redrobinfilmreviews

Red Cliff
5 ½ hour film, in two parts, based on a classic of Chinese literature about a great battle in 208 A. D. Directed by John Woo, famous for action films. Everything is designed to be an epic, and perhaps it has some more meaning for Chinese, but there are no real characters, just heroes. It’s OK, but didn’t really interest me. And I thought Woo’s directing, or the editing, was a little clumsy and disorganized. ²²