Movie Review: Red Cliff (Part 1)

Verdict: The Chinese movie that is very much needed for this very moment.

This is without doubt the best Chinese movie since Infernal Affair trilogy.

The director has good selection of the actors (especially Cao Cao and Guan Yu), which fit the characters.

The movie successfully brings one of the most interesting story in Three Kingdoms to life - it is action-packed and the CG successfully created the grand view of the troops (though one may argue it's too much)

You may notice that there are some differences between the film and the novel, for example: the use of Eight Tiagrams Formation - it wasn't in used in the battle of Red Cliff, but a battle long after this - but hey, this scene satisfied fans of Guan Yu and Zhao Yun. It also enhance the "grandness" of Red Cliff.

I enjoyed the 2 hours and 8 minutes (in fact it's lesser than that, thanks to the censorship) of all the actions and plots.

But hold your breath, this is just the first installment.

(Overall) Rating: 8.5/10
(Chinese movie) Rating: 9.5/10

P/S: Lesser rating for "overall rating" because the subtitle is changing too fast - unfriendly for non Chinese literate.
P/S #2: I thought the movie is convincingly split into two episode - both the comercial as well as storyline requirement. Perhaps I should hold this comment until I've seen the second installment
P/S #3: Thanks to Ron for treating me this movie