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Red Cliff (2008)
Directed by John Woo
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Overview
In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale. Left with no other hope for survival, the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu formed an unlikely alliance.
Rated R | Length 145 minutes
Actors
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai | Takeshi Kaneshiro | Zhang Fengyi | Chang Chen | Zhao Wei | Hu Jun | Shidou Nakamura | Lin Chi-Ling | You Yong | 侯勇 | Tong Dawei | Song Jia | Ba Sen Zha Bu | Zang Jinsheng | Zhang Shan | Wang Qingxiang | Wang Hui | Xie Gang | Shi Xiao-Hong | Xu Feng-Nian | Guo Chao | Hu Xiaoguang | Cui Yu-Gui | Jiang Tong | Ma Jingjing | Yi Zhen | Jia Hong-Wei | Zhao Cheng-Shun | You Zhang
Viewing History (seen 2 times)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/04/2021 | TV | Blu-ray | Owned | 7 stars |
| 02/28/2009 | TV | Other | Owned | 7.5 stars |
| (Average) 7.25 stars |
Viewing Notes
Had this one earmarked when I decided to watch more Tony Leung films this year. Really only remembered the guqin scene which is still great yet shorter than I recalled. Still not crazy about the much of the battle sequences and find them a little boring. What I like the most is the drama and political intrigue. Letting these great actors just do their thing.
Because if my mixed positive reaction I never bothered to watch Part 2! So now I will finally cross it off the list sometime this week.
Watching the making-of featurette I’m stunned that the early buzz (pre-production) was really negative towards Kaneshiro’s casting announcement and even more hateful towards Lin Chi-Ling being cast in her first feature film opposite Leung. It’s so crazy that ppl and tabloids responded that way. Both are excellent in this.
I guess Leung dropped out or quit so they were thinking to replace him with Chow Yun-fat. That would’ve weird I think.
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