I didn't expect this long-awaited sequel to have the grandiose scope of the first and so I was not disappointed. Instead, I found the comic book look-alike GCI effect simply great to watch. The plot is simple and functional: defeat, regroup, revenge. I particularly like the asymmetry in the separate efforts of Wind and Cloud to enhance their respective power. The secondary plot which takes over at the end will look familiar to those who remember director TSUI Hark's "Zu Mountain" (1983), as Ekin Cheng's Wind is a repackaging of his namesake Cheng Siu-chow's Ting Yin. Aaron Kwok looks good, while the two women's (Charlene Choi and TANG Yan) role in this movie is more or less to look pretty. Nicholas Tse, while under-used here, will likely come back as the chief villain if they ever make a Fung Wan III. If they do, I wouldn't mind seeing it.
Review of The Storm Warriors
