The "Killer" hitman Chow Yun-fat faces off against Cop Danny Lee in John Woo's THE KILLER(1989).
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Woo's RED CLIFF International Trailer Online
By: Jarrod Sarafin, News EditorDate: Friday, February 01, 2008
Director John Woo is returning to his Asian roots with a new epic called RED CLIFF, based on the legendary Battle of Red Cliff from Chinese history. The upcoming action-adventure stars Chow Yun-Fat (Hard Boiled, The Killer), Tony Leung and Chang Chen. Woo also penned the screenplay before going behind-the-camera to film it. Summit Entertainment handled the production. No release date because it's still under TBA 2008 status.
To see the new trailer, click here.
Plot Summary: From the acclaimed director of "Mission: Impossible II," "Face/Off" and "The Killers," comes a dazzling, visionary epic based on the legendary Battle of Red Cliff, in which a force of fifty thousand defeated an army of nearly one million.
In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minister Cao Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale, led by the Prime Minister, himself. Left with no other hope for survival, the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu formed an unlikely alliance. Numerous battles of strength and wit ensued, both on land and on water, eventually culminating in the battle of Red Cliff. During the battle, two thousand ships were burned, and the course of Chinese history was changed forever.
