a5c7b9f00b The first chapter of a two-part story centered on a battle fought in China's Three Kingdoms period (220-280 A.D.).
In 208 A.D., in the Han Dinasty of China, the tyrannic and greedy Prime Minster Cao Cao forces the reluctant Emperor Han to declare war against the kingdoms of Liu Bei and Sun Quan in the South of China. Cao Cao heads with a mighty army of one million soldiers and attacks Liu Bei. His advisor and war strategist Zhuge Liang heads to South in a diplomatic mission trying to convince Sun Quan to join force with Liu Bei against the powerful warlord. When Zhuge Liang meets the viceroy Zhou Yu, he succeeds in his assignment with the alliance of the two kingdoms against Cao Cao. The armies fight against each other in many battles until the final one in Red Cliff where guile, knowledge and strategy prevail.
They take one of the most significant battles in world history and forget to tell the story. Character development is non-existent which makes it nearly impossible to keep track of who is whom… There is very little in the way of plot development…one has to guess what's happening….On the bright side, you do get some great shots of scenery and a tour of China in pictures…Don't waste your money on this one unless you like hours and hours and hours of slash and gash. We survived Part I and have decided not to suffer through Part II. Just can't take any more. Leave it on the shelf. Better yet, I hope the stores take it off the shelf….they're wasting valuable space…
At 4 hours, 30 minutes, Chi Bi (or Battle of Red Cliff) was never going to be a commercial sell-out film. Instead it focused on delivering an expertise in storytelling, without overdoing and putting less focus on individual scenes (unlike many movies based on outside work). With this, each scene isspectacularthe next, and so much depth and focus was put into each event that it would not seemif the director cared much for how much time the movie would run for. Such dedication is an inspiration to modern movies to not let commercial value get in the way of tremendous storytelling, and this movie is indeed a landmark in modern film-making and a classic for our time, especially when most film makers are more interested in making money than to share a story for the world to be fascinated upon.<br/><br/>The actors themselves depicted their characters greatly which surprised meI was sceptical prior to watching the movie at how these heroes would be portrayed after seeing many Three Kingdoms movie flops. The strategies in this movie is a stunning example of the wonders of the art of war, and Chi Bi is a truly astonishing war epic capable of rivalling the works of J.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.
A prelude that provides the beams and columns for the narrative framework, but with a few decisive and spot-on action spectacles, it sufficiently kindles expectations for the climactic clash in Part 2.
Due to the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937 scenes containing violence to animals have to be cut in the UK. Therefore both versions, the international cut and the original cut - both available on DVD in the UK - were censored accordingly. You can find a comparison between the cut international version (UK) and the uncut international version here. and a comparison between the cut original version (UK) and the uncut original version here. In order to make the whole project much more attractive for international audiences, an International Version was created, that features both Red Cliff movies cut into one movie. Producer Terence Chang said the following: "We wanted to make a Hollywood blockbuster in Chinese that would appeal to non-Asian audienceswell. We worked very hard to create a version of the film that maintains the integrity of the action and character development of the story, while excising some of the cultural details that could be considered unnecessary for Western audiences not intimately familiar with the historical mythology."
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