Red Cliff (2008)

Red Cliff, also known as Chibi, is a 2008–2009 Chinese epic war film based on the Battle of Red Cliffs (208–209 AD) and events in Imperial China at the end of the Han dynasty and just before the Three Kingdoms period. Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Fengyi, Chang Chen, Zhao Wei, Hu Jun, and Lin Chi-ling feature in the picture, which was directed by John Woo.

This is a John Woo picture, and he is most known in the West for action thrillers like "Hard Target" and "Mission Impossible 2." When compared to those, though, Red Cliff is a very different kind of picture. The closest Western movie analog would be the type of classical epics produced by Hollywood in the 1950s and 1960s, such as "Cleopatra" and "Spartacus." The use of highly stylized, scripted action sequences is something that this picture has in common with some of Woo's earlier movies. That should suffice to keep you entertained.

Detailed information:

Release date: Jul 10, 2008 (China)
Director: John Woo
Estimated budget: $80 million
Screenwriters: John Woo, Cheng Kuo, Heyu Sheng, Khan Chan

Link to buy: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425637