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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 | Chang Chen, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Zhang Fengyi, Chen Chang |
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| Director | John Woo |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama, World Cinema |
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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 | Chang Chen, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Zhang Fengyi, Chen Chang, Yong Hou, Jun Hu, Tong Jiang, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Chiling Lin, Shido Nakamura, Jia Song, Chun Sun |
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| Director | John Woo |
| Studio | ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO |
| Original title | Chi Bi |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 21 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 28 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Swords and Sandals Films |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Mandarin Blu-ray: Mandarin |
| Subtitles | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | Production year: 2008 To Rent: DVD: 05 Oct 2009 Blu-ray: 05 Oct 2009 |
John Woo turns to history, in this Chinese war adventure. read more »
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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 ... read more »
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not the 5 hour epic but still an epic, must watch.
I watched this film without realising this is the shorter version of the two part 5 hour epic. Despite that, the film made a lot of sense, and didn't feel ... read more »
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Fantastic film, but appalling version of it!!
The film is an absolute epic, worth 5 hours of anyones time and will rival any other war/battle film.
HOWEVER, this version of it is ridiculously cut... read more »
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very good war film before modern weapons
I really enjoyed this film , very good story and well made , oyu get to see how wars were won and lost before the war machines and weapons of today, the ... read more »
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