For the first half hour or so, I resisted John Woo’s Red Cliff, his epic account of a series of battles that took place in China in the year 208. It was the time of the Three Kingdomsthe Wei, Shu and ...

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Halfway through the nearly 4 1/2-hour running time of John Woo’s epic “Red Cliff,” two military tacticians pause to savor their momentary victory over the oppressive forces of the Han dynasty. It’s a ...

John Woo spent a decade navigating the big-studio minefield — longer than most foreign auteurs last in Hollywood before throwing in the towel. Beginning in earnest with an above-average Jean-Claude ...

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