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* TheTeam: The team of bodyguards who assembled to combat the army of assassins.
** TheLeader: Li Yutang (Wang Xueqi), a businessman and TheTeamBenefactor who rallies the legion of protectors.
** TheLancer: Shen Chongyang (Creator/DonnieYen), a former policeman and TheAce among the fighters.
** TheBigGuy: Wang Fuming (Mengke Bateer), physically largest in size among the various defenders and crucial in holding off a whole legion of enemies.
** TheSmartGuy: Deng Sidi (Nicholas Tse), a rickshaw driver and strategist crucial in distracting the assassins.
** TheHeart: Liu Yubai (Leon Lai), a beggar formerly from a rich family, whose eventual enthusiasm in the final fight is a driving force that holds the bodyguards together.
** TheSmurfettePrinciple: Fang Hong (Li Yuchun), the [[TheSmurfettePrinciple only lady among the bodyguards]] who joins the heroes after her father was killed by the assassins.
** TheTeamNormal: Chen Shao-bai, who is not a fighter or physically strong or intimidating, but a mere newspaper editor dragged into the plot.
** TagalongKid: Li Chongguang (Wang Po-chieh), aged 17, youngest of the bodyguards but still capable of contributing in the finale.
** TheLeader: Li Yutang (Wang Xueqi), a businessman and TheTeamBenefactor who rallies the legion of protectors.
** TheLancer: Shen Chongyang (Creator/DonnieYen), a former policeman and TheAce among the fighters.
** TheBigGuy: Wang Fuming (Mengke Bateer), physically largest in size among the various defenders and crucial in holding off a whole legion of enemies.
** TheSmartGuy: Deng Sidi (Nicholas Tse), a rickshaw driver and strategist crucial in distracting the assassins.
** TheHeart: Liu Yubai (Leon Lai), a beggar formerly from a rich family, whose eventual enthusiasm in the final fight is a driving force that holds the bodyguards together.
** TheSmurfettePrinciple: Fang Hong (Li Yuchun), the [[TheSmurfettePrinciple only lady among the bodyguards]] who joins the heroes after her father was killed by the assassins.
** TheTeamNormal: Chen Shao-bai, who is not a fighter or physically strong or intimidating, but a mere newspaper editor dragged into the plot.
** TagalongKid: Li Chongguang (Wang Po-chieh), aged 17, youngest of the bodyguards but still capable of contributing in the finale.
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* FiveManBand: The team of bodyguards who assembled to combat the army of assassins.
** TheLeader: Li Yutang (Wang Xueqi), a businessman and TheTeamBenefactor who rallies the legion of protectors.
** TheLancer: Shen Chongyang (Creator/DonnieYen), a former policeman and TheAce among the fighters.
** TheBigGuy: Wang Fuming (Mengke Bateer), physically largest in size among the various defenders and crucial in holding off a whole legion of enemies.
** TheSmartGuy: Deng Sidi (Nicholas Tse), a rickshaw driver and strategist crucial in distracting the assassins.
** TheHeart: Liu Yubai (Leon Lai), a beggar formerly from a rich family, whose eventual enthusiasm in the final fight is a driving force that holds the bodyguards together.
** TheChick: Fang Hong (Li Yuchun), the [[TheSmurfettePrinciple only lady among the bodyguards]] who joins the heroes after her father was killed by the assassins.
** TheTeamNormal: Chen Shao-bai, who is not a fighter or physically strong or intimidating, but a mere newspaper editor dragged into the plot.
** TagalongKid: Li Chongguang (Wang Po-chieh), aged 17, youngest of the bodyguards but still capable of contributing in the finale.
** TheLeader: Li Yutang (Wang Xueqi), a businessman and TheTeamBenefactor who rallies the legion of protectors.
** TheLancer: Shen Chongyang (Creator/DonnieYen), a former policeman and TheAce among the fighters.
** TheBigGuy: Wang Fuming (Mengke Bateer), physically largest in size among the various defenders and crucial in holding off a whole legion of enemies.
** TheSmartGuy: Deng Sidi (Nicholas Tse), a rickshaw driver and strategist crucial in distracting the assassins.
** TheHeart: Liu Yubai (Leon Lai), a beggar formerly from a rich family, whose eventual enthusiasm in the final fight is a driving force that holds the bodyguards together.
** TheChick: Fang Hong (Li Yuchun), the [[TheSmurfettePrinciple only lady among the bodyguards]] who joins the heroes after her father was killed by the assassins.
** TheTeamNormal: Chen Shao-bai, who is not a fighter or physically strong or intimidating, but a mere newspaper editor dragged into the plot.
** TagalongKid: Li Chongguang (Wang Po-chieh), aged 17, youngest of the bodyguards but still capable of contributing in the finale.
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* TheTeam: The team of bodyguards who assembled to combat the army of assassins.
** TheLeader: Li Yutang (Wang Xueqi), a businessman and TheTeamBenefactor who rallies the legion of protectors.
** TheLancer: Shen Chongyang (Creator/DonnieYen), a former policeman and TheAce among the fighters.
** TheBigGuy: Wang Fuming (Mengke Bateer), physically largest in size among the various defenders and crucial in holding off a whole legion of enemies.
** TheSmartGuy: Deng Sidi (Nicholas Tse), a rickshaw driver and strategist crucial in distracting the assassins.
** TheHeart: Liu Yubai (Leon Lai), a beggar formerly from a rich family, whose eventual enthusiasm in the final fight is a driving force that holds the bodyguards together.
** TheChick: Fang Hong (Li Yuchun), the [[TheSmurfettePrinciple only lady among the bodyguards]] who joins the heroes after her father was killed by the assassins.
** TheTeamNormal: Chen Shao-bai, who is not a fighter or physically strong or intimidating, but a mere newspaper editor dragged into the plot.
** TagalongKid: Li Chongguang (Wang Po-chieh), aged 17, youngest of the bodyguards but still capable of contributing in the finale.
** TheLeader: Li Yutang (Wang Xueqi), a businessman and TheTeamBenefactor who rallies the legion of protectors.
** TheLancer: Shen Chongyang (Creator/DonnieYen), a former policeman and TheAce among the fighters.
** TheBigGuy: Wang Fuming (Mengke Bateer), physically largest in size among the various defenders and crucial in holding off a whole legion of enemies.
** TheSmartGuy: Deng Sidi (Nicholas Tse), a rickshaw driver and strategist crucial in distracting the assassins.
** TheHeart: Liu Yubai (Leon Lai), a beggar formerly from a rich family, whose eventual enthusiasm in the final fight is a driving force that holds the bodyguards together.
** TheChick: Fang Hong (Li Yuchun), the [[TheSmurfettePrinciple only lady among the bodyguards]] who joins the heroes after her father was killed by the assassins.
** TheTeamNormal: Chen Shao-bai, who is not a fighter or physically strong or intimidating, but a mere newspaper editor dragged into the plot.
** TagalongKid: Li Chongguang (Wang Po-chieh), aged 17, youngest of the bodyguards but still capable of contributing in the finale.
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* KillEmAll: All of the assassins and most of the bodyguards end up dead at each other's hands by the end credits. Most of the surviving cast are civilian associates of the bodyguards who didn't get caught up in the fighting.
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''Bodyguards and Assassins'' is a 2009 Hong Kong MartialArtsMovie with an EnsembleCast which includes Creator/DonnieYen, Leon Lai, Nicholas Tse, Creator/SimonYam, Creator/TonyLeungKaFai, Creator/FanBingbing, Eric Tsang, and loads and loads of Hong Kong's biggest stars. And also Jacky Cheung, Creator/JackyCheung, for a 15-second cameo in the opening scene.
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* DeathByCameo: Popular Cantopop singer and 90s icon, Jacky Cheung Creator/JackyCheung plays Yeung Ku-wan, a political leader who gets assasinated in the first 3 minutes of the film.
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* ExcusePlot: Despite the seemingly-complicated political plot, in the end of the movie it all boils down to sending a heroic team of defenders, played by Hong Kong's biggest names, into one action scene after another against hordes and hordes of faceless extras.
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''Bodyguards and Assassins'' is a 2009 Hong Kong MartialArtsMovie with an EnsembleCast which includes Creator/DonnieYen, Leon Lai, Nicholas Tse, Creator/SimonYam, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Fan Bing-bing, Creator/TonyLeungKaFai, Creator/FanBingbing, Eric Tsang, and loads and loads of Hong Kong's biggest stars. And also Jacky Cheung, for a 15-second cameo in the opening scene.
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* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler: Yan, as deadly as he is, and completely undefeatable in direct combat, eventually meets his demise when [[TheTeamNormal Chen Shao-bai]] shoots him]].
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''Bodyguards and Assassins'' is a 2009 Hong Kong MartialArtsMovie with an EnsembleCast which includes Creator/DonnieYen, Leon Lai, Nicholas Tse, Simon Yam, Creator/SimonYam, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Fan Bing-bing, Eric Tsang, and loads and loads of Hong Kong's biggest stars. And also Jacky Cheung, for a 15-second cameo in the opening scene.
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* BodyDouble: For most of the battle, the bodyguards aren't actually bodyguarding Dr. Sun, they're bodyguarding Dr. Sun's rickshaw as it goes around Hong Kong fulfilling his official errands in town while the doctor is secretly meeting with a council of revolutionary leaders to lay out the plans for the first stage of the revolution. The person actually in the rickshaw is [[spoiler:Li Chongguang, who is killed by Yan at the end of the chase as a direct result.]]
* ExactWords: To celebrate his son getting accepted into a Western university, Li Yutang gives away rice to people in the streets, as much as they can carry in one hand. Most people grab one one-pound bag. The enormous Wang Fuming is able to pick up five.
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* KillEmAll: All of the assassins and most of the bodyguards end up dead at each other's hands by the end credits. Most of the surviving cast are civilian associates of the bodyguards who didn't get caught up in the fighting.
* LoopholeAbuse: The British don't want to get entangled in the affairs of the Chinese court, so they order the Hong Kong police to clear the streets by a certain time so that the bodyguards and assassins can settle matters between themselves without getting the British involved. But a captain in the police who is a friend of Li Yutang exploits those orders by giving him, and by extension the bodyguards with him, a police escort as a gesture of respect towards an important civic figure until ''one minute before that deadline'', during which time the assassins dare not attack for fear of getting the British involved in their affairs. This gives the bodyguards a much needed breather.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:Li Yutang survives the battle, but his son Chongguang is killed in the final fight.]]
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The bodyguards are all from different backgrounds and have different allegiances, but in the end they are all part of the same teamagaisnt against a common enemy.
* LoopholeAbuse: The British don't want to get entangled in the affairs of the Chinese court, so they order the Hong Kong police to clear the streets by a certain time so that the bodyguards and assassins can settle matters between themselves without getting the British involved. But a captain in the police who is a friend of Li Yutang exploits those orders by giving him, and by extension the bodyguards with him, a police escort as a gesture of respect towards an important civic figure until ''one minute before that deadline'', during which time the assassins dare not attack for fear of getting the British involved in their affairs. This gives the bodyguards a much needed breather.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:Li Yutang survives the battle, but his son Chongguang is killed in the final fight.]]
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The bodyguards are all from different backgrounds and have different allegiances, but in the end they are all part of the same team
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* SoleSurvivor: By the end of the movie, the only defender still alive is [[spoiler: Tony Leung's Chen Shaobai]].
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* SoleSurvivor: By the end of the movie, the only defender defenders still alive is are [[spoiler: Tony Leung's Chen Shaobai]].Shaobai and Wang Xuegi's Li Yutang]].
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* ConspicuouslyPublicAssassination: Rather than operating covertly, the Imperial Court decides that the best way to assassinate Dr. Sun is to send literally nearly a hundred assassins, most whom are ConspicuousNinja, to ZergRush towards the doctor and kill him in public.
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* ConspicuouslyPublicAssassination: Rather than operating covertly, the Imperial Court decides that the best way to assassinate Dr. Sun is to send literally nearly a hundred assassins, most whom are ConspicuousNinja, HighlyVisibleNinja, to ZergRush towards the doctor and kill him in public.
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* BigBadassBattleSequence: The finale, where the defenders, one after another, fights against one wave after another of killers.
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* BigBadassBattleSequence: The finale, where the defenders, one after another, fights against one wave after another wave after wave of killers.
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* BigBadassBattleSequence: The finale, where the defenders, one after another, fights against one wave after another of killers.
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** TheTeamNormal: Chen Shao-bai, who is not a fighter or physically strong or intimidating, but a mere newspaper editor dragged into the plot.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: Yan, unlike his mooks, prefers fighting with his fists instead of using weapons. And he proves to be the most dangerous enemy of the defenders.
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* ImprobableWeaponUserImprobableWeaponUser: Liu Yubai and his Iron fan of Death.
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* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler: Yan, as deadly as he is, and completely undefeatable in direct combat, eventually meets his demise when [[TheTeamNormal Chen Shao-bai]] shoots him]].
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Dr. Sun's meeting is a success, the revolution to overthrow the Imperial Court is at full swing, the bodyguards have accomplished their mission... with almost none of them surviving the aftermath]].
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** [[spoiler: Shen Chongyang holds off TheDragon and after a lengthy fight scene, both combatants managed to score a MutualKill]].
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* TakingYouWithMeTakingYouWithMe: If a named defender didn't get killed by Yan or hacked to death while outnumbered by assassins, chances are they're fulfilling this trope.
** [[spoiler: Fang Hong blew up herself and several opponents while destroying the assasins' convoy]].
** [[spoiler: Wang Fuming is killed while destroying an archway to block several enemies from advancing]].
** [[spoiler: Shen Chongyang holds off TheDragon and after a lengthy fight scene, both combatants managed to score a MutualKill]].
** [[spoiler: Fang Hong blew up herself and several opponents while destroying the assasins' convoy]].
** [[spoiler: Wang Fuming is killed while destroying an archway to block several enemies from advancing]].
** [[spoiler: Shen Chongyang holds off TheDragon and after a lengthy fight scene, both combatants managed to score a MutualKill]].
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* BoomHeadshotBoomHeadshot: More than once, including Yeung Ku-wan and one of the MookLieutenant shot by Shen Chongyang.
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* CombatHandFan:
CombatHandFan: Liu Yubai's preferred weapon.
*ConspicuouslyPublicAssassination
ConspicuouslyPublicAssassination: Rather than operating covertly, the Imperial Court decides that the best way to assassinate Dr. Sun is to send literally nearly a hundred assassins, most whom are ConspicuousNinja, to ZergRush towards the doctor and kill him in public.
*DeathByCameoDeathByCameo: Popular Cantopop singer and 90s icon, Jacky Cheung plays Yeung Ku-wan, a political leader who gets assasinated in the first 3 minutes of the film.
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* ExcusePlotExcusePlot: Despite the seemingly-complicated political plot, in the end of the movie it all boils down to sending a heroic team of defenders, played by Hong Kong's biggest names, into one action scene after another against hordes and hordes of faceless extras.
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** TheLeader: Li Yutang (Wang Xueqi), a businessman and TeamBenefactor who rallies the legion of protectors.
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** TheLeader: Li Yutang (Wang Xueqi), a businessman and TeamBenefactor TheTeamBenefactor who rallies the legion of protectors.
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* HoldTheLineHoldTheLine: More than one bodyguard who ends up fighting legions of killers alone ends up performing their respective HeroicSacrifice for the mission.
** [[spoiler: Fang Tian fights off assassins in the opera house, killing as many as he can while the others can escape with important information for the defenders]].
** [[spoiler: Liu Yubai fends off one enemy after another while stopping the assassins from taking a shortcut, eventually receiving too much injuries and succumbing]].
** [[spoiler: Deng Sidi gives it all getting Sun to safety and racing the assassins to reach reinforcements, fatally injured in the process]].
** [[spoiler: Shen Chongyang holds off TheDragon and after a lengthy fight scene, both combatants managed to score a MutualKill]].
** [[spoiler: Fang Tian fights off assassins in the opera house, killing as many as he can while the others can escape with important information for the defenders]].
** [[spoiler: Liu Yubai fends off one enemy after another while stopping the assassins from taking a shortcut, eventually receiving too much injuries and succumbing]].
** [[spoiler: Deng Sidi gives it all getting Sun to safety and racing the assassins to reach reinforcements, fatally injured in the process]].
** [[spoiler: Shen Chongyang holds off TheDragon and after a lengthy fight scene, both combatants managed to score a MutualKill]].
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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits
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*RichesToRags
RichesToRags: Part of Liu Yubai's backstory involves him being the heir of a wealthy family, before losing it all and becoming a beggar.
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* UndyingLoyaltyUndyingLoyalty: The bodyguards are ready to die for Dr. Sun's safety. [[spoiler: And indeed they do, with their ranks dying one after another in the climax]].
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[BreakingTheFourthWall Hey, someone's taking a photo of us]]! Lets stop kicking ass for a second and pose for the camera!]]
''Bodyguards and Assassins'' is a 2009 Hong Kong MartialArtsMovie with an EnsembleCast which includes Creator/DonnieYen, Leon Lai, Nicholas Tse, Simon Yam, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Fan Bing-bing, Eric Tsang, and loads and loads of Hong Kong's biggest stars. And also Jacky Cheung, for a 15-second cameo in the opening scene.
Set in 1905 China at the end of the Qing Dynasty, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Yat-sen Dr. Sun Yat-sen]], Father of the Nation of modern China is making a personal visit to Hong Kong to meet with his fellow revolutionaries and overthrow the corrupt Qing Dynasty. But the Imperial Court already knew ahead of his visit, and dispatches an army of killers to assassinate Dr. Sun. Only a band of elite bodyguards and defenders loyal to the doctor can prevent his assassination, even if they will have to give up their lives in the process.
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!!This film contains examples of:
* AnyoneCanDie: The entire cast consists of both popular and rising stars of Hong Kong at the time the film was made, and at least 11 of them failed to outlive the credits.
* BittersweetEnding:
* BoomHeadshot
* BuildingSwing: In the final battle, most of the assassins gets around like this using [[GrapplingHookPistol grappling hooks attached to steel wires]].
* CharactersDroppingLikeFlies: [[spoiler: In the last 20 minutes or so, we have one major character dying every three minutes in one fight scene after another]].
* CombatHandFan:
* ConspicuouslyPublicAssassination
* DeathByCameo
* EnsembleCast
* ExcusePlot
* FireForgedFriends: The entire team of bodyguards, after going through thick and thin, banding together for one last battle against the legion of killers.
* FiveManBand: The team of bodyguards who assembled to combat the army of assassins.
** TheLeader: Li Yutang (Wang Xueqi), a businessman and TeamBenefactor who rallies the legion of protectors.
** TheLancer: Shen Chongyang (Creator/DonnieYen), a former policeman and TheAce among the fighters.
** TheBigGuy: Wang Fuming (Mengke Bateer), physically largest in size among the various defenders and crucial in holding off a whole legion of enemies.
** TheSmartGuy: Deng Sidi (Nicholas Tse), a rickshaw driver and strategist crucial in distracting the assassins.
** TheHeart: Liu Yubai (Leon Lai), a beggar formerly from a rich family, whose eventual enthusiasm in the final fight is a driving force that holds the bodyguards together.
** TheChick: Fang Hong (Li Yuchun), the [[TheSmurfettePrinciple only lady among the bodyguards]] who joins the heroes after her father was killed by the assassins.
** TagalongKid: Li Chongguang (Wang Po-chieh), aged 17, youngest of the bodyguards but still capable of contributing in the finale.
* GratuitousNinja: The assassins all resembles ninjas, what with their face-concealing masks, habits of showing up from out of nowhere, and travelling by leaping from roof to roof.
* GreaterScopeVillain: As intimidating as Yan is, the true antagonist of this film is still the Empress Dowager, who commands Yan and the assassins, and is also TheGhost considering she is only mentioned, but never appearing onscreen.
* HeroKiller: Yan Xiaoguo, a massive ImplacableMan leading the assassins, who carves a bloody path through the defenders. Most of the main characters who dies in the finale are by his hands.
* HoldTheLine
* ImprobableWeaponUser
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits
* RichesToRags
* SoleSurvivor:
* TakingYouWithMe
* UndyingLoyalty
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''Bodyguards and Assassins'' is a 2009 Hong Kong MartialArtsMovie with an EnsembleCast which includes Creator/DonnieYen, Leon Lai, Nicholas Tse, Simon Yam, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Fan Bing-bing, Eric Tsang, and loads and loads of Hong Kong's biggest stars. And also Jacky Cheung, for a 15-second cameo in the opening scene.
Set in 1905 China at the end of the Qing Dynasty, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Yat-sen Dr. Sun Yat-sen]], Father of the Nation of modern China is making a personal visit to Hong Kong to meet with his fellow revolutionaries and overthrow the corrupt Qing Dynasty. But the Imperial Court already knew ahead of his visit, and dispatches an army of killers to assassinate Dr. Sun. Only a band of elite bodyguards and defenders loyal to the doctor can prevent his assassination, even if they will have to give up their lives in the process.
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!!This film contains examples of:
* AnyoneCanDie: The entire cast consists of both popular and rising stars of Hong Kong at the time the film was made, and at least 11 of them failed to outlive the credits.
* BittersweetEnding:
* BoomHeadshot
* BuildingSwing: In the final battle, most of the assassins gets around like this using [[GrapplingHookPistol grappling hooks attached to steel wires]].
* CharactersDroppingLikeFlies: [[spoiler: In the last 20 minutes or so, we have one major character dying every three minutes in one fight scene after another]].
* CombatHandFan:
* ConspicuouslyPublicAssassination
* DeathByCameo
* EnsembleCast
* ExcusePlot
* FireForgedFriends: The entire team of bodyguards, after going through thick and thin, banding together for one last battle against the legion of killers.
* FiveManBand: The team of bodyguards who assembled to combat the army of assassins.
** TheLeader: Li Yutang (Wang Xueqi), a businessman and TeamBenefactor who rallies the legion of protectors.
** TheLancer: Shen Chongyang (Creator/DonnieYen), a former policeman and TheAce among the fighters.
** TheBigGuy: Wang Fuming (Mengke Bateer), physically largest in size among the various defenders and crucial in holding off a whole legion of enemies.
** TheSmartGuy: Deng Sidi (Nicholas Tse), a rickshaw driver and strategist crucial in distracting the assassins.
** TheHeart: Liu Yubai (Leon Lai), a beggar formerly from a rich family, whose eventual enthusiasm in the final fight is a driving force that holds the bodyguards together.
** TheChick: Fang Hong (Li Yuchun), the [[TheSmurfettePrinciple only lady among the bodyguards]] who joins the heroes after her father was killed by the assassins.
** TagalongKid: Li Chongguang (Wang Po-chieh), aged 17, youngest of the bodyguards but still capable of contributing in the finale.
* GratuitousNinja: The assassins all resembles ninjas, what with their face-concealing masks, habits of showing up from out of nowhere, and travelling by leaping from roof to roof.
* GreaterScopeVillain: As intimidating as Yan is, the true antagonist of this film is still the Empress Dowager, who commands Yan and the assassins, and is also TheGhost considering she is only mentioned, but never appearing onscreen.
* HeroKiller: Yan Xiaoguo, a massive ImplacableMan leading the assassins, who carves a bloody path through the defenders. Most of the main characters who dies in the finale are by his hands.
* HoldTheLine
* ImprobableWeaponUser
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits
* RichesToRags
* SoleSurvivor:
* TakingYouWithMe
* UndyingLoyalty
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