RED CLIFF: The Yin Yang Formation
February 14th, 2009 | researchmaterial
Much as I love history and admire the early films of John Woo, I had no real interest in seeing RED CLIFF. Until I found this sequence (broken into two videos):
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WARREN ELLIS is a graphic novelist, author and columnist. His new novel, GUN MACHINE, available now from Mulholland Books, is being developed for television by Chernin Entertainment and FOX. His first non-fiction book, from FSG, is due in 2014. RED 2, the sequel to the Bruce Willis-Helen Mirren film RED based on his book of the same name, will be released in August 2013.
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I love how they go through all the careful work to trap them…and then still fight them one on one. Awesome.
Holy mackerel.
Well worth a watch it is, still waiting for part 2 to come out on DVD/BluRay because part 1 of the film doesn’t even get to the actual battle of Red Cliffs. And part 1 is two hours long.
Red Cliffs Part 1 is an amazing film. Basically every scene with Guan Yu is pure gold, and makes me want to re-read…well, *finish* the Romance of the Three Kingdoms books.
Only the Chinese could take a concept like the Phalanx an turn it into something this ridiculously and epically elaborate.
FUCK YEAR CHINA
I just wish they’d gotten Chow Yun-fat in the cast as had been originally intended. Still, anything with Guan Yu kicking a stack of asses has my vote.