The Storm Warriors II

"Japanese evil warlord Lord Godless desired to conquer China. He imprisoned a large number of martial artists and tried to make them subjugate. Among the prisoners were Cloud and the martial expert elder statesman Nameless. Wind came to the rescue. The trio was badly wounded by Lord Godless evil martial arts attack and the remaining martial artists sacrificed their lives to save the trio. Cloud was filled with remorse and vowed to take revenge. Wind chose to take the evil way to quickly boost up his martial arts skills in order to defeat Lord Godless (Movie Synopsis: Golden Village website)."

I believe most of the Hong Kong comic fans know the movie. The movie plot is weak and it's more about martial arts fighting. Some parts of the plot were not explained. For instance, why Wind wanted to steal the Dragon Bone and where was Heart after destroying the Dragon Bone? I found the two female actors were kind of "extra" in the plot since it focused more on male actors. I think the background could be more realistic if the Pangs could take some street scenes rather than hills or forest (may be these were originated from the comic). Despite the above, the visual effects of all martial arts attacks are superb and spectacular. I like the part when Cloud fought with Lord Godless at Dragon Tomb. The armoured suit of Lord Godless is impressive. By looking at the ending, it's obvious there would be a sequel in the future. Anyway, I still would get the movie on DVD as I always love action packed movies (Overall Movie Rating: 3/5). If you are an audience who always consider movie plot before action, this is not the movie for you.