Product Details

• Actors: Ekin Cheng, Sonny Chiba
• Format: AC-3, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Import, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: Cantonese (Dolby Digital 5.1), Mandarin Chinese (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English, Chinese
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Tai Seng
• DVD Release Date: December 11, 2001
• Run Time: 128 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (111 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00004RF3O
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #80,673 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Storm Riders" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

AKA: The Stormriders Languages: ENGLISH Plot: Storm Riders is a riveting martial arts film about the friendship and rivalry between two swordsmen, Wind and Cloud, brought up together by a warlord to help him fulfill a prophesy of ruling the world. Caught between them is the one woman they both love. Overview: The long anticipated new film Storm Riders (Fung Won) which features two top pop stars, Dior Cheng Yi Kin, Aaron Kwok, was released in Hong Kong to great acclaim and eager audiences. It took over a year to produce. The film is adopted from the popular cartoon "Fung Won" and is a classic sword fight movie with many amazing special effects (the reason it has taken so long to make). Warlord Conquer (Sonny Chiba) is told that if he can locate and train two boys with particular star charts then his Conqueror Clan will be invincible for ten years. Conquer finds the two boys, but is obliged to get violent when their parents prove old-fashioned about forking over their sole heirs. Conquer brings them up as his own, along with his legitimate son Frost and daughter Charity. Ten years pass, and our two orphans are mighty warriors. Wind (Ekin Cheng) is obedient but Cloud (Aaron Kwok) is a bit of a brooder, especially when Conquer announces the marriage of Charity (Kristy Yeung) to Wind. Nothing causes a war in the world of martial arts like a love triangle and, before you can say "Whirling Water Attack", Cloud is storming the wedding to steal the bride. Eventually, the two boys unite and fight Conquer. Despite the presence of big name actors and actresses, possibly the biggest star of this film is special effects company Centro, which set new standards for the future of Hong Kong Cinema. Cast: Dior Cheng Yee-Kin (Ekin Cheng), Kam Sui, Anthony Wong, Alex Fong, Lawrence Cheng, Roy Cheung, Yeung Wan, Kristy Yeung, Zi Wong, Dat Lee, Zing Tsui, Aaron Kwok, Michael Tse, Chi Ng, Jason Chu, Yiu Lai, Shu Qi (Hsu Chi, Shu Kei), Deon Lam. . .

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47 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pure Fantasy, Gotta Love It!, July 31, 2004

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Adam C. Scarbrough (San Luis Obispo, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Storm Riders (DVD)

Storm Riders is a nearly perfect chinese fantasy movie! If you are thinking, maybe another Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, you are not even close. I am not at all saying that if you like C.T.H.D. you won't like this, they are just two very different movies. Along with some high-wire acts, Storm Riders combines great visual effects with exciting and original sword play. The sword fighting along with some hand to hand action is purely of the fantasy kind consisting of swords throwing huge waves of energy out from them to whirlwind kicks and manipulating liquid to be used as a weapon. There is also real fighting mixed in there to keep you from saying this is too much.

Sounds a bit out there, doesn't it. You must know that this film is based on a comic book. The story is of two young boys who are raised and ruled by the man who killed their parents and grow up to become martial arts masters. Filled with a ton of action, this tale is of loyalty, love, and revenge. The movie slows down a few times, but only to add to the depth of the story, then right back into another gravity-defying brawl. The acting is much better than I anticipated and is probably the best I have seen Ekin Cheng perform.

The movie is in widescreen but not anamorphic. Excellent film quality and sound(DTS/Dolby Digital) help this movie really come to life. You will have to read subtitles but they are done very well. There are no extensive lines that will cause you to have to speed read.

If you have an open mind when it comes to fantasy you will surely enjoy this one. Overall, I was thoroughly impressed and must recommend checking this out.

31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Don't be confused with the 1998 film!, May 21, 2006

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A. Tow (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wind and Cloud: The Storm Riders (DVD)

This version "Wind and Cloud - The Storm Riders" made in 2004 is not the same as "The Storm Riders" made in 1998.

This dvd is a condensed version of a TV series packaged by Tai Seng. It is full-screen and was made for TV. It is pretty disjointed as it was condensed into 2 hours from 30 hours.

Most people doing the reviews for this DVD is confusing everyone writing positive reviews for the 1998 film staring Aaron Kwok and Ekin Chen.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MOVIE VS. TV CONFUSION, July 5, 2006

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M. Brown (North Carolina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Storm Riders (DVD)

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.