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Showing posts with label Red Cliff - 2008/2009. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Red Cliff - 2008/2009. Show all posts

Monday, 7 February 2011

Red Cliff - 2008/2009 and a List of Historical Epics




 Trailer

I won't be writing a proper review for this film just a few thoughts on it as it completely blew me away!

Easily one of the best Historical Epics I've ever seen, 4 hours and a half in length, John Woo's masterpiece and the most expensive Asian funded film to date, 80 million dollars worth of budget and yet it grossed more than 120 million dollars worth in Asia alone, a commercial and critical success that outranks all those similar to it and marks the high point of John Woo's career, in my opinion: