The Storm Riders

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Summary: Very Over Rated
Review: Well, when I finally saw this movie I was extremely disappointed to say the least. I had heard so much good stuff about it and none of it was true. The fight scenes last about 2 seconds each, the characters are paper thin and the plot is like a rejected story from Dragon Ball. If you want good quality HK movies, try A Chinese Ghost Story, Bride With White Hair, Time & Tide, Iron Monkey, Comet Butterfly & Sword, but be warned, stay clear of the Storm Riders....

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Summary: A Martial Arts Masterpiece
Review: I feel that this movie was one of the greatest martial arts movies that I have ever seen. I also reccomend this movie to anyone who has an interest in people with great skills and tallents. Not only were the actors becoming their characters, their skills were also becoming their characters. I think that this movie should have been in theaters in the United States. It would have had great sucess and I think that it would have been nominated as well as won many awards. Check it out and see what you think!

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Summary: Aaron Kwok gives an impressive performance
Review: "The Storm Riders" (also known as "Wind Cloud/Fong Wan/Fong Yreen") is the top-grossing movie in Hong Kong cinematic history. For those who underestimate HK cinema, watch this movie - it WILL prove you wrong.

With Asia's top entertainers giving amazing performances, Aaron Kwok, Ekin Cheng, Xiu Chi, and Cristy please audiences all around the world. The film includes fantasy, dramatic kung-fu closeups (sometimes a bit too much), and emphasizes a lot on a big part of Chinese culture - honor... face... reputation... vengeance. Not to mention creativity and some very touching scenes.

Aaron Kwok (left of cover) plays "Wan/Yreen/Cloud" as a very emotional character that many can relate to. Although Ekin Cheng (right of cover), who played "Fong/Wind", also gave a wonderful performance, the movie mostly centered itself on Cloud's character. The highlights of the movie were given by Sonny Chiba and Heavenly King Aaron Kwok. (That's a true title, for those who aren't familiar with Hong Kong entertainment.)

If you're sick of a typical kung-fu movie or Hollywood hit and are looking for something new, "The Storm Riders" will satisfy you with a mix of fantasy, special effects, impressive directing, great sound, some romance, and a wonderful story.

It is also recommended to watch the sequel of this movie, however Heavenly King Aaron Kwok turned down the offer to play Cloud again. The prequel of "The Storm Riders", "A Man Called Hero" is NOT WORTH WATCHING. - Priscilla

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Summary: ALMOST PERFECT FANTASY - ALMOST!!!
Review: With the GOOD & BAD reviews, I would have to agree with both agruments ... but STORM RIDERS is definately worth watching!!! A fantasic, brilliant story with limited fighting ... STORM RIDERS I believe lives up to it's hype! Story is easy to follow, good story indeed, compared to others of its kind. The CGI effects were spectacular, but it was confusing in one or two areas only! It was fun, interesting, and most important ... it kept you glued to the screen.

The VHS edition is a 90 min. film vs. DVDs 128 min. -- your missing out on many deleted scenes watching the VHS edition.

IMPORTANT : The VHS has ENGLISH DUBBING - if you hate to read. The DVD does not!!!

If anything ... I wished for two things:

1. A little more fight scenes. 2. DVD with English Dubbling!!! I can read ... but, prefer not too!!!

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Summary: The worst martial art movie ever?
Review: This one has to be the worst Chinese martial art movie I have ever seen. I know that the movie is based on Chinese comic book, but the story is ridiculous. And the fighting scenes... they are some of the worst choreographed fighting scenes ever, if i can call them fighting scenes. Avoid this one like the plague~!!

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Summary: Jaw dropping
Review: A must see for every fan of kungfu, comics, anime, fantasy, heck anyone who loves movies must see it! Highly recommended.

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Summary: A Martial Arts Masterpiece!!!!
Review: An outstanding mix of fantasy and martial arts highlighted by breath-taking digital effects. Great character development (something that seems to go right over the heads of the average chop-sockey reviewers)and acting, especially by the legendary Sonny Chiba who's still larger than life at 60+ yrs. of age. This is a triumph for Hong Kong Cinema.

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Summary: A Video Game on Film
Review: I had high hopes for this one, but was left very disappointed. I'd assume that most people are watching this hoping for cool fight scenes, but the ones in Storm Riders are way too short and too focused on effects. It comes across as a really long cut scene from Final Fantasy or some other video game instead of an actual movie.

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Summary: Only for some people
Review: This ain't a martial arts film so don't buy it if you only watch fights that only jet li and Jackie Chan does. It's a fantasy film basically. Chinese style fantasy and I love it. It is similar to Swordsman 2 kinda like that but not exactly. Stormriders has beautiful graphics and if u're into that kind of stuff yeah buy it. And if you like to read american fantasy books you will probably like it. Oh yeah open your mind when you watch this film. It's Great

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Summary: Classic Martial Arts in a Modern Presentation
Review: This is quite simply one of the best Martial Arts movies you will see. I recently saw Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and although I loved Chow Yuen Fat and Michelle Yeoh I found myself saying "The story is great...but I wish it had the wow factor of Storm Riders". After the hand-over of Hong Kong to China and the mass exodus of many of Hong Kongs film makers I was a little worried we wouldn't see much in the way of Asian blockbusters. This movie dispelled all my fears and showed a changing face of Asian cinematography. Your collection isn't complete without this title!