The Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Battle Royal of Wits

MOVIE REVIEW
Red Cliff (2008)

6
Magnet Releasing

Once among the most prolific directors, John Woo has disappeared in the six years since the release of “Paycheck.” With the domestic opening of this streamlined version of “Red Cliff,” the most expensive Asian-financed film in history and setter of Chinese box-office records, he shows us all where he’s been.

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