Red Cliff

Red Cliff!

Red Cliff
Directed by John Woo (A Better Tomorrow, Bullet in the Head, The Killer), Red Cliff stars Tony Leung (Bullet in the Head, Chungking Express, In the Mood for Love, Infernal Affairs; Lust, Caution), Takeshi Kaneshiro (Chungking Express, Lost and Found, Perhaps Love, The Warlords), Chang Chen (Happy Together; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Chinese Odyssey 2002, Silk), Zhang Fengyi (Farewell My Concubine, Police Confidential, The Emperor and the Assassin), Zhao Wei (Shaolin Soccer, Chinese Odyssey 2002, The Postmodern Life of My Aunt), Hu Jun (Lan Yu, Infernal Affairs II, Assembly), Nakamura Shido (Neighbour No. 13, Death Note, Letters from Iwo Jima), You Yong (Breaking News, All the Invisible Children, Election), and Tong Dawei (I Love You, Lost in Beijing).

Red Cliff is based on the Battle of Red Chibi, the final battle at the end of the Han Dynasty in ancient China. Google it.

As far as the film goes, I would describe it with a Sarah Palin gee, gosh, or a Joey Lawrence whoa, because it is phenomenal. The first episode, or half, of Red Cliff isn't big on grand scale battles, but it does have superb direction, acting, everyting, and is a perfect set up for what is to come in the next installment. I thoroughly enjoyed every bit of the first episode of John Woo's epic, and I can't wait for the second to be released.