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'''''House Of Flying Daggers''''' (original title: 十面埋伏) is a [[Wuxia]] movie directed by [[Zhang Yimou]] and released in 2004. Zhang had previously directed another [[Wuxia]] flick, ''[[Hero (film)|Hero]]'', and wanted to explore the genre further. He would later direct ''[[Curse of the Golden Flower]]''.
The story, set in the waning days of the Tang Dynasty (9th century CE), depicts a love triangle between two soldiers and a young woman suspected of being an agent of a secret society, the titular House of Flying Daggers.
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The film stars [[Zhang Ziyi]], [[Takeshi Kaneshiro]] and [[Andy Lau]].
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* [[Action Girl]]: Mei.
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* [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]: The final fight from a choreographic and acting standpoint as well as in-universe. It's hard to surpass the sheer hatred and brutality displayed, and done with a minimum of gore.
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Surprisingly Mei. She's nearly raped by Jin in the first 5 minutes, rescued by Jin several times, etc.
* {{spoiler|[[Downer Ending]]: Poor, poor Mei}}...
* [[Duel to the Death]]: {{spoiler|Jin and Leo. Ironically, neither die
* [[Elite Mook]]: Practically everybody is ''insanely'' skilled. Even random unnamed soldiers are so good they can build a cage with thrown bamboo rods.
* [[The Empire]]: The Tang Dynasty.
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* [[Gray and Gray Morality]]: There isn't much to tell one side from the other in terms of ethics.
* [[Hot Chick with a Sword]]: Mei.
* [[I Am Not Left-Handed]]: {{spoiler|Mei is not blind
* [[Impractically Fancy Outfit]]: Mei's dancing girl outfits.
* [[La Résistance]]: The House of Flying Daggers.
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''That we can laud more than this beauty''}}
* [[Love Triangle]]
* [[Made of Iron]]: The only explanation for the absolutely insane resistance to injury Jin and Leo seem to display: to wit, {{spoiler|Leo taking a dagger through the back and the multitude of wounds they inflict on one another during the final fight
* [[The Mole]]: {{spoiler|Leo
* [[Obfuscating Disability]]: {{spoiler|Mei}}.
* [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome]]: {{spoiler|The final showdown between the army and the rebels remains entirely offscreen
** Also, once it's revealed that {{spoiler|Mei isn't really blind, we never get to see her cut loose in a fight (since she doesn't need to fake any kind of helplessness anymore)}}.
* [[Only a Flesh Wound]]: Zig-zagged furiously at the ending. {{spoiler|Leo is hit in the back with an non-fatal Flying Dagger, is told to go back to his position as a guard (and that the dagger will make his story more convincing), and it doesn't seem to bother him at all, including when he kills Mei with a dagger to the heart. After Jin returns for her, he finds her just fading away, and Leo attacks him. While they fight and cut each other to ribbons, she wakes up, just when Leo pulls the knife out of his back to throw at Jin. She says that if he does, she'll pull the knife out of her heart to kill Leo. Jin points out that if she does, she'll bleed out and die. Leo pretends to throw his knife, she throws hers to block his, and dies. Leo staggers away while Jin holds her in his arms
* [[Outdoor Bath Peeping]]: Jin peeps on Mei as she bathes in a pond. She's aware of it but doesn't mind.
* [[Pinball Projectile]]
* [[The Plan]]: Mei's capture and escape were part of a convoluted plot {{spoiler|to bring about a massive showdown between the loyalist forces and those of the House of Flying Daggers
* [[Pyrrhic Villainy]]: Arguable about the villainy considering the [[Gray and Gray Morality]], but {{spoiler|Leo accomplished his mission to perfection, but still lost everything along the way and wound up killing the person he loved most
* [[Rule of Cool]]: The titular "flying daggers
* [[Scenery Porn]]: Zhang Yimou's signature style is an overload of lush backgrounds, to the point of chromatic saturation.
* [[She Fu]]: Mei is yet another Zhang Ziyi [[Badass]].
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* [[Tragic Hero]]: All the heroes are this in one way or another.
* [[Waif Fu]]: [[Zhang Ziyi]] has made a good living playing [[Badass]] chicks while weighing about 95 lbs.
* [[Why Did You Make Me Hit You?]]: Slight variant, with {{spoiler|Leo yelling at Mei, after throwing a dagger into her chest, claiming flat-out that she made him kill her, due to her new found love for Jin
* [[Wire Fu]]: Every single fight.
* [[Wuxia]]: Rivals ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]''.
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[[Category:Films of the 2000s]]
[[Category:House of Flying Daggers]]
[[Category:Chinese Films]]
[[Category:Hong Kong Films]]
[[Category:Epic Movie]]
[[Category:Martial Arts Movie]]
[[Category:Film]]
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