Red Cliff [and] Red Cliff II (Double Feature Video)
by John Woo (Director)
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Truly epic war story has incredible (and violent) battle scenes, great acting, particularly by Tony Leung, and a story that keeps you engaged despite the length of the film. Like just about every Chinese film of this type, it also has a few deliberately silly moments, but overall it is a smashing success and certainly demonstrates that John Woo's directing talent extends beyond the contemporary action flicks he became famous for. Highly recommended--but be sure to get the full version, not some chopped down alternative.
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- Canonical title
- Red Cliff [and] Red Cliff II (Double Feature Video) (Double Feature Video)
- Original publication date
- 2008-07-02
- People/Characters
- Zhou Yu (Tony Leung); Zhuge Liang (Takeshi Kaneshiro); Cao Cao (Fengyi Zhang); Sun Quan (Chang Chen); Sun Shangxiang (Wei Zhao); Zhao Yun (Jun Hu)
- Important places
- Yangtze River, China
- Related movies
- Red Cliff (2008 | IMDb); Red Cliff II (2009 | IMDb)
- Epigraph
- "The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide."
—Romance of the Three Kingdoms (opening quote, historical context) - Dedication
- (Credits dedicate to Chinese cinema pioneers; Woo dedicates "To the heroes of history").
- First words
- "220 AD."
(On-screen title for Cao Cao's unification campaign, setting the Three Kingdoms era.) - Quotations
- "All under heaven is not the king's land. On the coast of the land, are not the king's subjects." —Zhuge Liang (on alliances)
"The battle of Red Cliff will decide the fate of the world." —Zhou Yu (pre-battle vow)
"A man who knows when to fight and when to retreat is a true hero." —Liu Bei (wisdom line) - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"The south is saved."
(Zhou Yu in epilogue; fades to credits with orchestral swell.) - Publisher's editor
- Wu, David
- Blurbers
- Ebert, Roger
- Original language
- Mandarin
- Disambiguation notice
- Do not confuse with: the 2009 Asian two-part set (UPC: 031398113260, 277 min total); 2013 HK re-release (UPC: 031398142637); 2020 4K UHD (UPC: 031398132659, HDR); or Criterion editions.
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