Line #27 Film/BloodMoon


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3	->''A red moon - a bloodmoon - is rising and someone is going to die.''
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5	''Bloodmoon'' is a 1997 MartialArtsMovie / [[BuddyCopShow Buddy Cop Movie]] starring Creator/GaryDaniels as Detective Ken O'Hara, Darren Shahlavi as "The Killer" and Chuck Jeffreys as Detective Chuck Baker.
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7	In UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, a SerialKiller is stalking the best fighters in town and killing them one by one. Supporting roles are played by [[Series/Batman1966 Frank Gorshin]] as Chief Hutchins , Brandie Sylfae as Kelly Weller and Wrestling/RobVanDam as Dutch Schultz.
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10	!!This movie contains examples of the following tropes:
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12	* ActionGirl: Kelly is a US Karate champion. Doesn't save her from the killer in the end though.
13	* ArtisticLicenseLawEnforcement: O'Hara and Baker allow Kelly, a civilian related to one of the victims and another target of the Killer, to aid their investigation instead of putting her under police protection. She somehow convinces them with the nonsensical reason of her being a target. This indirectly leads to her death.
14	* ArtisticLicenseSports: The first fight is supposedly against a boxer but the actor playing him was actually a kickboxer which uses different striking techniques - obvious to any viewer with familiarity with either discipline.
15	* ArtificialLimbs: The killer has two ''metal'' fingers that are strong enough to impale a human being and punch through thin metal.
16	* BadassCape: The killer is wearing one during several of his fights.
17	* BarBrawl: Kelly kicks the crap out of several drunken leches while unknown to her the killer watches with approval.
18	* BloodKnight: The killer, lampshaded by a medical examiner.
19	-->"...it's the fight he's interested in. Once they're dead, he's done."
20	* CombatCompliment: The killer gives one to O'Hara after getting punched back about ten feet.
21	-->"Very good!"
22	* ContrivedCoincidence: Kelly sees the Killer standing in plain sight in the middle of a crowd in front of the police station and suddenly remembers seeing his face when they first fought.
23	* CurbStompBattle: The first fight - a world light heavyweight champion boxer barely manages to get a hit in against the killer. Schultz briefly appears to be more of a match for the killer, but it quickly becomes obvious the killer is just toying with him.
24	* DaChief: Frank Gorshin's character.
25	* DramaticIrony: Baker and O'Hara find that Chad Atkins is recorded as being dead in the police records, when the audience knows that he's clearly alive and is the real Killer.
26	* EvenEvilHasStandards: The killer goads O'Hara into the final battle by pretending to have tied his family to a bomb with a fifteen minute timer, however it's just a harmless confetti cannon. He also only chokes out Schultz's girlfriend before the fight leaving her unconscious but alive instead of killing her.
27	* EvilLaugh: The killer naturally.
28	* EvilWearsBlack: The killer is always dressed in black or dark blue.
29	* {{Expy}}: Baker is pretty much [[Film/BeverlyHillsCop Axel Foley]]/Creator/EddieMurphy with the serial numbers filed off.
30	* FakingTheDead: It's revealed that Chad Atkins, the Killer's true identity, was recorded as having been killed in a car accident.
31	* FlashbackNightmare: O'Hara has one about when he was tortured by a serial killer.
32	* GainaxEnding: Crossed with SurprisinglyHappyEnding with TheReveal at the end of the film that the bomb the family was tied to was just a harmless confetti cannon, and that the supposed child killer never killed any children at all.
33	* IdiotBall: Kelly manages to trail the killer back to his home and goes in without waiting for backup despite knowing just how skilled he is after their first fight. It doesn't end well for her.
34	* ImprovisedWeapon: Both the boxer and Schultz make various unsuccessful attempts at using ones against the killer. During the final battle O'Hara uses a metal pipe to far better effect.
35	* InformedAbility: Both the first onscreen victim, the boxer, and the second, the tough guy, make a very poor showing against the killer, despite being supposed to be very skilled fighters themselves.
36	* JerkassBall: Baker is initially a dick to O'Hara for no good reason other than he's a wash-up with a lower rank than him.
37	* KilledOffscreen: Kelly is found dead in a cupboard after stupidly going to the killer's hideout on her own, despite being knocked unconscious in her first fight with him. Three of the killer's other victims are killed offscreen too.
38	* LetsYouAndHimFight: O'Hara and Baker briefly fight after encountering each other in the dark at a crime scene until Kelly turns up the lights.
39	* MalevolentMaskedMen: The killer wears a simple Venetian style half face mask to conceal his identity. He removes it when he's sure he's going to win the fight and for the final fight with O'Hara.
40	* MoodWhiplash: Baker jokes with the other officers at the scene of the first killing, but when he crouches down near the body he is obviously disturbed by the scene and covers the victims head with a white cloth.
41	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Baker and O'Hara's decision to let Kelly aid their investigation indirectly leads to her death when she figures out the killer's location before they do and goes rushing off to confirm this by herself.
42	* OffBridgeOntoVehicle: Done by the killer to escape O'Hara and Baker in their first confrontation.
43	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: "The Killer" for most of the film. He's eventually identified as Chad Atkins, but is still credited as "The Killer" in the film's credits.
44	* PapaWolf: You do ''not'' want to threaten or hurt O'Hara's family as some local thugs and The Killer find out.
45	* SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou: Daniels as O'Hara on the official poster.
46	* SerialKiller: The Killer is one for martial arts champions, wanting a good fight from them.
47	* StageMagician: Baker does a few sleight of hand tricks throughout the film, like producing handkerchiefs and fake flowers.
48	* SuperWindowJump: The killer does this to escape onto the top of a passing truck.
49	* SwordFight: The Killer and and a dojo master engage in one of these. It's probably the hardest fight The Killer has barring, the final showdown, though he (obviously) still wins.
50	* TakingYouWithMe: The Killer tries this with O'Hara who just barely avoids being dragged off the edge of a building as the killer falls to his death.
51	* TooDumbToLive: Kelly's insistence on joining the investigation even after it's revealed that she's another target of the Killer is what leads to her death.
52	* UnexplainedRecovery: Baker somehow survives getting stabbed by the Killer and a back injury caused by him falling several feet with a rope around his torso.
53	* TheUnreveal: It's never revealed how the Killer managed to fake his car crash death and why he did it.
54	* WorthyOpponent: What The Killer is ultimately looking for - he even insults fighters who don't provide enough of a challenge for him.
55	-->"Why aren't you ''better?''"
56	* WouldHitAGirl: The Killer attacks Kelly in her apartment, fighting to kill before O'Hara and Baker intervene.
57	* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Schultz uses wrestling moves in his fight against the killer. Not surprising since he's played by a wrestler.

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