undercover assignment. The "cop" urges her to go, calling her Christine. At first going with, GG CG hits her with a taser as the cop shouldn't know her by anything but her cover name. Interestingly, she never calls the Assassin out on the mistake.
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* EverybodyWasKungFuFighting: Almost every single named character displays martial arts skills in combat, to varying degrees of proficiency.

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* EverybodyWasKungFuFighting: Almost every single named character displays martial arts skills in combat, to varying degrees of proficiency. And since most of them are Asian-American, this doubles as AllAsiansKnowMartialArts.
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* AntagonistInMourning: [[spoiler: Alec McCullough]] has been mourning the deaths of his wife and son for a couple thousand years due to his [[CursedWithAwesome immortality]]. He's the BigBad.

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* AntagonistInMourning: [[spoiler: Alec McCullough]] [=McCullough=]]] has been mourning the deaths of his wife and son for a couple thousand years due to his [[CursedWithAwesome immortality]]. He's the BigBad.

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* RealityEnsues:
** Jenny Wah may be a badass ActionGirl, but Zan is a professional criminal and the personal enforcer of the head of the Triad, which she's been a part of since age 13. [[spoiler:The first two times they fight Jenny gets brutally pummeled into a bloody pulp. The third time, it takes Jenn and CG double-teaming Zan to finally defeat her]].
*** [[spoiler: Regarding the third fight, it realistically takes Zan several minutes to succumb to CG's chokehold and she's still fighting through every single one]].
** [[spoiler:Uncle Six thinks he can fight Zan for control of the Triad, but she just shoots him in the knee with a gun and later executes him by shooting him in the head.]]


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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Jenny Wah may be a badass ActionGirl, but Zan is a professional criminal and the personal enforcer of the head of the Triad, which she's been a part of since age 13. [[spoiler:The first two times they fight Jenny gets brutally pummeled into a bloody pulp. The third time, it takes Jenn and CG double-teaming Zan to finally defeat her]].
*** [[spoiler: Regarding the third fight, it realistically takes Zan several minutes to succumb to CG's chokehold and she's still fighting through every single one]].
** [[spoiler:Uncle Six thinks he can fight Zan for control of the Triad, but she just shoots him in the knee with a gun and later executes him by shooting him in the head.]]
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The series also stars Creator/ByronMann as Uncle Six, Lewis Tan as Lu Xin Lee, Kai's oldest friend who runs a car theft ring for the Triad; Creator/TommyFlanagan as Alec [=McCullough=], an international crime boss with a mysterious interest in San Francisco’s Chinatown; [=JuJu=] Chan as the skilled assassin Zan; Creator/MarkDacascos as a monk and Tzi Ma as Mr. Young, a kindly Chinatown grocer and a mentor to Kai.

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The series also stars Creator/ByronMann as Uncle Six, Lewis Tan Creator/LewisTan as Lu Xin Lee, Kai's oldest friend who runs a car theft ring for the Triad; Creator/TommyFlanagan as Alec [=McCullough=], an international crime boss with a mysterious interest in San Francisco’s Chinatown; [=JuJu=] Chan as the skilled assassin Zan; Creator/MarkDacascos as a monk and Tzi Ma as Mr. Young, a kindly Chinatown grocer and a mentor to Kai.
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* CombatPragmatist: Beautifully done as Uncle Six and Zan face off, taking off their jackets, Six getting into a fighting stance...and Zan just shoots him in the leg, smirking on how he honestly expected a fair fight.
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* DisabilityImmunity: The Metal Wu can possess the bodies of people thanks to the iron in their blood. When he does so to GG, he gloats in a mindscape on his control of her. At which point, GG smirks that she just happens to be anemic which means she can reassert control and leave the Wu the one locked up in his own mind.
-->'''GG''': You should have paid more attention in chemistry class.
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* INeverToldYouMyName: When an Assassin possesses a cop to aid a raid on a police station, GG has gotten herself arrested as part of her undercover assignment. The "cop" urges her to go, calling her Christine. At first going with, GG hits her with a taser as the cop shouldn't know her by anything but her cover name. Interestingly, she never calls the Assassin out on the mistake.
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* CapturedOnPurpose: Done by GG as she allows herself to be arrested stealing a car so she can meet her police contact.
* CassandraTruth: When arrested by the cops, Tommy tells them completely about the war of superpowered beings, which, of course, they don't believe...until the station comes under attack.
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* OhCrap: In their first fight, Uncle Six attempts to incinerate Kai, who promptly deflects the fire. Six is clearly shocked and disturbed that his go-to tactic has been nullified so easily.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Kai manages to gain all five of the Wu Jing without necessarily having to kill all of their respective Warlords, save the world, and rescue CG, Jenny, and Tommy, but must deal with the loss of his adoptive father, the fact that his killer is still running free and likely in command of the Triads, and the fact that he unecessarily killed Alec in cold blood. Plus, it's implied that his days as Wu Assassin are far from over.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Kai manages to gain all five of the Wu Jing without necessarily having to kill all of their respective Warlords, save the world, and rescue CG, Jenny, and Tommy, but must deal with the loss of his adoptive father, the fact that his killer is still running free and likely in command of the Triads, and the fact that he unecessarily killed Alec in cold blood.blood, thus negating his earlier emphasis that he's not a murderer. Plus, it's implied that his days as Wu Assassin are far from over.]]



* HopeSpot: Alec [[spoiler: gets to be reunited with his family in the past, but due to his 21st century dress and mannerisms, they barely recognize him at first. And then he's killed by Kai before he has a chance to properly reconnect with them]].

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* HopeSpot: In what appears to be a textbook KarmaHoudini, Alec [[spoiler: gets to be reunited with his family in the past, but due to his 21st century dress and mannerisms, they barely recognize him at first. And then he's killed by Kai before he has a chance to properly reconnect with them]].

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