I’m ALL about a great action flick centering on Ancient China, from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to House of the Flying Daggers to Hero. And now director John Woo has returned to his roots to give us Red Cliff, based on the events of a 600 year old story Romance of Three Kingdoms, a classic in China. Apparently, there are two-parts, but the first one is being released in the U.S. Nov. 20. Here’s an exclusive clip:
Looks amazing. And nice to see Woo work his magic again after a few failures in the U.S. I interviewed the director once, for his 2002 Windtalkers (yeah, but I didn’t hold that against him) and found him to be very well spoken and a true class act, a real pleasure to talk to. I must have also made an impression because over the next few years, I received a Christmas card from him every year, which looked like he actually signed. Wasn’t that really thoughtful? Maybe he sent them to all the press people he has talked to, but I like to think we had a connection.
