![]() Sonny Chiba puts on quite a performance as Lord Conqueror and Kristy Yang is nothing more than a pretty face. It isn't that great looking, especially in the beginning, but as the movie progresses, it becomes more effective and tolerable.As far as the acting goes, Aaron Kwok and Ekin Cheng pull off their roles of Cloud and Wind respectively. If you combine this with the 2+ hour run time, it feels like there isn't much of it at all.There is a ton of CG throughout this picture and it isn't surprising considering this comes from a comic. There are multiple action sequences, but they are all just too short. It's just too bad that this applies to the fights. The film never drags on any one scene or setting too long and that helps to keep things fresh. Eventually, everything comes together for the ending and it pretty much redeems itself.The pace is fairly rapid even though the run time somehow ends up past 2 hours, which is a bit long. During this period it is tough to pick out who to route for or even decide who the true villain is. Unfortunately, about half of the way though, the plot sort of disappears and out comes this little love triangle sub story. The very beginning of this film is a little sloppy and it is a little difficult to get the story straight, but it isn't long before everything starts to make sense. This is The Storm Riders.The plot for this movie has its highs and its lows, but as a whole it fits into the action/fantasy genre nicely. Wai-keung Lau takes a comic known as Fung Wan and creates a more than decent movie adaptation out of it. ![]()
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