Money, Why Do You Like Rich People? In his previous effort, director Kelvin Tong had gone to Hong Kong to make Rule #1 , filming in the city and having Hong Kong actors Ekin Cheng and Shawn Yue in lead roles. With the Kidnapper, this film marks a first collaboration in the suspense thriller genre between his Boku Films, Scorpio East Pictures, and Malaysia's RAM Pictures and PMP Entertainment. As for...
Sometimes you need a popcorn movie. Check your brain out at the door, and just enjoy things. And when I get in that mood, I just slip on my copy of “ The Twins Effect ”. Now let’s get this out of the way. This movie is nothing more than another showcase for The Twins , Charlene Choi and Gillian Chung . However, they don’t sing in it, and to be honest it does not showcase their...
Advert in The Beijing News The Storm Warriors (风云II), a CGI martial-arts extravaganza starring Aaron Kwok and Ekin Cheng, opened last week in Beijing. The film is a sequel to The Storm Riders (風雲之雄霸天下, 1998) and like its predecessor is based on the martial arts comic book series Fung Wan by Hong Kong illustrator Ma Wing Shing. Although...
After achieving invincibility and stripping top warrior Nameless (Kenny Ho) of all his powers, the impossibly evil Lord Godless (Simon Yam) kidnaps the Emperor (Patrick Tam) and appears without obstacle in his quest to conquer all of China. Nameless tells warriors Cloud (Aaron Kwok) and Wind (Ekin Cheng) that only Lord Wicked (Kenny Wong) has the power to defeat Godless now, a warrior so overcome...
Poseurs It has been a long wait, but better late than never. When the first Storm Rider film was released I remembered it caused a stir, for its relatively seamless combination of special effects and martial arts, and for its departure from the established mythos by creator Ma Wing-Shing. Then there is the casting, with popular idols Aaron Kwok and Ekin Cheng in the leading roles, overshadowed by the...
The action is incredible and even though the script is skeletal, if you know the style of this kind of film you can read the actors' faces like a book.
We’re looking forward to watching Storm Warriors when it comes out in Hong Kong in December. Meanwhile, for more than the trailer and artwork from our previous post, check out the music video for the main soundtrack to the movie, sung by the two main leads – Aaron Kwok and Ekin Cheng. Not sure about [...]
Typically in the Hong Kong entertainment industry where a large number of leading actors/actress happens to be accomplished Cantopop singer themselves, its commonplace for him/her to sing the main theme for their respective film. In the case of the Pang bros' The Storm Warriors , Aaron Kwok and Ekin Cheng are join together to sing a duet for its music video and while some of you out there may not...
We’re looking forward to seeing The Storm Warriors when it’s released in Hong Kong cinemas next month. It’s a fantasy martial arts sequel to The Storm Riders, with both films starring Aaron Kwok and Ekin Cheng. The Storm Warriors will also feature Simon Yam, Nicholas Tse and Charlene Choi. Watch the trailer below. Meanwhile, we came [...]
Best known as one half of the writing duo that created the Infernal Affairs phenomenon, Felix Chong is about to take the helm himself with Once A Gangster . Chong's Infernal Affairs partner, and frequent co-director Alan Mak is still hanging around as a producer but this one features Chong and Chong alone in the directors chair for another unusual spin on the Hong Kong underworld. Celebrity cook Brisket...
With the arrival of the long-in-post-production martial arts fantasy The Storm Warriors edging ever nearer the PR gods have opted to bless us with one final trailer before the film's theatrical release in December. This, of course, is the long awaited sequel to Hong Kong hit The Storm Riders , a film that reunites original stars Ekin Cheng and Aaron Kwok under the direction of visual stylists - and...
Who doesn't like the sound of free Asian horrors? Racists, that's who. The rest of you should check out this announcement from Sundance Channel and then head over to your cable box for some free flicks.