Red Cliff 2 (John Woo)

[pro-bassoonist]

Our friends at YesAsia have indicated March 18th as the street date for Red Cliff 2. Here's the updated listing for the BD:

Chi bi xia: Jue zhan tian xia (Red Cliff II) Blu-ray

YesAsia Pre-order

Blu-ray.com Review

Time Out Hong Kong:

In a conversation sometime after the release of Red Cliff, I casually asked Woo why he didn’t make it more explicit in the film’s title that it’s only the first half of a two-part movie, thereby surprising and frustrating some of its viewers with the lack of proper closure. “I was thinking about The Godfather,” he remarked. “So I thought I only have to add the number ‘2’ in the second film’s title.”

While the first film is now more appropriately seen as a lengthy buildup, replete with two minor battles and a string of awkwardly humorous character introductions, Red Cliff II has a no-nonsense approach, taking its audience through some of the most renowned military tactics in Three Kingdoms history – including badass prime minister Cao Cao’s (Zhang Fengyi) cunning method to spread typhoid in the enemy camp, Xu chancellor Zhuge Liang’s (Takeshi Kaneshiro) preparation of 100,000 arrows in one night, and Wu strategist Zhou Yu’s (Tony Leung) plot to eliminate Cao’s indispensible naval generals – before climaxing with the most remarkably visualized Battle of Red Cliff ever put on film.

Although Woo’s penchant to reduce everything down to the theme of brotherhood is as maddening as ever – with Zhuge and Zhou often exchanging evocative glances and cheesy assurances of their ‘friendship’ – and his decision to include a Mexican standoff (with swords!) borders on the flat-out ridiculous, Red Cliff II’s overall sense of accomplishment makes it easy for any historically-aware audience to temporarily put down their skepticism. This is an intelligent and resounding epic that more than delivers on its first half’s modest promises.

Edmund Lee

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[TwYsTeD]

awesome cannot wait i need to get the blu's still thank for he update

[HKMOVIESAREBEST]

Is this the mainland China version?

I CAN NOT wait to see that ship battle on blu.

[pro-bassoonist]

Originally Posted by HKMOVIESAREBEST

Is this the mainland China version?

Hong Kong.

Pro-B

[HKMOVIESAREBEST]

Thanks B.

[franky8138]

Great News

[the48thronin]

Great news! Been waiting for the second BD to be released so I can order both parts at the same time.

[HD 335]

This movie alone would make my March month of BD purchases a good month if it's actally released. I refused to watch any screenings or bootlegged copies, must see this in full 1080p and uncompressed sound Going to email DDDhouse and see if they can shed any light.

[MacLover]

I cannot wait for the Blu of this, I have the DVD of 1, I am waiting for 2 to be released to get them both in glorious HD

[Travis Bickle]

Cool! I just saw the March 16 date listed over at the Hi-Def Release Lists web site! Is Mei Ah Entertainment releasing Part 2? I sure hope they don't have the watermarking like they did on Part 1.

[JunkBoy]

Originally Posted by the48thronin

Great news! Been waiting for the second BD to be released so I can order both parts at the same time.

+1 Can't wait!

[pcdawg]

Originally Posted by Travis Bickle

Cool! I just saw the March 16 date listed over at the Hi-Def Release Lists web site! Is Mei Ah Entertainment releasing Part 2? I sure hope they don't have the watermarking like they did on Part 1.

Mei Ah has announced that they will not place any more watermarks in their blu-ray releases.

They kept to their promises and released Butterfly Lovers without the marks.

So we can expect Red Cliff II to not have them.

[Old Bones]

Been waiting sooooo impatiently for #2

[Travis Bickle]

Originally Posted by pcdawg

Mei Ah has announced that they will not place any more watermarks in their blu-ray releases.

They kept to their promises and released Butterfly Lovers without the marks.

So we can expect Red Cliff II to not have them.

Great! thank you.

[crystal_sun]

Does anyone know if they're going to release a 2 discs boxset instead of the individual set? I would rather that instead of the 'part 1' and 'part 2' in separate cases.

[pro-bassoonist]

Originally Posted by Jumong

Does anyone know if they're going to release a 2 discs boxset instead of the individual set? I would rather that instead of the 'part 1' and 'part 2' in separate cases.

As of this moment, such has not been announced by the HK distribs.

Pro-B

[HD 335]

DDDhouse just responded to my email, they'll have pre-orders up sometime in March

[lovemetal626]

i hope they have a 2 disc set soon.

i was holding out on 1 so that i could get both at the same time, in a cool super deluxe box set

[HD 335]

Originally Posted by lovemetal626

i hope they have a 2 disc set soon.

i was holding out on 1 so that i could get both at the same time, in a cool super deluxe box set

It's always possible since both movie did well at the box office, but I doubt they will do it soon. Blu-rays in Asia is not a popular commodity since they are so expensive for the average consumer there. Releasing multiple versions of the same movie is not in the distributor's best interest especially with the global economic downturn.

[lovemetal626]

Originally Posted by HD 335

It's always possible since both movie did well at the box office, but I doubt they will do it soon. Blu-rays in Asia is not a popular commodity since they are so expensive for the average consumer there. Releasing multiple versions of the same movie is not in the distributor's best interest especially with the global economic downturn.

hmm, i see, didnt know that, well i hope at least the stores will give a special sale then, like maybe buy part 1 and part 2 together you get a little bit of discount. this would be cool too.