My review from another site
"Red Cliff . A John Woo! film. "The film primarily follows the historical text called the Records of Three Kingdoms (3rd century AD) as a blueprint for the Battle of Red Cliffs". Apparently in Asia it was 2 films totaling 280 minutes while in NA it is one 150 minute film. A little long and sentimental. Costumes and decor are great while battle scenes are totally over the top: a mix of Kung Fu, Excalibur and Saving Private Ryan. Really. I think a better sub would have dramatically increased my enjoyment of the film. There is a lot of martial drumming and battle drums and the cavalry charging on a big sub must be house shaking . I can only imagine, on more than one occasion my little sub whimpered under the strain.
This is originally in mandarin so I watched with sub titles although there are English, French and Spanish dubbing's. As anglos are terrible at dubbing, I didn't bothering trying..."
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