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Release Date : 15 July 2008 (Indonesia)

Director : John Woo

My Comment :

i’d give the movie 6/10

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

i was expecting more when i watch this movie. To me, this movie is a big over-hype disappointment! Romance of Three Kingdoms is such great story based on history.

There were some pacing problems in this movie :

1. The part of Zhou Yu and Zhu-Ge Liang playing musical instrument and the final battle scene was also overly long.It just go on and on, and I was really bored!
2.Action choreography was boring, and stupid sometime! Action choreographer Corey Yuen seem not sure whether to design it as fantasy martial art form or realistic martial art form, and some scene is just ridiculous!
3.the scenes with the shields reflecting sunlight The shields are a clever move, but you don’t have to basically repeat 2 shots (soldiers turning their shield, the horses go wild) twenty times.
4.little annoyed with the final fight sequence.when cao cao’s cavaliers trapped in the Formation of Eight Trigrams. what is the point to make a battle sequence like 20 minutes long which is not even a main event in the whole battle, with so many soldiers doing the same moves again and again.and make it unrealistic as well as too long

It’s a great story, well chosen characters — most of the actors/actresses suit the characters of each role. Maybe Woo can pay more attention to the war scenes for the next episode!!!

Youtube Trailer : “Red Cliff Trailer”

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