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Red Cliff
After directing stylish action films such as THE KILLER and FACE-OFF, director John Woo turns to Chinese history for inspiration with RED CLIFF. The Han Dynasty is facing its death in third century China, and the emperor raises a million-man army against two kingdoms that are hopelessly outmatched. This war film stars Tony .. Read more
| Starring | Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Chen Chang, Shido Nakamura |
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| Director | John Woo |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama, World Cinema |
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Red Cliff
After directing stylish action films such as THE KILLER and FACE-OFF, director John Woo turns to Chinese history for inspiration with RED CLIFF. The Han Dynasty is facing its death in third century China, and the emperor raises a million-man army against two kingdoms that are hopelessly outmatched. This war film stars Tony Leung, the beloved actor best known for LUST, CAUTION and IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE.
| Starring | Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Chen Chang, Shido Nakamura, Chiling Lin |
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| Director | John Woo |
| Studio | ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 21 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 28 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | Blu-ray: English |
| Released | DVD: 05 Oct 2009 Blu-ray: unknown Production year: 2008 |
| Format | DVD |
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32 out of 32 people found this review helpful
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This is an amazing film
It's a film of loyalty war spying love deception ambition strategy friendship.
See it on a big screen with 5.1 sounds in blu ray.
I highly recommend it.
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- Chantal
- Posted 15 Apr 2009 20:52
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Dynasty warriors hits the big screen
For those who played Dynasty Warriors, many of the characters will be easily recognizable and look just like the characters from DW.
There is excellent action and fight scenes and a great film to watch. -
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Red Cliff
- 15 Jun 2009
A mere slip of an epic at 146 minutes (you think I’m kidding, but I watched the original two-part, five-hour Asian-market version), John Woo’s first Chinese film in nearly two decades is both a triumphant homecoming and too much of a good thing. When Woo went to Hollywood in the run up to the handover of Hong Kong in the early 90s he was riding the crest of a wave: hyper romantic urban thrillers like The Killers, A Better Tomorrow and Hard Boiled had earned him a reputation as the... Read more
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Red Cliff
After directing stylish action films such as THE KILLER and FACE-OFF, director John Woo turns to Chinese history for inspiration with RED CLIFF. The Han Dynasty is facing its death in third century China, and the emperor raises a million-man army against two kingdoms that are hopelessly outmatched. ...
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