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Language: ENGLISH Film Director(s): Andrew Lau Wai-Keung Film Producer(s): Raymond Chow Action Director(s): Dion Lam Released: 1999 (Hong Kong) Cast: Dior Cheng Yee-Kin (Ekin Cheng), Shu Qi (Hsu Chi, Shu Kei), Kristy Yang, Nicholas Tse, Yuen Biao, Jerry Lamb, Dion Lam, Anthony Wong, Elvis Tsui, Harold Low, Grace Yip, Francis Ng, Mark Cheng, Cheng Pei-pei, Sam Lee, Thomas James Hudak Jr Running Time: 105 mins. (approx.)
A big-budget follow-up to the 1998 Hong Kong smash hit. The Storm Riders, again from Golden Harvest Films. The movie attains fleeting echoes of Sergio Leones Once Upon a Time in America; the plot is overflowing with characters and subplots, but is far easier to follow than Storm Riders,thanks to much more fluid lensing by returning director Andrew Lau. It contains a remarkably fine score by Chan Kwong-wing, which knits together the story has sprawling emotional fabric. Scripter Manfred Wongs extensive flashback structure, with three characters giving different perspectives on the heroes odyssey, works surprisingly well.
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