Red Cliff
2008 · Movie · R · 145 min · ★ 7.1 · 81% critics
In ancient China, a powerful minister persuades a wavering emperor that war is the only way to unify the land, launching a massive campaign against rival southern kingdoms. Facing overwhelming odds, the threatened states form an uneasy alliance and rely on bold tactics, diplomacy, and battlefield skill to survive.
Based on The Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Also known as Red Cliff: Part 1 · Red Cliff 1 · Red Cliff Part I · Red Cliff I
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Details
- Original title
- 赤壁
- Years
- 2008
- Release date
- 2008-07-10
- Language
- Chinese
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 145 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 81/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (886 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a larger-than-life historical war epic with big battles, bold heroics, and lots of planning and politics; Not for you if you dislike long runtimes or over-the-top combat like in 13 Assassins.
Pros: huge-scale battles; clever strategy moments; memorable action set pieces | Cons: very long runtime; crowded cast; uneven pacing
Themes
- martial arts
- china
- flaming arrow
- strategy
- carrier pigeon
- wall of fire
- white dove
- casualty of war
- chinese painting
- broken arrow
- 3rd century
Cast & crew
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
as Zhou Yu
Takeshi Kaneshiro
as Zhu Ge Liang
Zhang Fengyi
as Cao Cao
Chang Chen
as Sun Quan
Vicky Zhao
as Sun Shang Xiang
Hu Jun
as Zhao Yun
Shido Nakamura
as Gan Xing
Lin Chi-ling
as Xiao Qiao
You Yongzhi
as Liu Bei
Hou Yong
as Lu Su
Directed by John Woo