After being fired for accidentally killing the hero, a bumbling minion is conscripted by the local village to defeat the Warlord.

Hi you two,

I think that we realy need to find an other word than "Minion", ... because it definitely makes me thinking to "DESPICABLE ME", and I'm afraid it will be quite the same for a lot of people. Isn't it ? :-(

All the best.

or... "After being banished for accidentally killing his Warlord's enemy target, an inferior martial arts fighter, The Minion, is trained by the enemy's Elder to become the village's new hero"...

I'll stop now ;)

Hi Richiev,

I re-read your revised logline in this thread and think it's a 50-50 split between that and Jean's second last offering -- just IMO 'n all that...

Regardless, I think you've got a seriously awesome film on your hands. As I mentioned, I'm no aficionado on martial arts films, but if this was showing down at my local haunt it would be on my list to see. Best of luck with it.

Below is just my play on Jean's (ta Jean;) ) -- it's at 29 words, and maybe a bit stumbly, but just FWIW 'n all that ;)

"After accidentally killing the protector of an enemy village, a banished inferior martial arts fighter, the Minion, is trained by his enemy's Elder to fight his own village's Warlord."