Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 145 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- Chinese
- Country
- China, Hong Kong SAR China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
- In Chinese — subtitles on.
The story
In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale. Left with no other hope for survival, the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu formed an unlikely alliance.
- martial arts
- china
- flaming arrow
- strategy
- carrier pigeon
- wall of fire
- white dove
- casualty of war
- chinese painting
- broken arrow
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Vicky Zhao Wei — Sun Shang Xiang
- Hu Jun — Zhao Yun
- Shido Nakamura — Gan Xing
- Lin Chi-ling — Xiao Qiao
- You Yongzhi — Liu Bei
- Hou Yong — Lu Su
- Tong Dawei — Sun Shu Cai
- Song Jia — Li Ji
- Baasanjav Mijid — Guan Yu
- Zang Jinsheng — Zhang Fei
- Zhang Shan — Huang Gai
- Directed
- John Woo
- Written
- John Woo, Chan Hon, Sheng Heyu, Kuo Cheng
Production
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 · 905 ratings
- Studio
- Lion Rock Productions, Showbox, Beijing Film Studio, Avex Entertainment, CMC Entertainment, Shanghai Film Group
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
2008 · You’re hereRed Cliff
Where it starts.
Red Cliff II
2009
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
