Legendary
action cinema master John Woo and international superstar Tony Leung
reunite for the first time since the 1992 classic Hard Boiled with this
epic historical drama based on a legendary 208 A.D. battle that
heralded the end of the Han Dynasty.
Red Cliff opens with power hungry Prime Minister-turned-General Cao Cao
(Zhang Fengyi) seeking permission from the Han dynasty Emperor to
organize a southward-bound mission designed to crush two troublesome
warlords that stand in his way, Liu Bei (You Yong) and Sun Quan (Chang
Chen). As the expedition gets under way, Cao Cao's troops rain
destruction on Liu Bei's army, forcing the latter to retreat. Liu Bei's
military strategist Zhuge Liang (Takeshi Kaneshiro) knows that their
only hope for survival is to form an alliance with rival warlord Sun
Quan, and reaches out to Sun Quan's trusted adviser, war hero Zhou Yu
(Tony Leung). Vastly outnumbered by Cao Cao's fast approaching, brutal
army, the rebel warlords band together to mount a heroic campaign
unrivaled in history that changes the face of China forever.
A massive hit in Asia and the most expensive Asian film production of
all time, Red Cliff is a breathtaking war epic that marks the
triumphant return of John Woo |
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