Lord Conquer is a great and mighty warlord who wants to take over the world. To do so, he must defeat another warrior named Sword Saint, but the battle is prophesied to take place in ten years. Lord Conquer's servant, Mud Buddha, says that he can make himself invincible by then if he can make two certain children into his disciples. Those children are Whispering Wind and Striding Cloud. But Lord Conquer discovers that if Wind and Cloud were to unite against him, they could overthrow him. He tries to avoid this by marrying his daughter Charity to Wind. Cloud intervenes, and Lord Conquer accidentally kills Charity. Meanwhile, the time has come for Lord Conquer's duel with Sword Saint. He shows his true intentions by turning against Cloud and Wind. Now, it's a free-for-all battle between Lord Conquer, Sword Saint, Cloud, and Wind. And only one will emerge as the victor! (Source: IMDb) Edit Translation
- English
- magyar / magyar nyelv
- dansk
- Norsk
- Native Title: 風雲雄霸天下
- Also Known As: Feng Yun Xiong Ba Tian Xia , Fung Wan Hung Ba Tin Ha
- Director: Andrew Lau
- Screenwriter: Manfred Wong
- Genres: Action, Drama, Martial Arts, Fantasy
Cast & Credits
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![Aaron Kwok in The Storm Riders Hong Kong Movie (1998)]( "Aaron Kwok in The Storm Riders Hong Kong Movie (1998)")
Aaron Kwok“Striding Cloud”Main Role -
![Ekin Cheng in The Storm Riders Hong Kong Movie (1998)]( "Ekin Cheng in The Storm Riders Hong Kong Movie (1998)")
Ekin Cheng'Whispering Wind"Main Role -
![Sonny Chiba in The Storm Riders Hong Kong Movie (1998)]( "Sonny Chiba in The Storm Riders Hong Kong Movie (1998)")
Sonny Chiba Main Role -
![Kristy Yeung in The Storm Riders Hong Kong Movie (1998)]( "Kristy Yeung in The Storm Riders Hong Kong Movie (1998)")
Kristy Yeung Main Role -
![Roy Cheung in The Storm Riders Hong Kong Movie (1998)]( "Roy Cheung in The Storm Riders Hong Kong Movie (1998)")
Roy CheungShaolin MonkSupport Role -
![Alex Fong in The Storm Riders Hong Kong Movie (1998)]( "Alex Fong in The Storm Riders Hong Kong Movie (1998)")
Alex FongWhispering PrinceSupport Role
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Reviews
Sonny Chiba plays the perfect Big Bad. He has the evil laugh down to an art form. Ekin Cheng as the kindhearted Wind and Aaron Kwok as the unpredictable Cloud make for an interesting pair of men raised as brothers by the man who killed their fathers. Kristy Yeung and Shu Qi are there more for adornments and a little lusty conflict and humor respectively, but not particularly integral to the story. Of course, the movie hits its stride when Cloud and Wind must combine forces into a storm to try and take down Lord Conqueror and avenge their families while also freeing themselves and the world from his tyranny.
There's a fiery monster, a fighting monk, destiny, magical glowing red fruit and an arm seeking it's master. The movie rarely slows down to let the viewer catch their breath. The special effects were very good, but at times over-powered the fight scenes. I would liked to have seen a few more actual martial arts moves during the fights.
I tend to struggle with movies based on comics as often the movie makers assume the viewer is completely familiar with the story and they tend to skip about or not flesh out the main characters, but this story was told in a comprehensible straight forward manner and granted the main characters enough story development for me to care about them. The Storm Riders was a fun, entertaining movie.
