Red Cliff (2008)
(Chi bi)
Country: CHI/JAP/HK/TAI/KOR
Technical: col/2.35:1 150m
Director: John Woo
Cast: Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Fengyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Wei Zhao
Synopsis:
AD 208: the Chinese Emperor is in the pocket of his power-hungry prime minister, who gains leave to subjugate the last two pockets of regional independence to the south. The latter join forces with northern rebels to face the aggressor and his vast fleet.
Review:
There is no denying the triumph of staging such grand set piece battle scenes, and yet in these days of CGI the palate quickly becomes jaded. Nothing beats a good story, as they say, and this one has just too many key characters and is too diffuse to pack the requisite punch. As before with Woo, we have a homoerotic bond between two male characters at the centre and much trranquil decorous imagery alongside the elaborate, poetically justified mayhem.
(Chi bi)
Country: CHI/JAP/HK/TAI/KOR
Technical: col/2.35:1 150m
Director: John Woo
Cast: Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Fengyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Wei Zhao
Synopsis:
AD 208: the Chinese Emperor is in the pocket of his power-hungry prime minister, who gains leave to subjugate the last two pockets of regional independence to the south. The latter join forces with northern rebels to face the aggressor and his vast fleet.
Review:
There is no denying the triumph of staging such grand set piece battle scenes, and yet in these days of CGI the palate quickly becomes jaded. Nothing beats a good story, as they say, and this one has just too many key characters and is too diffuse to pack the requisite punch. As before with Woo, we have a homoerotic bond between two male characters at the centre and much trranquil decorous imagery alongside the elaborate, poetically justified mayhem.
(Chi bi)
Country: CHI/JAP/HK/TAI/KOR
Technical: col/2.35:1 150m
Director: John Woo
Cast: Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Fengyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Wei Zhao
Synopsis:
AD 208: the Chinese Emperor is in the pocket of his power-hungry prime minister, who gains leave to subjugate the last two pockets of regional independence to the south. The latter join forces with northern rebels to face the aggressor and his vast fleet.
Review:
There is no denying the triumph of staging such grand set piece battle scenes, and yet in these days of CGI the palate quickly becomes jaded. Nothing beats a good story, as they say, and this one has just too many key characters and is too diffuse to pack the requisite punch. As before with Woo, we have a homoerotic bond between two male characters at the centre and much trranquil decorous imagery alongside the elaborate, poetically justified mayhem.