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Red Cliff
2009
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 | Chen Chang, Yong Hou, Jun Hu, Tong Jiang |
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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 | Chen Chang, Yong Hou, Jun Hu, Tong Jiang, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Chiling Lin, Shido Nakamura, Jia Song, Chun Sun |
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| Director | John Woo |
| Studio | ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 11 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 28 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama, World Cinema |
| Released | DVD: 05 Oct 2009 Blu-ray: unknown Production year: 2009 |
| Format | DVD |
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28 out of 28 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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- 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 - BLU-RAY Version
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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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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