Red Cliff , which also known as The Battle of Red Cliff, is a two-episode Chinese epic-war film based on the Battle of Red Cliffs and events during the Three Kingdoms period in Ancient China. The film was directed by John Woo, and stars Chang Chen, Hu Jun, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Lin Chi-ling, Zhang Fengyi and Zhao Wei.

Red Cliff was released in two parts, first was released in July 2008 and the second in January 2009. This is the first Chinese-language film from John Woo in more than decade, and reportedly the most expensive Chinese-language movie ever made with an estimated budget of US$80 million.

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Red Cliff Synopsis :Movie opens with a scene in the Imperial Court of the Han Dynasty in AD 208 where Prime Minister Cao Cao asking permission to start war against the warlords liu Bei and Sun Quan in southern China, whom he perceived to be rebels against the Han Dynasty. After Cao Cao’s attack with the mighty warrior of the south Liu Bei, the latter’s strategist Kongming (Zhuge Ling in other versions of the film) thinks that the only hope to defeat Cao Cao and his army is if they will form an alliance with Sun Quan. Their combined army of 50,000 are to face the North’s 800,000 men. The Southerners, armed with their greatest warriors, must now do all they can to defend their land in the epic battle at RedCliff.

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