Red Cliff
Running time 148 minutes
Written by John Woo, Chan Khan, Kuo Cheng and Sheng Heyu
Directed by John Woo
Starring Tony Leung, Zhang Fengyi, You Yong, Chang Chen, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Chiling Lin
Red Cliff is two and a half hours long and in Chinese. These facts may be off-putting, but don’t be deterred: Read More
Hong Kong action auteur John Woo has always made huge movies, but with his latest, the war epic Red Cliff, he managed to sink the Titanic. In 2008 it surpassed the James Cameron mega-hit, becoming the highest-grossing movie ever in China. Now, after a brief delay, it’s coming to America.
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