Hong Kong
2009
Starring: Aaron Kwok, Ekin Cheng, and Kenny Ho
Awards: Nominated for the Asian Film Award (2010)
Probably my second favorite genre of movies right now is the martial arts arena, fantasy martial arts movies are awesome because of the thought that goes into creating the worlds and the martial arts themselves. Fung wan II is no exception to that. Virtually all of the action sequences are friggin awesome. The limits of reality are tested, sure, but that doesn't mean the story isn't cool. If you liked the looks of Goemon you should certainly like the looks of this. Some of the names in this movie were a little corny, but that very well could be something that is lost to me in translation.
I think we are coming into a new era for martial arts movies. I have a hypothesis that the kids who grew up watching anime are becoming directors now with production budgets large enough to create the worlds and special effects their minds have been trained to imagine. I think we're going to see a large number of flicks coming out of Asia that will rival Hollywood action productions in the next decade.
Storm Warriors has a decent plot behind it. There is a strong element of good and evil, light and dark, and it approaches the high ranking martial arts training with that perspective. There is a some type of a love story tied into this movie for both Wind and Cloud, but for some reason if it wasn't for the acting that wouldn't be overly apparent; the subtitles said little about it other then hints here and there. If you like fantasy martial arts movies with good action virtually all the way through you should check this one out.
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