The Storm Riders (1998)
"Fung wan: Hung ba tin ha" (original title)

An evil warlord takes in 2 students (Wind & Cloud) in an effort to become invincible so he can take over the world.

Director:

Wai-keung Lau

Writers:

Wing-Shing Ma (story), Manfred Wong (screenplay)

Stars:

Aaron Kwok, Ekin Cheng, Sonny Chiba

5 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Aaron Kwok	...	Striding Cloud / Bou Ging Wan
Ekin Cheng	...	Whispering Wind / Nip Fung
Sonny Chiba	...	Lord Conqueror / Hung Baa
Kristy Yang	...	Charity / Hung Chi
Qi Shu	...	Muse / Cho Cho
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lawrence Cheng	...	Jester / Man Chow Chow (as Tan-shui Cheng)
Roy Cheung	...	Shaolin Monk
Yue Dung Cheung	...	Striding Cloud - child
Jason Chu	...	Ming
Alex Fong	...	Whispering Prince
Rocky Lai	...	Wedding Guest
Yiu-Cheung Lai	...	Mud Buddha / Nai Pou Saat
Dion Lam	...	Crow (as Dik-on Lam)
Siu-Kei Lee	...	Wedding Guest
Tat Chiu Lee	...	Hawk

Storyline

Lord Conquer is a great and mighty warlord who wants to take over the world. To do so, he must defeat another warrior named Sword Saint; but the battle is prophesized to take place in ten years. Lord Conquer's servant, Mud Buddah, says that he can make himself invincible by then if he can make two certain children into his disciples. Those children are Whispering Wind and Striding Cloud. But Lord Conquer discovers that if Wind and Cloud were to unite against him, they could overthrow him. He tries to avoid this by marrying his daughter Charity to Wind. Cloud intervines and Lord Conquer accidentally kills Charity. Meanwhile, the time has come for Lord Conquer's duel with Sword Saint. He shows his true intentions by turning against Cloud and Wind. Now it's a free-for-all battle between Lord Conquer, Sword Saint, Cloud, and Wind. And only one will emerge the victor!

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Plot Keywords:

martial arts | asian man | martial artist | fist fight | karate | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense martial arts violence and a scene of sensuality

Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Release Date:

18 July 1998 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

The Storm Riders

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

SGD 2,020,000 (Singapore)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Golden Harvest Pictures (China), Centro Digital Pictures Ltd., Tianshan Film Studio

Technical Specs

Runtime:

128 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Crazy Credits

In the credits you can see how they made some of the film's special effects

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Connections

Followed by Storm Warriors (2009)

User Reviews

My Favorite movie!

This is one of my favorite martial arts movies. There are lots of effects, a wonderful storyline, lots of wire-fu, and computer generated graphics. The actors are wonderful bringing these comic book characters to life. This is a totally different type of martial arts-fantasy movie.

Synopsis: The conqueror searching for a legendary sword kills two boy's fathers and adopts them(Cloud & Wind) to his clan. They are destined to be the conqueror's downfall. The conqueror sets up a love triangle(with his daughter) to keep them opponents so the do not unite against him.

But after the accidental death of his daughter things go out of the conqueror's hands.

Another movie made by Ekin Cheng along these lines is a movie called "a Man Called Hero". I have yet to see it but will review it in time. I also recommend "the Bride with White hair"(1 & 2), and "The Heroic Trio"(pt 1) and "The Executioners"(pt 2).