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Duel of the Ironfist

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Duel of the Ironfist	comment	Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Duel of the Ironfist, also known as The Duel is a 1971 Shaw Brothers Martial Arts Movie directed by Chang Cheh, starring Ti Lung and David Chiang, respectively as the son of a high-ranking mob leader and said mob leader's best hitman.Set in 1930s China, the aftermath of a gang war left the brothers Tang Ren-jie (Ti Lung) and Tang Ren-lin (Ku Feng) as the heirs of a mob family after their father was assassinated. But with the rival gang hot on their trails, both brothers are forced to lay low, with Lin taking over their father's position to act as scapegoat for his brother, Jie to flee. With the help of their father's most trusted henchman / assassin, Chiang "The Rambler" (David Chiang), Jie managed to settle down with his long-time girlfriend Butterfly, but later on Jie discovers the true circumstances of his father's death. Everything else can only lead to a bloody, violent conclusion for Jie and Chiang...Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })This is notably one of the many old films which serves as inspiration for John Woo, and can be summed up as Heroic Bloodshed, but with knives. The typical elements are there, including bromance and male bonding between the two male leads, epic action sequences where the two leads takes on legions and legions of extras, a huge onscreen death toll, and gore.Not to be confused with the Steven Spielberg movie, Duel, which is coincidentally also released in 1971.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_1df37537	type	Mutual Kill
Duel of the Ironfist / int_1df37537	comment	Mutual Kill: In the finale, Chiang and Jie have killed off majority of the mooks arriving to kill them until the last two. One of them manage to, in his last moments, shove a pointed pole through Chiang's back, where Chiang manage to fling a knife into the mook's side as he falls. Jie hacks down the second and last mook with an axe, but said mook manage to stab Jie in the torso before he falls.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_1e4a1e0e	type	I Owe You My Life
Duel of the Ironfist / int_1e4a1e0e	comment	I Owe You My Life: This is the reason why Jie is reluctant to kill Chiang even though Chiang was his father's killer.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_1f19f198	type	Back-to-Back Badasses
Duel of the Ironfist / int_1f19f198	comment	Back-to-Back Badasses: Jie and his sidekick, Hsiao. And then Jie with Chiang after Hsiao's death.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_2044af1	type	Faceless Goons
Duel of the Ironfist / int_2044af1	comment	Faceless Goons: Face it, during the big fight scenes, the only way to tell which side are rival mobsters, and which side are Redshirts on Jie and Chiang's sides, would be by the colour of their clothing, either white or black.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_22f6000b	type	Everybody's Dead, Dave
Duel of the Ironfist / int_22f6000b	comment	Everybody's Dead, Dave: By the end of the movie, every named character is dead except Jie and Chiang. Even then, both of them are mortally wounded and too far away from any allies who can possibly help them, and its implied they will both succumb in a few minutes.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_2493b31d	type	Fire-Forged Friends
Duel of the Ironfist / int_2493b31d	comment	Fire-Forged Friends: Chiang and Jie, after taking down legion after legion of mooks sent to kill them.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_3669a9e2	type	Multi-Melee Master
Duel of the Ironfist / int_3669a9e2	comment	Multi-Melee Master: Chiang. Throughout the film he's seen using knives (both for stabbing and throwing), axes, a garrote, a chain, a bamboo staff and even pistols.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_424c9a9b	type	Cold-Blooded Torture
Duel of the Ironfist / int_424c9a9b	comment	Cold-Blooded Torture: One scene had Jie captured alive and subjected to being whipped repeatedly.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_53b22e1f	type	Tattoo as Character Type
Duel of the Ironfist / int_53b22e1f	comment	Tattoo as Character Type: Jie's defining character moment is the butterfly tattoo that covers his entire chest, dedicated to his girlfriend. Said tattoo is visible throughout the first half of the movie because Jie really likes to expose his bare chest and the camera lingers a lot on his pecs◊.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_5989e3b6	type	Enemy Mine
Duel of the Ironfist / int_5989e3b6	comment	Enemy Mine: Jie eventually discovers Chiang is his father's real killer, with an agenda of his own, but when a small army of mooks arrives to kill the two they have to set aside their vendetta to fight together.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_619985d7	type	Sacrificial Lion
Duel of the Ironfist / int_619985d7	comment	Sacrificial Lion: Jie's brother, Lin, in a moment of Heroic Sacrifice. See also Dead Sidekick above.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_6d332aea	type	Driven to Suicide
Duel of the Ironfist / int_6d332aea	comment	Driven to Suicide: Jie's lover, Butterfly, stabs herself in the gut to prevent herself from being taken alive.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_77063cd7	type	Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Duel of the Ironfist / int_77063cd7	comment	Hooker with a Heart of Gold: Butterfly, Jie's girlfriend.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_7e577db	type	Slashed Throat
Duel of the Ironfist / int_7e577db	comment	Slashed Throat: Many, many faceless mooks dies in this way. Jie even lampshades this early in the movie, telling Hsiao the best way to kill an enemy is by going for the jugular.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_84d94c17	type	Martial Arts Staff
Duel of the Ironfist / int_84d94c17	comment	Martial Arts Staff: Jie and Chiang in the finale, fighting each other with bamboo poles non-lethally. They're not trying to actively kill each other ( even though Jie had at that point knew Chiang killed his father), just a final face-off to prove who is the better fighter... but then a legion of mooks arrives intending to kill them both.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_9e943076	type	One-Man Army
Duel of the Ironfist / int_9e943076	comment	One-Man Army: Chiang and Jie have no problems fighting legions and legions of extras by themselves. Jie during the whorehouse battle, and Chiang when rescuing Jie in the cemetery battle. Subverted when they're forced to work together, at which point they're a Two Men Army.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_9fbe06a5	type	Badass in a Nice Suit
Duel of the Ironfist / int_9fbe06a5	comment	Badass in a Nice Suit: Chiang the Rambler, who have at least 4 fight scenes in a suave black suit, complete with tie.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_a2b38d3b	type	Eye Scream
Duel of the Ironfist / int_a2b38d3b	comment	Eye Scream: A mob leader at one point gets both his eyes burned out by a friggin' blowtorch.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_bd50ec63	type	Battle in the Rain
Duel of the Ironfist / int_bd50ec63	comment	Battle in the Rain: Subverted, the final battle takes place after a heavy rain. The amount of water puddles and slippery mud is what makes the fight difficult.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_bdbc35e7	type	Blade Enthusiast
Duel of the Ironfist / int_bdbc35e7	comment	Blade Enthusiast: Practically every single named character, but especially Chiang, who is a devil with throwing knives. In one scene he flings six knives (three on each hand) at the same time, and successfully takes down six mooks.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_becf7306	type	Dead Sidekick
Duel of the Ironfist / int_becf7306	comment	Dead Sidekick: Hsiao, Jie's sidekick and protege. At least he get a last I Regret Nothing speech before expiring.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_c3bdfbb9	type	Let's You and Him Fight
Duel of the Ironfist / int_c3bdfbb9	comment	Let's You and Him Fight: One scene near the end have Jie battling Gan, the traitor who arranged his father's death, and Gan's mooks. A few mooks tried to flee, only for Chiang to block their escape and tell them to go back into battle.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_c93a6560	type	Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Duel of the Ironfist / int_c93a6560	comment	Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: What finally took down Chiang, is a pointed bamboo stick shoved through his back, coming out of his torso.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_cbdd9a55	type	We ARE Struggling Together
Duel of the Ironfist / int_cbdd9a55	comment	We ARE Struggling Together: Jie and Chiang after realizing they have to team up and fight off one final wave of 50-odd mooks.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_d4bb4e51	type	Walking Shirtless Scene
Duel of the Ironfist / int_d4bb4e51	comment	Walking Shirtless Scene: Jie, for 80% of the movie. Even in the first scene where he's wearing a coat, he's not wearing an undershirt either, exposing his abs all the time.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_d93b3103	type	Step into the Blinding Fight
Duel of the Ironfist / int_d93b3103	comment	Step into the Blinding Fight: The restaurant fight scene in the second act is made complicated by a mook suddenly shorting the fuse of the building, landing the whole place into pitch-black darkness. It's in this scene where Chiang turns on his benefactor, Jie's father, and kills him with a garotte.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_dc0d80ee	type	High-Pressure Blood
Duel of the Ironfist / int_dc0d80ee	comment	High-Pressure Blood: Almost every onscreen death is accompanied by a small geyser of red sauce. In the film itself, this was achieved by having the actors / stuntmen hide condoms filled with fake blood under their clothing, and then squeezing them (using camera tricks to hide the prop) creating the illusion of blood gushing from their wounds.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_dc8ba6d5	type	The Scapegoat
Duel of the Ironfist / int_dc8ba6d5	comment	The Scapegoat: Jie's brother, Lin, ultimately decides to take the position of their deceased father and allow himself to become the target of hordes and hordes of rival gangs, so that Jie may escape.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_e4f48a7f	type	The "Fun" in "Funeral"
Duel of the Ironfist / int_e4f48a7f	comment	The "Fun" in "Funeral": The first action scene of the movie is Jie and Chiang, and their legion of Redshirts, crashing the funeral of a rival mob boss and killing everyone present.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_e542d889	comment	Gorn: Plenty of these shows up throughout. By the time you see the 105th extra gushing his blood all over the place you'd be quite numb from all the violence.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_f3626b09	type	Mercy Kill
Duel of the Ironfist / int_f3626b09	comment	Mercy Kill: Chiang, after being mortally wounded by impalement, tells Jie to avenge his father's death by pulling the bamboo pole he's impaled on out of his back.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_f863e840	type	Dying Smirk
Duel of the Ironfist / int_f863e840	comment	Dying Smirk: Chiang, after being mortally wounded. Although he's still alive (but barely) when the credits roll.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_f8f71b5f	type	Buried Alive
Duel of the Ironfist / int_f8f71b5f	comment	Buried Alive: Nearly happens to Jie, who was near-unconscious from being tortured and brutally beaten up, and already wrapped in a funeral shroud by a small band of mooks and about to be dumped into a freshly dug grave. But Chiang arrives just in time to bail him out.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_fafb5870	type	AnAxToGrind
Duel of the Ironfist / int_fafb5870	comment	An Ax To Grind: More than one character in the film use axes as weapons to hack up everything that gets into their way during fight scenes.
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Duel of the Ironfist / int_fb6b207f	type	You Killed My Father
Duel of the Ironfist / int_fb6b207f	comment	You Killed My Father: As it turns out, it was actually Chiang who killed Jie's father halfway through the film, for his own personal reasons. Ultimately subverted because unlike most examples, Jie didn't pursue a personal vendetta with Chiang because Chiang did saved his life.
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