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THE STORM RIDERS II Is A Go
Posted by The Visitor at 3:49am.
Posted in Film News , Martial Arts, Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Asia.
Love the idea or hate it, the sequel to megahit The Storm Riders will be directed by the Pang Brothers. Given their dismal track record post-The Eye, it’s got to worry fans a bit.
The Pangs have proven their ability of handling big-budget special effects extravaganzas, with Re-Cycle, and I think we can safely say there’s no doubt The Storm Riders II will be visually arresting. It’s already been noted at the Hong Kong Filmart that it will be the first HK film to shot exclusively with blue screen, and the aim is to have the visual bravura of 300. All well and good, but let’s just hope the Pangs will bring back the storytelling finesse of their early movies.
There’s also the fact that late last year, Andrew Lau, who directed the first movie, was unaware that a sequel by the Pangs had been rumoured, and he revealed that he had, for two years, been working on a sequel himself. The Pangs’ version is said to have no relation to the original (except for the leads Aaron Kwok and Ekin Cheng), but Lau’s is a direct continuation. Not sure what happened to that.
Apart from the return of Kwok and Cheng, the sequel will also star Simon Yam, Nicholas Tse and Charlene Choi.
The original Storm Riders, adapted from the legendary Ma Wing Shing’s comicbook series Wind And Cloud, ranks up there with some of the best comicbook movies ever. I always thought they had the idea for Arnie and the coffin in T3 after seeing Aaron Kwok kicking ass carrying a coffin!
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cpa314 03/20/2008 @ 6:29am
I wouldnt call the Pang brothers post-eye track record dismal. I really liked Recycle. I thought it was a pretty cool idea and the CGI was very impressive. The fact that the Pang’s are teaming back up with the Fat Face CGI house that they worked on Recycle with is good to hear too. Didnt know Andrew was working on Storm Riders also. That should be sweet. Im guessing he will get to working on it after he finishes his big budge Water Margin Trilogy with Johnnie To. Variety said that Storm Riders II will be the first HK film to be shot exclusively with blue screen. Will it also be the first East Asian film to be shot ith exclusively blue screen. I cant think of any Korean, Thai, Japanese,etc. films that have been shot exclusively on blue screen.
kenixfan 03/20/2008 @ 2:44pm
I would hesitate to say entirely dreadful—I thought even The Eye was a bit overrated.
BUT there is not doubt that they are talented stylists and their films ALWAYS look great.
And The Detective was pretty good and Leave Me Alone was a sharp, witty, little film with Ekin Cheng in dual roles and Charlene Choi in one of her better roles in the past 5 years.
misteresh 03/20/2008 @ 5:52pm
Man, HK cinema is vastly annoying these days, mainly for the fact that the same actors are used for every semi-large film. Simon Yam is in literally everything lately, and is always the same character, with the same look. Same with the others (although it changes from person to person).
Some new actors/actresses would be wonderful.
cpa314 03/20/2008 @ 9:00pm
Yeah, I kinda agree with you. But, stars sell tickets and companies want to know that they will earn their money back when they invest in a movie you know? It would be nice to see some new faces though. On the other hand, Simon Yam is awesome! Casting Simon Yam in this is actually against type though since he usually plays crime bosses in Triad/Gangster flicks. I dont think I have ever seen Simon Yam play in a fantasy period movie before. It should be interesting. Its sort of like how they cast Roy Cheung against type as the Shaolin Monk in Storm Riders 1 considering he usually plays mostly supporting roles in various Triad flicks. I am personally really pumped for this. Considering the Pangs recent work with the Fat Face CGI house, the SFX should be out of this world. The Pangs are really creative so it should be a pretty crazy movie indeed
quadshock 03/21/2008 @ 2:30am
for HK youth movies look for the upcoming “Besieged City” by Lawrence Lau and Dante Lam’s Sword, which he says he will be trying something new with young actors…