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8	-> ''A good sword can help a novice, and make an expert really powerful. But most important is who is using the sword.''
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10	''Fung wan: Hung ba tin ha'' (known in English as ''The Storm Riders''), is a 1998 {{Wuxia}} movie based on a long-running {{Manhua}} by Ma Wing Shing (writer of ''Manhua/ChineseHero'').
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12	Lord Conquer (Creator/SonnyChiba) is a warlord who is told by the prophet Mud Buddha that if he finds and trains two young martial artists, Cloud and Wind, then he will be invincible for the first half of his life. Lord Conquer sets out to find Wind and Cloud, killing their fathers and raising them himself. Ten years later, he is well on his way to conquering the world. Then Mud Buddha reveals the prophecy for the second half of his life: as Wind and Cloud were responsible for his rise to power, so too will they be responsible for his downfall...
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14	The movie is notable for being the first WuXia movie to extensively use CGI special effects.
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16	The English-dubbed version released in the United States was badly {{Macekre}}d, with large cuts making the plot nearly impossible to follow; the uncut subbed version is far superior.
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18	There is a 2009 sequel titled ''The Storm Warriors'' and an AnimatedAdaptation, ''Storm Riders: Clash of Evils''.
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21	!!This film contains examples of:
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23	* ActorAllusion: Conquer shatters the bones of Cloud's arm with an X-ray view of the damage, borrowed from Creator/SonnyChiba's ''Film/TheStreetFighter'' movies.
24	* BloodMagic: The Life's Best Sword can only be awakened (read: made to extend itself out of the ground to epic soundtrack) with the blood of Cloud and his father.
25	* BloodyMurder: Cloud can manipulate water, including his own blood if necessary.
26	%%* BlowYouAway: Wind
27	* CastingGag: the sequel features Kenny Ho, who starred in Hongkong's early {{manhua}} LiveActionAdaptation of ''Manhua/ChineseHero'' as lead character Hua Yingxiong - who was played by Cheng Ekin (Wind) in the movie version.
28	%%* CheerfulChild: Little Pigtails
29	* CloseCallHaircut: Phoenix's arrow cuts a few strands of hair from Cloud's head.
30	* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Cloud in ''Storm Warriors''. ''Clash of Evils'', in following comic canon, reveals that he survived.]]
31	* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The main theme is sung by Cheng Ekin, who plays Wind, and the tune you hear when Charity is laid to rest is sung by Aaron Kwok, who plays Cloud. Aaron also sings the ending theme.
32	%%* TheEmperor: Lord Conquer
33	* EvilHand: Summit Yu's Fire Beast Arm acts like this because he isn't its true master.
34	* ExtremityExtremist: Detailed by the martial arts techniques and even lampshaded at one point. Wind specialises in kicks while Cloud and Frost deliver palm strikes and punches.
35	* FieldOfBlades: The Sword Grave contains the seized swords from famous swordsmen defeated by Lord Conquer, with some exceptions like Nie Yan's Snow-Drinking Saber which is lost in a cave guarded by the Fire Qilin, and the Peerless Sword which is hidden by [[BloodMagic blood magic]].
36	* GottaCatchThemAll: Lord Conquer is obsessed with collecting the world's four best swords
37	%%* HurricaneKick: Wind's specialty
38	%%* AnIcePerson: Frost
39	* ImprovisedWeapon: Lord Conquer and Wind's father Whispering Prince duel in a bamboo grove with said bamboos, which get whittled from massive 10-foot affairs down to 3-foot slivers.
40	%%* InfinityPlusOneSword: Life's Best Sword
41	* KillTheParentRaiseTheChild: Lord Conquer is responsible for the deaths of Wind and Cloud's parents. Later, he personally took them in as his disciples when he learned of the prophecy and recognized their names.
42	%%* KungFuSonicBoom: Pretty much the creator for film versions.
43	%%* LargeHam: Lord Conquer like ''anything''.
44	* LifeOrLimbDecision: When Cloud fights Lord Conquer in the tomb, Lord Conquer breaks all the bones in his arm. Cloud tears the arm off and uses the blood to attack Lord Conquer.
45	* LoveTriangle: Wind, Cloud, and Charity; encouraged by Lord Conquer in an effort to [[MurderTheHypotenuse turn Wind and Cloud against one another.]]
46	-->'''Conquer''': If you really are a man, you should win your wife back. Don't be the laughing stock of the world.
47	%%* MakingASplash: Cloud
48	* MeaningfulName: Mud Buddha's name comes from the Chinese adage "a mud buddha, if brought across a river, [[{{Foreshadowing}} cannot protect itself]]".
49	* MonumentalBattle: Lord Conquer and Whispering Prince duel to the death atop a mountain buddha statue, which ''does'' exist in RealLife, but was rendered in CGI for the scene.
50	* MummiesAtTheDinnerTable: The Ice Vigor, which makes a corpse look alive, is used for this purpose.
51	* NeverBringAKnifeToAFistFight: Curiously inverted. Several characters, despite being powerful martial artists, will fight with a sword when they can. In fact, Wind and Cloud finally [[spoiler:defeat Lord Conquer]] when they reclaim their [[spoiler:fathers']] swords. Lord Conquer himself stated that he's actually a better swordsman than bare-handed fighter, despite his reputation as the latter.
52	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Muse [[spoiler:inadvertently kills the Sword Saint.]]
53	* OffingTheOffspring: When Lord Conquer learns the second half of the prophecy, he takes this route.
54	%%* OrcusOnHisThrone: Sword Saint.
55	%%* PowerGlows: Sword Saint
56	* RedRightHand: Cloud after his whole-arm-transplant.
57	%%* SacrificialLion: Lord Conquer's third disciple, Frost.
58	* ScrewDestiny: Upon hearing the prophecy for the second half of his life, Lord Conquer renounces his belief in fate.
59	* StevenUlyssesPerhero: The names in Mandarin are not that far off from the English names you see here. Seriously. It gets egregious when Wind, Cloud and Frost are taught martial arts techniques with ''part of their respective names.''
60	* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:Charity blocking Lord Conquer's attack]].
61	%%* UltimateBlacksmith: Cloud's father
62	* WeaksauceWeakness: [[spoiler:Sword Saint's out-of-body FinishingMove on Lord Conquer depends entirely on not disturbing his material body ''[[GlassCannon in any way]]''.]]
63	%%* YouCantFightFate: That's the whole point of the plot.
64	%%* YouKilledMyFather: Both Wind and Cloud to Lord Conquer.

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