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Kiss of the Dragon
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })Kiss of the Dragon is a 2001 martial arts action film starring Jet Li, written by Luc Besson and directed by Chris Nahon.Liu Jian (Li), a Chinese intelligence officer, comes to Paris to help the vice squad apprehend Chinese drug lord Mr. Big (Ric Young) and his unknown French connection. He joins forces with French police official Jean-Pierre Richard (Tchéky Karyo) in order to do it. Alas, it turns out that Richard is Big's connection, and that Richard is planning to murder Big. When Jian discovers, tries and fails to stop this, Richard frames him for the murder. Jian is able to escape with a tape that proves his innocence, but he loses it soon after. Just when it seems he has nowhere to turn, he meets Jessica (Bridget Fonda), a Hooker with a Heart of Gold whom Richard has forced into prostitution and heroin-addiction, and who was present at the site of Big's murder and thus can prove Jian's innocence. Alas, Richard also has Jessica's daughter under his thumb in an orphanage, and she refuses to help until Jian gets her. Jian sets off to do it, evading Richard's mooks and seeking to slay him at the same time.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })Li made the film as a result of fans requesting more realistic fight scenes following Romeo Must Die. Consequently, only two scenes required CGI enhancement (the flames from the grenade explosion and the billiard ball after Li's character kicks it) and only one scene involved wire work (Cyril Raffaelli's 1 1/4 somersault, which he could do on his own, but which went too fast for the camera and therefore required wires to slow down). | |
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Right-Hand Cat | |
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Right-Hand Cat: Richard has a pet turtle that he keeps in a drawer in his desk. | |
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You Are Already Dead | |
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You Are Already Dead: The film's title refers to a technique in which an acupuncture needle is stabbed into a Pressure Point in someone's neck, causing all the blood to flow to the head thus causing aneurysm. Jian does it to Richard in the climax. | |
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Soft Glass | |
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Soft Glass: Zig-zagged. The brothers are shown to kick their way through the glass with reckless abandon (likely thanks to wear practical boots), but both Jian and the bigger brother slice up their hands when they accidentally grab surfaces covered in it. | |
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Cruel and Unusual Death | |
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Cruel and Unusual Death: Richard suffers from one. Jian in the finale hits him with a needle at a pressure point, the kiss of the dragon, to cause an aneurysm. Richard dies a painful death with blood shooting from his mouth, eyes, ears and nose. | |
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Stealth Pun | |
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Stealth Pun: The Big Bad, who basically goes out of his way to be an asshole at every opportunity, is named Inspector Richard. No one makes the obvious connection. | |
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It Only Works Once | |
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It Only Works Once: During their fight, Jian grabs the smaller brother's foot and tries to throw him onto his back. The smaller brother instead backflips and kicks Jian in the chest. When they wind up in the same position, Jian rushes forward and grabs the brother's legs, snapping his neck in a pro wrestling-inspired ganso bomb when he hits the ground. | |
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Trivial Title | |
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Entendre Failure | |
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Entendre Failure: Jessica offers a favor to Jian for being kind to her, but sex isn't something that registers for him. | |
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Frame-Up | |
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After Richard killed the drug boss and the prostitute that stabbed the drug boss, he tries to a frame Jian by using Jian's own gun (with his fingerprints) and setting it up like Jian was a Dirty Cop. Jian's boss, Chen, doesn't believe it for a second. | |
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Ax-Crazy | |
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Ax-Crazy: Like Norman Stansfield before him, Inspector Richard is a volatile nutcase who frequently and readily loses his temper and isn't afraid to use violence to get what he wants. | |
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Out with a Bang | |
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Out with a Bang: A killer prostitute (specifically an assassin targeting a specific victim) asks her victim things like "Do you want to go to heaven?" and "Are you ready to go to heaven?" as she's riding him to (his) orgasm. He asks her to take him there, in no frame of mind to notice just how long and sharp the hairpins she's holding are. Mortality ensues. | |
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KickTheDog | |
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Kick the Dog: Richard gets several of these, including having his thugs working some poor guy over when Jian walks in to do business with him, murdering Big and framing Jian for it, and forcibly injecting Jessica with her "fix" of heroin before throwing her back on the street when she asks him to free her daughter so she can get out of the business. | |
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Bad Boss | |
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Bad Boss: Inspector Richard. No need to make a long list what he's done, so here's a short version: Other than being the head of local Interpol branch, and running a prostitution ring, he makes sure to keep them addicted and keeps the daughter of one in an orphanage to prevent her from leaving. He gets his own people killed to protect himself. And those he doesn't kill, he blackmails, and he sets up murders. | |
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Blatant Lies | |
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Blatant Lies: After Richard killed the drug boss and the prostitute that stabbed the drug boss, he tries to a frame Jian by using Jian's own gun (with his fingerprints) and setting it up like Jian was a Dirty Cop. Jian's boss, Chen, doesn't believe it for a second. When asked by Jessica what Jian's work is, he responds that he's selling food. She then mentions that this food must be extremely dangerous, considering the deep cut in his arm that she had to sew just a moment earlier. | |
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Hostage for MacGuffin | |
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Hostage for MacGuffin: Defied by Jian. Richard tries to trade Jessica's daughter for the tapes of a murder. Jian has already turned the tapes in, and is now going to get the daughter. | |
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Tranquil Fury | |
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Tranquil Fury: After Jessica's daughter was abducted and held hostage by Richard, Jian walks into the police station alone to free her and kill Richard. | |
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Hostage Situation | |
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Hostage Situation: Richard tries to play the card again face to face, and it's still defied. Jian points out that in the time it takes Richard to kill the girl, Jian will kill him. Richard instead elects to shoot Jian, which goes even worse (if he had shot the girl, he'd at least have spite to his name, all he managed instead was a minor wound). | |
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Combat Pragmatist | |
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Combat Pragmatist: As Jian can't use his gun in most fights, he resorts to his fists and anything else he can find, from an iron to a billiard ball to the head. | |
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Improvised Weapon | |
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Improvised Weapon: Among other things, Jian beats up mooks with a scooter, a broom, and with dual irons. He also kills a guy with chopsticks to the throat. | |
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Workaholic | |
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Workaholic: Jian's job is all he knows; Jessica is stunned that he's so blocked out from the outside world that he doesn't know who Santa Claus is. Of course, he is Chinese and might not be acquainted with Western culture, but still. | |
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Unresolved Sexual Tension | |
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Unresolved Sexual Tension: Jessica casually asks in their first real conversation if Jian is interested in marrying a former addict and single mother who can sew and cook, and likes Chinese food. She claims that she was just joking, but considering her shitty life, she may just be desperate to find any possible way out of it and run away. After Jian saved her life, she mentions how he has become the first person in a long time that she has begun to trust again. Jian shows a lot of sympathy towards Jessica in return, even defending her from her physically abusive pimp, which unfortunately leads to Tai's death. | |
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Dual Wielding | |
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Among other things, Jian beats up mooks with a scooter, a broom, and with dual irons. | |
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Invincible Hero | |
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Invincible Hero: Jian takes out the entire police station and by the end of it only has a cut-up hand from some glass and a bullet in his shoulder, which only happened after he had taken out everyone else. | |
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Guns Akimbo | |
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Guns Akimbo | |
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Bring It | |
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Bring It: Played with. After the smaller brother goads Jian into attacking with this, to his advantage, Jian turns it back on him to gain the upper hand. The fight scene grinds to a halt as both fighters realize they're better off where they are. The result could be subtitled "Bring it!" "No, you bring it!" "No, you!" The brother eventually gives in and gets his ass kicked, so he does it again to get Jian to fight on his terms once more (and still loses). | |
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I Have Your Wife | |
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I Have Your Wife: Richard holds the daughter hostage. | |
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Silent Antagonist | |
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Silent Antagonist: Aside from some grunts (and roars, in the bigger one's case), the twin brothers never talk. | |
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Hair-Trigger Temper | |
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Hair-Trigger Temper: Inspector Richard screams profanities at people in practically every scene, so much so that one wonders how he never blows his cover. | |
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Villainous Friendship | |
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Villainous Friendship: Richard towards Max the pimp. Unlike the rest of his henchmen which he considers just pawns, Max is the only one Richard sees more like a friend. He appears quite sad when he dies. | |
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Unstoppable Rage | |
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Unstoppable Rage: After the smaller brother is killed by Jian, his brother loses his cool and mercilessly attacks. While Jian at first seems to be losing, he eventually punishes the openings that now show up and quickly dispatches his opponent. | |
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Swiss-Army Weapon | |
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Swiss Army Weapon: Jian's needles are used for all sorts of things; from putting someone to sleep to getting off handcuffs to causing an aneurysm with the kiss of the dragon. | |
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Hooker with a Heart of Gold | |
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Hooker with a Heart of Gold: Jessica was forced into prostitution. She is really just an innocent woman that was dragged into a shitty life. | |
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Married to the Job | |
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Married to the Job: Jian doesn't have any relationships, he's simply focused on his job. | |
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Beware the Quiet Ones | |
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Beware the Quiet Ones: Jian is not one who minces words much, but he retaliates brutally against those who try to kill him or those he cares about. | |
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Obviously Evil | |
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Obviously Evil: Inspector Richard. When Jian first meets him, you knew he was the Big Bad. | |
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Ruthless Foreign Gangsters | |
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Ruthless Foreign Gangsters: Averted with Big. He's painted as a pretty ruthless Triad big-shot, but Richard shows himself to be the more vile bastard very early in the film, taking over as the real Big Bad. | |
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Knight in Shining Armor | |
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Knight in Shining Armor: Jian is one to Jessica. He (at first reluctantly) offered her shelter, food, protected her from her abusive pimp and promised to save her and her daughter. She offers him her body in return, but Jian is a Celibate Hero. Any of her advances towards him are very gently rejected. | |
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Lame Comeback | |
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Lame Comeback: Richard's comeback to the Title Drop is "kiss my ass", which would be lame even if he weren't completely paralyzed. Jian just smiles at his lame comeback. | |
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Gay Paree | |
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Gay Paree | |
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Villain with Good Publicity | |
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Villain with Good Publicity: Inspector Richard. | |
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There Is No Kill Like Overkill | |
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After Jian managed to piss Richard off with a kick in the face, Richard responds by trying to blow Jian up with a hand grenade. Jian catches the grenade and then throws it right back into the sleeve of a mook, which almost kills Richard, if he hadn't reacted in time. | |
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Asshole Victim | |
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Asshole Victim: Mr. Big. | |
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Always Identical Twins | |
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Always Identical Twins: Averted. The twin brothers are incredibly similar, but one of them is slim and lean while the other is much taller and bigger. Actually, aside from the credits and casting names, they are never stated to be twin brothers, but in case they are not, they have a Strong Family Resemblance. | |
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Dangerous Forbidden Technique | |
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Dangerous Forbidden Technique: Right there in the name... | |
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Karmic Death | |
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Karmic Death: The Neck Snap-happy brothers both die by the same. | |
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Major Injury Underreaction | |
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Major Injury Underreaction: Jian suffers two major wounds; once his arm is sliced open and once he is shot in the shoulder. He doesn't really show much of a reaction in either case. | |
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| Kiss of the Dragon / int_955aba87 | type |
Mook Chivalry | |
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Mook Chivalry: Averted, as the second wave of martial artists in the police dojo actually try to attack Liu Jian at once. However, after he tosses one of the first wave against the group, their formation is broken and he curbstomps his way among them in the trope's old iteration. | |
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One-Man Army | |
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One-Man Army: Jian plows through an entire police station, which happens to have a hand-to-hand combat course in session. | |
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Elite Mooks | |
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Elite Mooks: The twins. | |
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Celibate Hero | |
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Celibate Hero: Jian, to the point that Jessica wonders if he is gay, much to his annoyance. | |
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Due to the Dead | |
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Due to the Dead: After Tai was gunned down, Jian brings his corpse to a church and he holds a funeral for him. | |
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Giant Mook | |
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Blond Giant Mook. Twice. | |
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Fatal Flaw | |
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Fatal Flaw: According to "Uncle" Tai, four agents came to Paris before Jian. They all died because they were too prideful and acted too rashly. | |
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Oh, Crap! | |
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Oh, Crap!: "Now I know where you are. I'm coming up." Jian gets a minor one when he barricades a door in the police station and turns around to see he has sealed himself inside a dojo full of karate black belts with tonfas. | |
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Hookers and Blow | |
| Kiss of the Dragon / int_ad786c6b | comment |
Hookers and Blow: The hookers brought to Big's hotel room bring some blow with them. | |
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Deadpan Snarker | |
| Kiss of the Dragon / int_ae3d6438 | comment |
When asked by Jessica what Jian's work is, he responds that he's selling food. She then mentions that this food must be extremely dangerous, considering the deep cut in his arm that she had to sew just a moment earlier. | |
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Wrestler in All of Us | |
| Kiss of the Dragon / int_b0ad6a1e | comment |
Wrestler in All of Us: Jian kills the smaller brother with a ganso bomb. | |
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The Ace | |
| Kiss of the Dragon / int_b5b4b077 | comment |
The Ace: Jian was promoted five times and received several medals and recommendations for his work. He graduated at the top of the class and is a trained martial artist One-Man Army. | |
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Sequential Symptom Syndrome | |
| Kiss of the Dragon / int_b7d8c936 | comment |
Sequential Symptom Syndrome: Jian uses kung fu acupuncture to make a guy's head explode. He describes the physical symptoms as the man stands paralyzed. | |
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Clear My Name | |
| Kiss of the Dragon / int_bc3cb7ff | comment |
Clear My Name: Richard frames Jian for the murder of the man he had been sent to arrest. The rest of the film is Jian trying to expose Richard. | |
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You Just Told Me | |
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You Just Told Me: In order to get Richard's location in the building, Jian asks him to look out the window. Richard thinks Jian already knows, thus betraying himself when he complies. | |
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Neck Snap | |
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Neck Snap: The brothers are fond of this, with the bigger one Neck Lifting the victim so the smaller one can jump up and break their neck with a hook kick. Unsurprisingly, both die this way. | |
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No Name Given | |
| Kiss of the Dragon / int_ca87e3ec | comment |
No Name Given: According to promotional materials, the twins' names are Victor (the smaller) and Igor (the bigger), but only the latter's gets mentioned on the film, and only once. | |
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Hoist by His Own Petard | |
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Hoist by His Own Petard: After Jian managed to piss Richard off with a kick in the face, Richard responds by trying to blow Jian up with a hand grenade. Jian catches the grenade and then throws it right back into the sleeve of a mook, which almost kills Richard, if he hadn't reacted in time. The smaller brother's attempt to kick Jian with a backflip ends up being his death sentence, as Jian catches his legs and causes a Neck Snap. | |
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Groin Attack | |
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Groin Attack: Blond Giant Mook. Twice. A mook gets shot in the junk during the boat scene. | |
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Dirty Cop | |
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Dirty Cop: Richard, the twin brothers and probably his entire department. He's got a Hookers and Blow operation on the side. | |
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Malicious Misnaming | |
| Kiss of the Dragon / int_edeafb2e | comment |
Malicious Misnaming: Richard gives no attempt at pronouncing Jian's name and just refers to him as Johnny. At the end, Jian's final words to Richard are, "My name is not Johnny." | |
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The Not-Love Interest | |
| Kiss of the Dragon / int_f1e68523 | comment |
The Not-Love Interest: There is a small amount of UST between Jessica and Jian, but he doesn't seem interested in her for the most part. | |
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Wouldn't Hit a Girl | |
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Wouldn't Hit a Girl: Implied to be the case with Jian. He feels extremely uncomfortable when Jessica's pimp hits her (eventually jumping to her defense) and even apologizes for lightly slapping her, after she passed out on the toilet. | |
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