Contains the uncut Cantonese version, and the English language international version! Before Shaolin Soccer, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, and Hero, there was the Stormriders. Released in 1998, it was the most visually impressive, action packed film to ever come out of Hong Kong. Based on the hugely successful comic book, Storm Riders set the standard for future action wire-fu special effects movies not only in Hong Kong but around the world. It broke all box office records in its native land due to its exciting story, stellar cast, and impressive CG effects.
Lord Conquer (Sonny Chiba) is an evil martial arts master obsessed with ultimate power. After learning that there are two young boys with special powers, he sets out to unite them and bring invincibility to his clan. After taking the boys by force, he begins training Wind (Ekin Cheng) and Cloud (Aaron Kwok) to use their special gifts. As they grow stronger, so does Conquer's clan. Wind and Cloud believe they were orphaned and raised by Lord Conquer so they feel they owe their lives to him. After Conquer announces that his daughter Charity (Kristy Yang) will marry Wind, the bond between the two brothers is broken. Once they discover Conquer's true intentions, his reign of evil has begun, and it will take the two brothers working together to destroy the man they once called their father.
Never before released in the United States in its original uncut form, this new special edition DVD is the ultimate edition of the original Storm Riders! |
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 MOVIE VS. TV CONFUSION |
| Review Date: July 6, 2006 |
| Reviewer: M. Brown, North Carolina |
AMAZON PUT THE COMMENTS AND RATINGS FOR THE TV SHOW AND THE MOVIE TOGETHER.
The movie is titled simply "storm riders". this is good people like this movie.
The TV show is call "storm riders blah blah blah" noone likes it. It was condensed from a 30hr Tv series in to a 2hr. disks.
noone was trying to fool anyone. amazon's system just does not recognize the difference. |
Mythic martial fantasy
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| Review Date: January 27, 2002 |
| Reviewer: Bradford Daniels, Redmond, WA |
| Every once in a while, a film comes out of Hong Kong that reminds me of why I like Asian cinema. Storm Riders is such a movie. While less frenetically paced than many of my earlier favorites ("Swordsman II", "Fong Sai Yuk", etc.), it nonetheless has outstanding action scenes and a creative visual style. The imagery has the mythic quality that I liked in films such as "Bride with White Hair" and "Zu: Warriors of the Magic Mountain", but it has a much more solid plot, more complex characterizations, and far better special effects than those films. I was also impressed with the special features on this DVD, which were far superior to the usual Tai Seng release, though not as good as many modern American-made DVDs. Even though I only watched a couple of them, it's refreshing to see that they made the effort to include a good variety of features. If "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" is the only Chinese martial fantasy film you've seen, this film may not be what you're hoping for. This is not a deep character drama, though the central love triangle is well played, and the characters do have more depth to them than in most action films. Still, though, you'll enjoy the movie best if you expect a deeper-than-normal action film rather than a more-action-packed-than-normal character piece. |
A Visual Masterpiece
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| Review Date: April 1, 2000 |
| Reviewer: , |
| Finally Asian cinema is bridging the gap of clacciscal martial arts filming and new age graphic technology. Storm Riders far out ways any ohter new age martial arts/sci-fi movie. The movie is based on the Chinese comic book series Fung Wan. Which alone has developed a cult following through out Asia. The plot is easy to follow and charecters are developed reasonably well for a comic book crossover film. Fantastic editing, special effects and acting! If there is one dvd to buy from the east this is it. |
More Please!
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| Review Date: August 20, 2002 |
| Reviewer: SereneNight, California, USA |
| I am a novice to Hong Kong cinema. But this movie really blew me away! Awesome CGI, and fun, 'over-the-top' acting made me buy the DVD, and want to look for the SPECIAL EDITION version. This is the story of Cloud and Wind, both young men raised by the (evil) dictator Lord Conquer. Loyal to Conquer, the two friends are drawn apart when Conquer engages his daughter Charity to Wind, the gentler of the two. In doing so, Conquer hopes that Wind and Cloud will kill eachother and save him the trouble. What follows is a CGI extravaganza, with Wind and Cloud vying for Charity's attentions, and Eventually confronting Conquer. Definitely a movie which will appeal to women, this movie is beautifully filmed... And has a great sound track! A must for lovers of romantic films.... Truly one of a kind! |
Classic Martial Arts in a Modern Presentation
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| Review Date: January 14, 2001 |
| Reviewer: , Houston, TX USA |
| 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! |
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