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{{quote|''Ninjas. Damn.''|'''Ron''' <ref> Although this line was [[Trailers Always Lie|not actually in the movie]] </ref>}}
''[[The Warrior's Way]]'' is a western/ninja/circus movie released in 2010. The film's story revolves around the character Yang, an Asian swordsman who was exiled from his clan after refusing to kill a baby, and Lynne, a troubled woman with a horrific past. The film uses green screen throughout and liberal use of special effects.
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* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: Both The Colonel and Saddest Flute are significantly more dangerous than their respective underlings.
▲* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: Both The Colonel and Saddest Flute are significantly more dangerous than their respective underlings.
* [[Badass]]
** [[Badass Longcoat]]: Yang wears one for the second half of the movie.
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* [[Cherry Blossoms]]
* [[Chinese Launderer]]: Yang takes over the laundry when he arrives in Lode, mainly because that's what everyone assumes he'll be good at. He actually has to learn how to do it from Lynne.
** Well, stereotypes might have had something to do with it, but it was also that the friend he came to town looking for owned the laundry previously, so he essentially inherited it.
* [[Conservation of Ninjutsu]]: Invoked and averted - ninjas react just like anyone else to gunfire. Indeed, in the big fight at the end the ninjas actually do so well against the gun-wielding cowboys ''because'' there are so many of them, so the cowboys have trouble picking targets properly before being cut down. As for Yang, he is, after all, the Greatest Swordsman in the World and thus not necessarily reflective of the overall quality of the brand.
* [[Contract on the Hitman]]: The Sad Flutes are ''not'' happy with Yang...
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* [[Faceless Mooks]]: The faces of the many ninjas are never seen. Most of the bandits wear bandannas over their faces as well.
* [[Facing the Bullets One-Liner]]: {{spoiler|The Colonel, right before Lynne kills him.}}
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* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Lynne
* [[Follow the Leader]]: to ''[[Ninja Assassin]]'', down to the casting of a Korean idol (Jang Donggun from ''[[Film/The Promise|The Promise]]'').
* [[Foreshadowing]]: The Colonel, at one point, talks about how he hanged a man by his hamstrings. {{spoiler|Lynne ends up leading into her killing blow against him by hamstringing him.}}
* [[Fun with Subtitles]]: At the beginning.
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* [[Gatling Good]]
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Yang and Lynne have scars that are covered by their clothing. The Colonel has horrible facial scars.
* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: Not all the time, but there are an awful lot of shots of blood spatters hitting screens and such. One such massacre takes place entirely in a ''dust cloud''.
* [[Groin Attack]]
* [[Guns Are Worthless]]: Throughly averted. The ninjas clearly have superhuman abilities and are able to dodge thrown knives, but they can't dodge bullets, and react to being shot just like anyone else. In the final fight the ninjas definitely have the advantage (due in large part to the panicked [[A-Team Firing]] of the cowboys), but the cowboys do manage to hold their own, especially once they bring out the [[Gatling Good|Gatling guns]]). Noteably, Yang never faces gun-wielding opponents head-on; he either catches them by surprise, or fights while concealed inside a dust cloud or in darkness.
* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]
* [[Hitman with a Heart]]: Yang.
* [[Hope Sprouts Eternal]]: There's definitely something going on with the flower garden in the desert.
* [[Human Shield]]: Used primarily by Yang
* [[Implacable Man]]:
** Yang
** The Sad Flutes, who seem to have an inexhaustible supply of assassins hunting Yang to every corner of the world.
* [[Improvised Weapon]]: In spades.
* [[Infant Immortality]]: Forms the premise of the film, although it is averted in the case of {{spoiler|Lynne's brother.}}
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* [[Scars Are Forever]]
* [[Single-Stroke Battle]]: All the sword fights are like this, the most traditional being the one at the beginning where Yang becomes The Greatest Swordsman in the World by killing The Greatest Swordsman in the World. The only two prolonged fights with any degree of [[Flynning]] are the ones at the end between Lynne and the Colonel, and between Yang and Saddest Flute (which appears to be a training flashback substituted in place of their actual final battle).
* [[Soft
* [[Stepping Stone Sword]]
* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: "We only have 100 sticks of dynamite"
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[[Category:Films of the 2010s]]
[[Category:Index of Film Westerns]]▼
[[Category:The Warrior's Way]]
[[Category:Film]]
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