Honor and Glory is a 1993 action film starring Cynthia Rothrock.
FBI agent Tracy Pride (Rothrock) is on a mission to bust Jason Slade, a corrupt bank president who is trying to sell a stolen atomic device. Also on Slade's trail are Tracy's sister Joyce, a TV reporter, and their father John, a CIA agent. Conveniently, all of these characters are trained in kung fu.
This film provides examples of:
- A God Am I: Jason Slade sees himself this way.Slade: "I'm like a god! I'll piss on you... from a great height!"
- Alternate DVD Commentary: In 2016 the film was the subject of a RiffTrax commentary featuring Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett.
- Amusing Injuries: It's hard not to crack a smile while Mickey is getting his ass kicked by Hideo.
- Anachronism Stew: Although the film presumably takes place in the present day of 1993, there is a mention of Soviet intelligence. It is possible that the script was written before the end of the Cold War of 1991.
- As You Know: Probably one of the clumsiest examples in film history is when Mickey is out having lunch at a Chinese place and he sees Jason Slade walking out after talking to one of the workers.Mickey: (who we remind you is eating ALONE) That's Jason Slade! Joyce did a report on him. He's an evil man. Waiter!
- Blatant Lies: This gem occurs, though the movie is not smart enough to be making a self-aware joke about itself:Tracy: Dad, are you alright?John: (visibly bruised, is crouched over from the pain, bleeding from the scalp with one black eye completely closed) Tracy. Joyce. Yeah, I'm okay.Mike Nelson: (as John) Blood's poolin' on mah brain, but I'm totally good!
- Bodyguard Betrayal: Well, not so much a betrayal as a resignation.
- Calling the Old Man Out: Joyce takes her father to task for ignoring her during her childhood.
- Celebrity Resemblance: Jake looks and sounds exactly like Eddie Murphy. Especially with his shades on.
- Cigarette Burns: Slade puts his cigar out in his own palm as an attempt to be intimidating during the climax.
- Butt-Monkey: Mickey.
- Covers Always Lie: Cynthia Rothrock's hair is much shorter, and her clothes are much looser in the movie than they appear on the cover/poster (see main image)
- Death Montage: The non-cooperative BBTI executives are wiped out by Hideo.
- Disposable Sex Worker: Averted. None of the prostitutes in the film are killed, but their pimp is.
- Dogged Nice Guy: Despite being totally out of his depth, Mickey keeps trying to help Joyce catch Slade.
- Easily Forgiven: Joyce instantly forgets her resentment of her father after he is taken hostage by Slade.
- Every Body Was Kung Fu Fighting: Everyone in this film's universe seems to be trained in martial arts.[Jake Armstrong morosely kicks a soda can.]Bill Corbett: "So far that can is the only character that doesn't know kung fu."
- "Friends" Rent Control: Mickey is often referred to as a "kid", and seems to have no job, but he owns a nice house in a D.C. suburb.
- Heel–Face Turn: Jake Armstrong quits Slade's employ rather than be "party to murder", though it's worth noting that he does nothing to prevent that murder from happening.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: How the dragon dies.
- Informed Ability: Mildly. Joyce is said to be Seifu's best student, but she gets the least amount of hits in and gets tossed around a lot in the final kung fu fight against Slade.
- Ironic Echo: "Only death can retire Jason Slade!"
- Juggle Fu: To show off her mad skills, Joyce picks up a ringing phone with a long stick and tosses it to herself.Bill Corbett: "Yes, that took fifty-seven takes."
- Kick the Dog: Jason Slade is given several opportunities to exhibit his dickishness. In one of the strangest examples, he blows off a prayer breakfast with Ronald Reagan, scoffing "to hell with that old bastard!"
- Kingpin in His Gym: Jason Slade spends much of his time working out with exotic martial arts equipment.
- Large Ham: Good God, the actor playing Slade is picking enormous pieces of the set out of his teeth in every last scene he's in.
- Never Bring a Knife to a Fist Fight: Joyce is attacked by the daughter of a senator she exposed. The woman pulls a knife and is promptly dispatched with kung fu.
- Overcrank: Especially during Joyce's workout scenes, and when Tracy is fighting Silk.
- Plot Hole: The movie in no way explains to the audience how the heck Tracy, Joyce, Dragon Lee, and Jake know where Slade took their father in order to beat the location of the recovered money out of him. They just show up like they had a homing beacon on him or something.
- Scenery Porn: Definitely averted. This film was shot in drab D.C. suburbs, often during overcast weather.Bill Corbett: "The chase for glory takes you through a lot of suburban Virginia strip malls."
- Smug Snake: Jason Slade's character brags about how powerful he is and that he's a god, when in reality he's just a bank manager with delusions of grandeur who wants to make it big time by becoming an arms dealer.Slade: "Winning's the easy part. It's toying with them that I enjoy."
- Stupid Evil: The senator's daughter attacks Joyce in the middle of the day, in the middle of a parking lot surrounded by busy streets, right in front of her cameraman and another eyewitness. We don't actually see her get arrested, though, so she might be a Karma Houdini.
- The '90s: Note Slade's giant white Seinfeld sneakers. Also Tracy's teased up hair and Jake and Silk's hideous boxy suits.
- Thinking Out Loud: In one scene, Tracy sits in a car describing her current situation.Kevin Murphy: "She's accidentally reading the description parts of the script."
- Title Drop: More or less.Joyce: "You chase honor, I chase glory!"Mike Nelson: "And they're basically the same thing, so it works out."
- Too Dumb to Live / Worst Aid: For some bizarre reason, once the fighting starts in the final confrontation, Tracy and Dragon Lee engage the bad guys while Joyce then goes over, picks up her injured father...and moves him a whole three feet away from the conflict! She doesn't take him outside or get in a car and drive him to the hospital considering the fact that he was beaten all to hell by Slade and his men. She then returns to the fight three feet away from said injured father and no first aid is applied to him until all the thugs and Slade are beaten and the cops and camera crew arrive.
