Fung wan II (2009)

Wind and Cloud find themselves up against a ruthless Japanese warlord intent on invading China.

Directors:

Oxide Pang Chun, Danny Pang

Writer:

Wing-Shing Ma (story)

Stars:

Aaron Kwok, Ekin Cheng, Kenny Ho

1 win & 5 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Aaron Kwok	...	Cloud
Ekin Cheng	...	Wind
Kenny Ho	...	Nameless
Nicholas Tse	...	Heart
Charlene Choi	...	Second Dream
Simon Yam	...	Lord Godless
Suet Lam	...	Piggy King
Patrick Tam	...	Emperor
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Danny Arroyo	...	Cloud (voice)
Anson Leung	...	Earth
Byron Pang	...	Sky
Yan Tang	...	Chu Chu
Todd Eric Valcourt	...	Wind (voice)
Tak-bun Wong	...	Lord Wicked

Storyline

Based on the comic book series "Fung Wan" and directed by The Pang Brothers comes the incredible story of two friends, Wind and Cloud, who find themselves up against a very powerful warlord intending to invade their country. In order to protect their land these two friends seek the help of the all-powerful master. Through extensive training Wind and Cloud expose themselves to the "evil" ways to increase their powers of element. When the intensive battle begins their friendship will be tested when one finds it hard to be righteous and easy to be evil.

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Plot Keywords:

second in trilogy | second part | part of trilogy | roman numeral in title | sequel | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sequences of stylized martial arts violence throughout

Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese English

Release Date:

17 December 2009 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Storm Warriors

Filming Locations:

Thailand

Box Office

Budget:

$22,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Chengtian Entertainment, Sil-Metropole Organisation, Universe Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

111 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX DTS-ES

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Both Ekin Cheng and Kenny Ho have played Hero Hua, the protagonist of another Ma Wing-shing comic "Chinese Hero: Tales of the Blood Sword". Cheng starred in the 1999 film while Kenny Ho played the character in the 1990 television series.

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Goofs

When Wind was told to enter the "Evil pool" he left his blade behind him. He wasn't shown having his blade when he burst out of the pool to save his friends and left bare handed. But when he shows up in front of Cloud and Lord Godless he's holding his blade which should be still in the Lord Wicked's hide out.

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Connections

Follows Fung wan: Hung ba tin ha (1998)

User Reviews

Entertaining, good try but lacks the fun elements the first one had.

Such a long wait since the first one. Storm Rider 1 was really good by the way - better story line, better flow, better pace, better romance, better music, more varied scenes(inside castle, forest where two groups of people meet, dragon cave, village, etc), much more character development (ie every characters seem to have decent screen time), adequate CGI - given that was some 11 yrs ago, and better acting - Yes, better acting! ie. Sonny Chiba was unparalleled as Lord Conquer. Even Wind and Cloud had deeper emotions, more expressive then, really.

I would prefer the first one if not for the redeeming factors of Storm Riders 2 - more boastful, refined CGIs, much impressive and intense fighting choreograph which I enjoyed immensely. one battle too long, one ended prematurely if only it balances up a bit.

Some scenes unnecessary, some over dramatized to a point of dragging which make you just wanna scream "just get on with it!". I suppose the script just could have been much better and more varied scenes than just those few bleak boring ones which at times, looked a bit fake. The ladies also don't have much scene impact, a little shallow.

Overall, I don't mind watching it again purely for its fighting CGIs which was sheer indulgence. Everything else, I rather re-watch Storm Riders 1.