Red Cliff Movie Reviews
3.5
Rashid Irani | Hindustan Times
Action and John Woo, the Hong Kong director, has meant such cult combat-fests as Broken Arrow and the widely imitated Face/Off. Then came the fall from grace — a hokey thriller titled Paycheck (2003) — and the Hollywood studio honchos seem to have bought him a one-way ticket to home. Indeed, Woo appeared to have been eclipsed by the more news-making Ang Lee and Wong Kar-Wai. Now the upbeat news is the super action auteur has fashioned a sumptuous-looking periodRead full review3.0
Nikhat Kazmi | Times of India
John Woo returns to his Asian roots after a long gap of 17 years. And he returns with a huge reputation to live up to, having carved an enviable niche for himself in Hollywood with films like Mission Impossible, Broken Arrow and Face/Off. Ostensibly, he is the first Asian director to strike gold in mainstream Hollywood, much before Ang Lee mesmerised the West with Sense and Sensibility and Brokeback Mountain.Read full review2.5
Johnson Thomas | DNA India
After a brief and fairly successful sojourn in Hollywood, John Woo returns to Chinese cinema for this most expensive Chinese language picture ever, based on the historic battle of Red Cliff. It is a near three-hour abridgement of the original two-part film, specially edited and dubbed for the international audience. As a result, the film seems to have lost some of its character development and detailingRead full review