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From the acclaimed directors of The Eye comes the highly anticipated sequel to the groundbreaking action-fantasy epic, Storm Riders. Asian superstars Ekin Cheng and Aaron Kwok reprise their roles as Wind and Cloud: two legendary warriors with the power to control the elements.Their courage and skill maintains balance throughout the empire, until a ruthless Japanese warlord defeats Asias preeminent swordsman and absorbs all his powers to attain invincibility. To prevent this barbaric quest to conquer China, Wind recklessly gives himself over to the dark side of his mystical fighting arts, but as his power increases, he is completely overcome by evil. Now, Cloud must master an all-powerful sword-style to defeat the warlord and then face his brother in a titanic duel destined for greatness. Showcasing eye-popping visual effects and epic battle sequences that are nothing short of spectacular (Beyond Hollywood), Storm Warriors presents a stunning vision of a fantasy world that goes beyond your imagination, and will enthral and excite you from start to finish!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
This is a beautiful film, but the problem is, it's only beautiful, it's not very interesting.
What's good: the effects are amazing; the fight scenes are fantastically done; the scenery is brilliant; the costumes are wonderful.
What's not so good: it's a sequel, but there is no attempt to reintroduce the characters; the plot is so thin it's almost not there; the plot that is there doesn't make sense; there are so many fight scenes that they become boring.
When I watched it I ended up forward winding through most of the end because I was so bored with all the sword fighting. I love a good martial arts battle, but this film took it to an extreme. There was one point where Cloud and Wind were fighting and first they had the battle in their heads, then they actually had it and then they did it all over again!
So if you love long drawn out battles, go for it; if you want any kind of plot, don't bother.
What's good: the effects are amazing; the fight scenes are fantastically done; the scenery is brilliant; the costumes are wonderful.
What's not so good: it's a sequel, but there is no attempt to reintroduce the characters; the plot is so thin it's almost not there; the plot that is there doesn't make sense; there are so many fight scenes that they become boring.
When I watched it I ended up forward winding through most of the end because I was so bored with all the sword fighting. I love a good martial arts battle, but this film took it to an extreme. There was one point where Cloud and Wind were fighting and first they had the battle in their heads, then they actually had it and then they did it all over again!
So if you love long drawn out battles, go for it; if you want any kind of plot, don't bother.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The first was entertaining but this is a complete joke. They copied the direction of 300 but lack the skills to implement it probably. Don't bother buying this cause I did and i regret it so will you.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Full credit should be given to the Pang Brothers for taking on the huge, daunting responsibilty of creating a sequel to one of the highest grossing movies of all time at China's box office, especially when they specialize in the supernatural chiller style of horror and have no prior martial arts experience. Whoever took on the challenge, and whatever feature they delivered, would've been met with a considerable amount of critism due to the high levels of expectations generated from the original, which in turn, can never be fully realized on a satisfactory level. Thankfully, i read numerous bad reviews slating this dark follow-up to The Storm Riders, and so, my level of expectation was next to zero when i finally sat down to watch it for myself; i ended up being pleasantly surprised and thoroughly entertained.
Simon Yam is cast as the emphatic evil warlord Godless; Lam Suet (my personal favourite) is King Piggy; Charlene Choi provides the eye candy as Second Dream (although, "Every Full Bloody Man's Dream" would've been a better name for her character - she looks stunning); Ekin Cheng and Aaron Kwok reprise their roles as Wind and Cloud; and, do i need to mention the amazing special effects that The Pang Bothers have become renowned for throughout their careers?
Personally, i find watching warriors do ridiculous kung-fu moves like: throwing scores of swords through the air conjured out of thin air; creating impenetrable forcefields; running up mountains; leaping forty foot in the air; getting up without a scratch after being slammed 100mph into solid rock; walking in the realms of death, and a whole host of other mind-blowingly imaginative ideas to be a whole lot of fun; and, if you're not psyched to see the Pang's rather impressive sequel, loaded with spectacular CGI visuals and epic battle sequences, then you just don't appreciate crazy, overly stylized Chinese martial arts movies to the fullest.
Yes, the story is a tad lame but that's nothing most viewers, who consider themselves genuine fans, haven't already come to expect from Chinese fantasy flicks, in fact, it enhances the viewing experience on a certain level: creating numerous parodies for you to laugh at. If you're watching this type of flick expecting a gripping story with needless character development, which has already been achieved in the original, then i think you really need to have a long word with yourself in front of the mirror and stop taking things too seriously: it's meant to be fun so enjoy it for what it is.
Simon Yam is cast as the emphatic evil warlord Godless; Lam Suet (my personal favourite) is King Piggy; Charlene Choi provides the eye candy as Second Dream (although, "Every Full Bloody Man's Dream" would've been a better name for her character - she looks stunning); Ekin Cheng and Aaron Kwok reprise their roles as Wind and Cloud; and, do i need to mention the amazing special effects that The Pang Bothers have become renowned for throughout their careers?
Personally, i find watching warriors do ridiculous kung-fu moves like: throwing scores of swords through the air conjured out of thin air; creating impenetrable forcefields; running up mountains; leaping forty foot in the air; getting up without a scratch after being slammed 100mph into solid rock; walking in the realms of death, and a whole host of other mind-blowingly imaginative ideas to be a whole lot of fun; and, if you're not psyched to see the Pang's rather impressive sequel, loaded with spectacular CGI visuals and epic battle sequences, then you just don't appreciate crazy, overly stylized Chinese martial arts movies to the fullest.
Yes, the story is a tad lame but that's nothing most viewers, who consider themselves genuine fans, haven't already come to expect from Chinese fantasy flicks, in fact, it enhances the viewing experience on a certain level: creating numerous parodies for you to laugh at. If you're watching this type of flick expecting a gripping story with needless character development, which has already been achieved in the original, then i think you really need to have a long word with yourself in front of the mirror and stop taking things too seriously: it's meant to be fun so enjoy it for what it is.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
mystical martial arts.
I bought this as I had seen the previous film and was curious to see the sequel. I enjoyed both up to a point but would not give it top marks. Read more
Published 26 days ago by A. J. Montgomery
Silly Fun Watch of Pseudo-Martial Arts Film
I like the Storm Riders better. This film was silly but fun watch from beginning to the end. The two main actors were good-looking but they were not such good actors. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Helene
strom warriors
great action start to finish loved it
must see the first one before u watch this one for the stroy line as you
come in half though a story
must see the first one before u watch this one for the stroy line as you
come in half though a story
Published 8 months ago by musiclover
Too much posturing
This should have been an outstanding film but it was so badly let down by a poor script and far too much posturing by the actors. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Lichinbo
good stuff
i will make this a short review. if you love martial arts movies with great special effects this movie is one of the best out there. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Gerard Egan
Great Effects
Over all a good film, some of the special affects are worth watching. Unfortunately, as with many Chinese/Asian films, especially those dealing with the supernatural or fantasy,... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Mr. Owen Dunsire
not the best
I am a very big fan of martial art movies and have to say i was very dissapointed by this. I really would reccomend giving this one a miss if possible. Read more
Published 21 months ago by rob_odo
Visual entertaining
Allthough the fighting scenes arent of the quality i am used to (donnie yen, jackie chan, sammo hung, jet li, nicholas tse, andy lau, etc... ) the visual effects make up for it. Read more
Published 21 months ago by R. M. Ten Hove
Outstanding fantasy action!
If you have seen Chinese fantasy/Martial Arts films before then you will know what to expect from this.
If you liked them, you will love this! Read more
If you liked them, you will love this! Read more
Published 22 months ago by M. Huxley
save your money.
the original storm riders was mildly entertaing featuring some well shot set pieces, this so called sequel fails to live up to the entertaining factor of the original. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Simian
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