Fung wan: Hung ba tin ha (1998)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Wai-keung Lau

Writers:

Wing-Shing Ma (story) (comic-book)
Manfred Wong (screenplay)

Release Date:

18 July 1998 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy

Plot:

An evil warlord takes in 2 students (Wind & Cloud) in an effort to become invincible so he can take over the world.

Plot Keywords:

Martial Arts | Super Powers

Awards:

5 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Aaron Kwok	...	Striding Cloud
Ekin Cheng	...	Whispering Wind
Sonny Chiba	...	Lord Conquer
Kristy Yang	...	Charity
Qi Shu	...	Muse
Michael Tse	...	Frost
Rongguang Yu	...	Striding
Alex Fong	...	Whispering Prince
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lawrence Cheng	...	Jester
Roy Cheung	...	Shaolin Monk
Yue Dung Cheung	...	Striding Cloud - Child
Jason Chu	...	Ming
Yiu-Cheung Lai	...	Mud Buddha
Dion Lam	...	Crow
Siu-Kei Lee	...	Wedding Guest
Chi Hung Ng	...	Ming's father
Christine Ng	...	Ming
Elvis Tsui	...	Dragon
Yeung Ming Wan	...	Summit Yu
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang	...	Sword Saint
Wai Wong	...	Lord Conquer (voice)
Jinglei Xu	...	Phoenix Strike

Also Known As:

Feng yun (Hong Kong: Mandarin title) (short title)
Feng yun xiong ba tian xia (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
The Storm Riders (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense martial arts violence and a scene of sensuality.

Runtime:

128 min | Germany:85 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-11 | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Italy:T (heavily cut) | Singapore:PG | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (heavily edited)

Company:

Golden Harvest Pictures (China)

Movie Connections:

Remake of "Tian xia" (1988)

DO NOT see the U.S. version!

I heard how great this Hong Kong flick, so I was really happy to find a copy of it at my video store. Unfortunately, at the time of my rental, I didn't know that the U.S. video/DVD distributor hacked out about THIRTY MINUTES from the original running time! What a mess! The movie made absolutely no sense!

Still, I could see enough in this butchered print to indicate that the full uncut version must be fabulous (and make a heck of a lot more sense!) So I think it's safe for me to recommend you see it - though ONLY if you can see the uncut version!