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Rating: 3.9/5
Review: "The Storm Warriors movie review"
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This is the long-awaited sequel to The Storm Riders which was made ten years ago. Can you believe it? After ten years, the Pang Brothers decide to helm the sequel. They made it into an action-packed movie filled with incredible special effects not seen in chinese movies. It is obviously filmed with green/blue screen. The special effects are not to be compared with high budget Hollywood movies'.
The story: The action with special effects starts straight from the first scene. Wind and Cloud, the main characters, cannot defeat the powerful bad assholes so they flee the scene. They then both are trained in different ways. Wind takes the evil way which may endanger him and Cloud being taught by Nameless, a teacher. With its fast pace, the movie took me from one action scene to another in a short time and soon I forgot the time and was being sucked into the fantasy world. At the end of the movie, I realised 2 hours and 8 minutes had passed. Not only it is filled with non-stop action and special effects, the epic music is also non-stop.
Overall: It is pretty awesome in ways. Action, special effects and music are good. There is a downside since this is filled with non-stop action. The story is kept simple. The good guys vs the bad guys. I am not very surprised as the the first live-action and animated movies do not really have a much detailed plot. If you are willing to let go the simple story and enjoy the special effects and fight scenes, it will be please you. There should be a part three and I hope there will be.

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