Dozens of stars starred, beating Hollywood blockbusters, a classic Hong Kong film, and created many records.

In the 199s, Hong Kong was probably the only place that could compete with Hollywood.

At that time, countless good films were produced in Hong Kong, and the cost was generally controlled between 1 million and 2 million Hong Kong dollars.

if all this money is spent on special effects, I think this movie is absolutely extraordinary.

in 1998, Liu Weiqiang directed two films, enter the dragon, a young gangster in 1998, and atrix, a young gangster.

He called the original class together non-stop and started to adapt Ma Rongcheng's fantasy martial arts novel Fengyun.

The film has created a splendid martial arts world, which is a milestone of Hong Kong martial arts films.

CG special effects were adopted for the first time, creating a precedent for martial arts films. This old Hong Kong film was repeatedly replayed by CCTV:

The Storm Riders

When it comes to The Storm, many people will think of Bu Jingyun played by Peter Ho and Nie Feng played by Chiu Man-Cheuk.

In fact, there was a more successful film-"The Storm Dominates the World" long before the drama version.

The film was released in 1998, which earned 41.5 million box office and won the annual box office champion in Hong Kong that year.

Not only that, but also won several heavyweight design awards in the Golden Award and Golden Horse Award.

There are two films in this series * * *, "Fengyun Dominates the World" is enough to be recorded in film history, and "Fengyun 2" was rated as a bad film by the audience.

1. Stormy Stories

The world view of Fengyun is based on a "gang".

The leader of the World Association is ambitious and wants to unify the whole Wulin.

He was lucky enough to get the advice of the "master" clay bodhisattva: "Is the golden scale a thing in the pool, and it will turn into a dragon when it meets the storm."

So Xiongba, according to birthdates, took Bu Jingyun and Nie Feng as apprentices and taught them two unique skills, namely, Paiyunzhang and Fengshen Leg.

With the success of Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun in learning, they fought with Xiongba in the south and fought in the north, and the power of the World Association grew stronger and stronger, almost dominating the whole Wulin, except blade master's martial arts function.

However, the ten-year Universiade has passed, and Xiongba is superstitious about destiny, and he has been unable to let go of the second half of the clay idol for so many years.

So he sent his big disciples Qin Shuang and Nie Feng to look for the clay bodhisattva together.

Unexpectedly, the prophecy from the clay bodhisattva was: "The dragons in the sky have changed dramatically, and the clouds will swim in shallow water."

the implication is that success is also a storm, and defeat is also a storm!

At this time, Xiongba firmly believed that man could conquer nature and wanted to change his life, and finally decided to make a fuss about the feelings of Bu Jingyun and Nie Feng.

He clearly knew that Bu Jingyun liked Kong Ci, but he betrothed his daughter to Nie Feng. As a result, Bu Jingyun and Nie Feng became enemies.

On the day of Nie Feng's wedding to Kong Ci, Bu Jingyun appeared and took away Kong Ci, while Xiongxiong challenged Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun to duel in the name of man's dignity.

While the two men were on intimate terms, Xiong took the opportunity to sneak attack, which resulted in the accidental injury of his daughter.

Kong Ci passed away soon, and Bu Jingyun was heartbroken and left the World Congress with her body.

But Xiongba still refused to let him go, and then he was beaten seriously and lost his left arm.

Fortunately, Bu Jingyun was rescued by the prison, and his unicorn arm was cut off and given to Bu Jingyun.

Nie Feng, on the orders of Xiongba, went to Lingyun Cave at the foot of Leshan Giant Buddha to look for blood bodhi for healing.

As soon as the party arrived here, Ma Ying and Bat were ready to attack Nie Feng.

When the three men were fighting in the cave, the fire unicorn suddenly appeared and killed the bat and the eagle.

Nie Feng swallowed blood bodhi to detoxify, unexpectedly enhanced his skill, and found the snow drinking crazy knife left by his father in the cave.

Bu Jingyun, who has recovered from his injury, and Nie Feng, who knows his life, bury the hatchet and decide to join hands against Xiongba.

the combination of wind and cloud makes the world invincible!

In the end, the two men defeated Xiongba together, fulfilling the prophecy of Clay Bodhisattva.

Second, the top priority of the story is dominating

Although the film has created vivid characters one after another, it has maintained a high degree of consistency with comics.

but in my opinion, the biggest attraction is dominating.

whether it is a movie or a TV series, Sonny Chiba vividly interprets Xiong, and it is no exaggeration to say that he is himself.

in fact, it is not difficult to find that the pivot of Fengyun is the world club and the hero.

In the whole story, the hero is the main driving force. He created the tragedy of Fengyun's life experience, led to the alliance between Fengyun and Fengyun, and was also his ambition, which contributed to the feud between Jianghu.

So, with the fall of the overlord, the whole structure began to collapse from the inside, and the story behind it was not so wonderful.

in my opinion, the biggest reason for the failure of Fengyun 2 is that there is no story to tell.

Third, epoch-making special effects

Although "The Storm" was a movie 22 years ago, it seems that the special effects in it are somewhat shoddy now.

But CG special effects are still in the initial stage, which is quite good.

Whether it's Bu Jingyun's Pai Yun Palm, Nie Feng's Fengshen Leg, the hero's three-point comeback, or all kinds of fantastic scenes, it makes the audience feel refreshing and quite cool.

You know, the competition in the movie market in those days was quite fierce.

Before that, there were some excellent domestic films, such as One Train, replacement killers and Who am I, and then there were Hollywood blockbusters, such as Empire of Tomorrow 7 and Saving Private Ryan.

Under such circumstances, "Fengyun Dominates the World" can still stand out from the crowd and become the annual box office champion.

This is not only a manifestation of strength, but also a benchmark for future special effects movies.

Fourth, Ekin Cheng dominates the film industry

Since the "Young and Dangerous" fire, Ekin Cheng became the hottest actor at that time.

But before he became famous, he once said with anticipation when he saw the cartoon of Fengyun:

"If only I could play Nie Feng!"

At that time, almost everyone laughed at him after hearing this sentence: "You can't do it, no one will ask you to shoot."

As a result, he really got what he wanted and hit others in the face with his acting skills.

The original author of the comic book is also full of praise for Ekin Cheng's performance:

"It feels like he is Nie Feng who came out of the comic book, and no one can replace him!"

5. The actors in Fengyun and Young and Dangerous fought wildly.

As mentioned earlier, almost all the production teams of "The Storm" came from "Young and Dangerous".

Sonny Chiba, the actor who plays the hero, once played the black society tycoon "A Hero with a Grass Cute" in "Young and Dangerous".

Zhang Yaoyang, who played the roles of Crow, Dongxing Yaoyang and Caomowang, played Shi Wuzun in Fengyunli.

Da Tianer (Xie Tianhua) in Young and Dangerous Man ran to the cast of Fengyun to play the role of big brother Qin Shuang.

In addition, there are "Big Brother B" Wu Zhixiong, "Banana Skin" Zhu Yongtang, "Han Bin" Yi Yanming and "Brother Ji" Lee Shau Kee ...

It is precisely because of the gathering of this group of people that there will be such a classic movie.

It's a pity that "Fengyun 2" has a stronger cast than before, even with Ekin Cheng and Aaron Kwok, but there are some deviations in the production concept of this film, and it is difficult for the audience to recognize it after it is released.

So, in my opinion, Up to now, The Storm is still a very successful martial arts film.