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2008

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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
Director	John Woo
Genres	Action/Adventure, Drama, World Cinema

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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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  - 15 Apr 2009 at 20:52
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  - 0
  Great escapism
  
  Cast of thousands and plenty of action, with tremendous battle scenes and the usual slightly mystical content from John Woo. Don't let the subtitles put you... read more »
  
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- 1122320
- - tallan
  - 47 reviews
  - Hampton, England
  - 29 May 2012 at 18:18
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  Chinese Movie Making Just Gets Better & Better!
  
  Just when I thought it wasn't possible for Chinese cinema to get any better along comes 'Red Cliff' & blows all that out of the water.
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- - a customer
  - 26 Apr 2012 at 14:30
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  It was all down to the Tea!
  
  This war film is quite spectacular in its depiction of this ancient Chinese war; for instance the massive navy is quite impressive visually. Plenty of action ... read more »
  
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- - Seedyvee
  - 135 reviews
  - Grantham
  - 22 Apr 2012 at 21:32
- - 1
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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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- - Kasam
  - 2 reviews
  - 20 Dec 2011 at 14:21
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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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- - zanne85
  - 1 review
  - 30 Nov 2011 at 14:21
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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 »
  
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- - smokeychops
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  - 11 Nov 2011 at 15:18
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  One of the Best Asian movies!
  
  If you enjoy Asian film as much as I do you will just LOVE Red Cliff.
  
  Red Cliff brings everything that you want in an Asian movie, subtitles, some ... read more »
  
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- - Omada
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  - Kendal
  - 27 Jul 2011 at 15:42
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  Excellent Historically Based Film
  
  I really enjoyed this film and would rent it again and even look to buy. The story is based around the battle of the river Yangtze river between 2 chinese ... read more »
  
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- - Flecky90
  - 5 reviews
  - Preston
  - 24 Jul 2011 at 22:50
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  EPIC sums it up!
  
  Epic scale beast of a film! Enthralling from beginning to end! I can only imagine how amazing the two part Chinese release was like! Highly recomended!
  
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- - Doogley
  - 1 review
  - 23 Jul 2011 at 11:51
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  Amazing, honestly amazing
  
  This film is amazing. If you love Romance of the Three Kingdoms, watch it. If you love Chinese action flicks, watch it. If you like men with amazing beards, ... read more »
  
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- - Carveus
  - 5 reviews
  - Canterbury
  - 22 Jul 2011 at 14:41
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- - 46
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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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  - Chantal
  - 1037 reviews
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  - 15 Apr 2009 at 20:52
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  Buy the DVD
  
  Buy both the DVDs dont bother watching this at the cinema as they have cut loads just to be one film. I bet they have made it into one big action film and ... read more »
  
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- - stevecole
  - 14 reviews
  - Swindon
  - 16 Jun 2009 at 20:51
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  Red Cliff - A Well Made Adaptation.
  
  As some who has read and is a big fan of the Three Kingdoms novel I was both elated and skeptical to hear John Woo was making the adaptation of such a crucial ... read more »
  
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- - LukeGB
  - 1 review
  - Boston
  - 13 Oct 2009 at 15:18
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  not top
  
  well yet another martial arts/war film from the east.
  
  i love these kind of films and i always have my eyes fix on the tv start to end.
  
  Has... read more »
  
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- - kooldeep
  - 117 reviews
  - Grays
  - 31 Oct 2009 at 06:51
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  Great Cliff
  
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  It's a must watch ....
  
  Simples
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 12 Sep 2009 at 12:49
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  - 5
  An inferior copy....
  
  ...of the better directed Chinese films ie House of etc, Hero, Crouching squirrel hidden frog etc
  
  To be fair i only watched 15 minutes before being ... read more »
  
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- - BlitheRunner
  - 6 reviews
  - Hebden Bridge
  - 21 Nov 2009 at 17:58
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  The best laid plans...
  
  Sadly, this isn’t gonna be a review of the film so much as a rant against the disc studio as my home cinematic experience left so much to be desired I gave... read more »
  
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- - PGM
  - 16 reviews
  - Somerset UK
  - 12 Dec 2009 at 22:20
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  Great battle scenes
  
  Found the trailers very annoying at start you cant fast forward etc so your stuck watching 20min of boring trailers.
  
  Film was ok, battle scenes were ... read more »
  
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- - stewy82
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  - Wirral
  - 31 Oct 2009 at 19:59
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  Brilliant
  
  Brilliant but subtitled.
  
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- - a customer
  - Cardiff, Wales
  - 20 Oct 2009 at 18:53
- - 5
  - 0
  Nothing special
  
  A film that lacks the sparkle of the other chinese films of this type that have been released in the last few years.
  
  Spoiled by the size and ... read more »
  
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- - adrianhill
  - 14 reviews
  - Sheffield
  - 18 Nov 2009 at 19:40

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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. ...

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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. ...