Red Cliff
The movie is the first chapter of a two-part story centered on a battle fought in China's Three Kingdoms period (220-280 A.D.) when the emperor of the Han Dynasty allows General Cao Cao to declare war against the rebellious southern provinces, with the intention of unifying the entire country.
3 February 1979, Fushun, Liaoning Province, China
13 November 1980, Harbin, China
29 November 1974, Taipei, Taiwan
16 March 1967, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
14 October 1976, Taipei, Taiwan
14 September 1972, Tokyo, Japan
12 March 1976, Wuhu, Anhui Province, China
11 October 1973, Taipei, Taiwan
20 February 1949, Beijing, China
1954, Shinjang Uyghur, China
13 December 1963, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
26 May 1979, Dighton, Massachusetts, USA
1 September 1956, Changsha City, Hunan Province, China
11 May 1959, Tianjin, China
18 March 1968, Beijing, China
March 25, 2010
After years of civil war, Prime Minister General Cao Cao attempts to unite the empire under the Han Dynasty by quashing two troublesome warlords.March 12, 2010
It's like the most complicated game of Stratego ever. Still, if you used to while away Saturday afternoons watching martial arts epics on cable, you'll have a good time.January 22, 2010
You may have the biggest flat-screen DLP monitor in the city, but Red Cliff will never look half as spectacular as it will on the big -- and I mean really big -- screen.July 06, 2010
The art of war done John Woo style, Red Cliff is an entertaining and grandiose return to form by the master of action cinema.December 10, 2009
Woo has re-embraced his Chinese roots with brutal commitment.July 27, 2012
Thank god that Woo left Hollywood. This is the masterpiece he was destined to make.December 10, 2009
Flaws and all, you can't watch a frame of it without feeling that it has been generations since Hollywood tackled anything on this scale.December 18, 2009
The result is an awfully big and powerful movie, even in abbreviated form.March 30, 2010
... a magnificent military epic with the scale of Lord of the Rings and the grand visual majesty of the recent wave of Chinese historical epics...December 11, 2009
A formidable prelude to an epic battle with resplendent effects and action spectacles.December 07, 2009
It's hard to know what we're missing from the extended cut, but this Red Cliff feels awfully complete to me.June 29, 2010
The director's magnum opus.