Movie Buff: The Storm Warriors

On 10th december, i went to Tropicana City Mall with Svun for The Storm Warriors movie. I know alot peples been complainin watching it because of lack martial arts and too much of CGI effects but hey, i enjoy it very much! Remind me of 2007 "300" movie. Its just simply awsome! =D

Here a summary about the movie:
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Ekin Cheng and Aaron Kwok is reprising their roles as Wind and Cloud respectively in the comic-adapted "The Storm Warriors", the sequel to the ever popular "The Storm Riders" 11 years ago. Evil Japanese warlord, Lord Godless (Simon Yam) is intent on conquering China. In an effort to succeed, he imprisons all of the Chinese martial artists and attempts to make them subjugate. Amongst the prisoners are Cloud (Aaron Kwok) and the martial arts elder statesman, Nameless (Kenny Ho). Thankfully, Wind (Ekin Cheng) comes to the rescue, but all three are badly wounded during the battle to escape. Chu Chu (Tang Yan) also shows up and takes a direct strike from Lord Godless when she jumps in to save Cloud. The remaining martial artists sacrifice their lives to save the trio as they believe they are the only hope to beat Lord Godless and save the country.


OMG! i couldnt wait for third instalment. oh yea. you heard it right! there gonna be third instalment soon. hopefully the next sequel is not after 11 years please. lolx.

ANOTHER 11 YEARS FOR THE THIRD SEQUEL?

MOVIE REVIEW:

More graphic novel movie than martial arts epic, this sequel to 1998's HK cinema milestone "Storm Riders" is the greatest incarnation of Ma Wing Shing's celebrated "Fung Wan" comic and nothing short of box office blitz is expected when entrusted in the able hands of directors Danny and Oxide Pang. However, when the brothers themselves tell you that no decent movie critic can avoid comparing this wuxia reupdate to that Spartan SFX feast "300" because it uses the same software (!) that's when you know you have a novelty movie in your hands.

Indeed it is special effect before story as we are swirled and twirled into the windy world of Nip Fung (Ekin Cheng) and Bou Keng Wan (Aaron Kwok) as the two heroes (and their emo hair) return to the silver screen after so long to battle evil once more. The story starts off coherently with some reference to the first movie and we are soon made to understand that this will be a two-hour battle with Wind, Cloud and Nameless (Kenny Ho) against evil Lord Godless (Simon Yam) and his equally evil son Heart (Nicholas Tse). Layabout Piggy King (Lam Suet) joins the story later on, together with Lord Wicked (Kenny Wong Tak Bun), Second Dream (Charlene Choi) and Chu Chu (Tang Yan).

However, this synopsis is too simple - or frankly, unnecessary. In a CGI-heavy project such as this, we are only interested to see kungfu moves and stupendous swordplay that can only jump out of a comic book or a computer game, not academic debate about why the Japanese warlord played by Simon Yam is so incredibly hard to kill. The supporting cast have little to do. That's why you won't mind soft porn actor Kenny Wong as an armless sifu or cute newcomer Tang Yan, who replaces Shu Qi as Cloud's romantic interest Chu Chu to no visible effect. Like "300", we want to see how many will die and how war is big and bloody. With that in mind, "Storm Warriors" is a beautiful wallpaper movie (as one reviewer called it), with enough stop-mo scenes to effectively render it a show to be photographed and framed as much as to be watched.

Complete with waterdrop-splitting CGI work, "Storm Warriors" is undeniably a must-watch movie if only to see how far HK cinema has come. Detractors and sceptics can wait for the swords to cross again in "Storm Warriors III" (and there will be one, if the abrupt ending says anything) and wish for improvement but anybody who has ever seen the first movie will simply have to catch "Storm Warriors". We can't be sure if turning evil has anything to do with it but the fortysomething duo will still look just as young in a third movie. Watch "Storm Warriors" to see Ekin and Aaron in the same frame, this reviewer says. That ageless skin is no CGI!

credit: CinemaOnline

its a awsome movie that you shouldnt miss!

yours truly


im going for second round this weekend! cheerrsss! xD