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* [[Always Someone Better]]: The Drifter's philosophy is that no one can stay on top forever - sooner or later someone stronger is going to come along.
* [[An Axe to Grind]]: Nicola isn't called 'The Woodcutter' for nothing.
** Even going so far as [[Weapon of Choice|using a]] [[Incredibly Lame Pun|bearded]] [
* [[The Archer]]: One of Yoshi's primary weapons is a bow and arrows.
* [[Badass in A Nice Suit]]: Killer #2 is always impeccably dressed. His minions and some of the other killers also wear nice suits.
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* [[Fingore]]: Killer #2 cuts off the fingers of the mooks he disposes of and presents them to Nicola.
* [[Foreign Cuss Word]]: Yoshi says the Japanese equivalent of 'shit' when he realises he's surrounded in the bar. Unlike the rest of the Japanese in the movie, it's not subtitled.
* [[Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death!]]: According to our narrator, the only worthwhile reason to die.
* [[Good Old Fisticuffs]]: The Drifter's preferred weapon. It's notable since everyone else uses acrobatic fighting styles but he proves to be one of the best fighters in the city while using standard punches.
** On further inspection Drifter seems to use some combination of dirty boxing with a sprinkling of Muay Thai, a style that actually serves pretty well in street fighting, which is basically what most of the big brawls end up devolving into.
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* [[Licking the Blade]]: Killer #2 licks some of Yoshi's blood off his sword in the finale.
* [[Lonely At the Top]]: Not necessarily lonely, but Nicola seems to be pretty bored and longs for a decent challenger to take him on.
* [[Long
* [[MacGuffin]]: The dragon amulet Nicola stole from Yoshi's clan.
* [[Man Bites Man]]: When one of the Killers has the Drifter in a grapple, he opts to simply bite him in order to force him to let go.
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* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: The two leads are played by [[Josh Hartnett]] and [[Gackt]]. This should tell you something.
** [[Mike Patton]] as The Narrator might also qualify on account of his voice.
* [[My Sister Is Off
* [[Neck Snap]]: Killer #7 attempts this on the Drifter. The Drifter later does it to another Killer.
* [[Nice Hat]]: The Drifter has a snazzy fedora he seems very fond of, and likes to take off and put back on dramatically. Many of the killers also have hats and wear them with style.
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* [[Samurai Cowboy]]: It has samurai. It has cowboys. {{spoiler|The bartender even ends up serving sushi at his bar.}}
* [[Scenery Porn]]: While extremely unrealistic, the cityscape is [http://images.allmoviephoto.com/2011_Bunraku/2011_bunraku_015.jpg highly detailed] and, in the movie itself, colourful too.
* [[Shout
* [[Single
* [[Smoking Is Cool]]: The Drifter smokes a single cigarette almost through the whole movie. He also shares a smoke with the cowboy killer at the end.
* [[Sudden Videogame Moment]]: The prison break and car chase scenes contain bleeps and chimes that sound like they were lifted from ''[[Pacman]]'' or ''[[Donkey Kong]]''.
* [[Surprisingly Good English]]: Fans of Gackt's music may not have been expecting much, but it's clear he's been practising.
* [[Super Senses]]: Killer #2 is implied to have super-human hearing. Alexandra uses it against him.
* [[Take Me Instead!]]: Revealed to have been the reason why {{spoiler|Alexandra became Nicola's woman}} in the first place. It was to save her lover's life. {{spoiler|By the ending it's all but confirmed that the Bartender was said lover.}}
* [[Dance Battler|Tap Dance Battler]]: Killer #2 pulls this off nicely at one point fighting with his back towards the enemy. His movements were based on Fred Astaire.
* [[Throwing Down the Gauntlet]]: Yoshi during the wasabi-eating scene.
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** Or more specifically, ''[[Sin City]]'' meets ''[[Kung Fu Hustle]]''.
* [[You Have Failed Me]]: Killer #2 regularly slits the throats of anyone who fails him.
* [[You Kill It, You Bought It]]: One of the ways for Killers to move up in the ranks is for them to pick off someone higher on the totem pole.
* [[You Killed My Father]]: {{spoiler|The Drifter's}} motivation for taking down Nicola. A similar case for Yoshi, except it was his uncle instead.
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