It is true that I am a Romance of the Three Kingdoms fan. I am so intrigued by the story and this time round, their movies. I would say that I have not missed out on most or in fact all of their movies made. Not to mention Red Cliff, which is such a significant part in the history. The movie, hosted by a big and well known cast such as Zhang Fengyi as Cao Cao, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai as Zhou Yu, Takeshi Kaneshiro as Zhuge Liang and Hu Jun as Zhao Zilong truely makes the movie standout, compared to other Romance movies. Most of the actors delivered their characters really well, injecting some humor into the whole show.

It was the Lord of the Rings which was a fantastic "war" epic movie which made me go crazy over it. Now, I was in awe with the Red Cliff, just like a chinese version of it. And in case, you all do not know who's my favourite character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it would have to be none other than Zhao Yun aka Zilong. =)

Synopsis:

The story of RED CLIFF takes place in 208 AD in China during the Han Dynasty. Despite the presence of an emperor, Han Xiandi, China was then divided into many warring states.

The ambitious Prime Minister Cao Cao, by using the Emperor as his puppet, waged war on a kingdom in the west, Xu, ruled by the emperor’s uncle, Liu Bei. Cao Cao’s ultimate goal was to wipe out all the kingdoms and install himself as Emperor to a unified China. Liu Bei sent his military advisor Zhuge Liang as an envoy to the Wu Kingdom in the south, trying to persuade its ruler Sun Quan into joining forces. There he met Wu’s Viceroy Zhou Yu, and the two became friends amidst this uneasy alliance.

Enraged to learn that the two kingdoms have become allies, Cao Cao sent an army of eight hundred thousand soldiers and two thousand ships down south, hoping to kill two birds with one stone. Cao Cao’s army set up camp at Crow Forest, across the Yangtze River from Red Cliff, where the allies were stationed.

With the food supply running short, and the army vastly outnumbered by Cao Cao’s, the allies seemed doomed. Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang had to rely on their combined wisdom to turn the tide of battle. Numerous battles of wits and forces, on land and on water, eventually culminated into the most famous battle in Chinese history, where two thousand ships were burned, and the course of China’s history was changed forever. That was the Battle of Red Cliff.