Zhang Fengyi
Red Cliff - 3/23/2010
...with English subtitles. Mercifully, the setup is simple and the narration is brief. Prime Minister Cao Cao (Zhang Fengyi) is set upon iron-fisted domination of the entire Chinese...
Red Cliff (Chi Bi) (Review)
...figures of legend, they stand in for ideals and beliefs. Thus, when prime minister Cao Cao (Zhang Fengyi) asks permission of Han dynasty Emperor Xian (Wang Ning) to put down a...
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DFT to screen long version of 'Red Cliff'
...it lops out character-defining moments involving warlords who gather to battle the tyrannical Cao Cao (Zhang Fengyi), who has bullied an impressionable young emperor into declaring war.
Review Red Cliff (R) ***
...Han dynasty era circa 200 B.C., the movie centers on a war waged by the power-hungry general Cao Cao (Zhang Fengyi) and two southern warlords (You Yong and Chang Chen) who stand in his...
Chinese-style swashbuckling
...original, uncut edition. Until then, don't miss this wildly entertaining adventure. Cast: Tony Leung, Zhang Fengyi, Chang Chen, Chi-Ling Lin Theater: Ragtag Cinema; screens 5:30 p.m....
Zhang Fengyi
...and the Assassin and the warlord Cao Cao in the two-part film Red Cliff. Zhang was born in Changsha, Hunan Province. His ancestor was from Tanghe, Henan Province. When he was...
Movie review: 'Red Cliff'
...killing off millions of extras. In brief, the powerful Han Empire's scheming prime minister, Cao Cao (Zhang Fengyi), has convinced his feckless emperor to allow a southward campaign to...
Woo brings genres aplenty to 'Cliff'
...(as famous in China as the Battle of Gettysburg is here), which finds vile Prime Minister Cao Cao (Zhang Fengyi of "Farewell My Concubine") leading an armada into the Southland of China to...
Review of John Woo's A A Red Cliff,' a stunning visual masterpiece
...off millions of extras. In brief, the powerful Han Empire's scheming prime minister, Cao Cao (Zhang Fengyi), has persuaded his feckless emperor to allow a southward campaign to crush...
Review: Heavily edited 'Red Cliff' will disappoint true Woo fans
...loosely based historical account of one of China's most famous battles, involving Prime Minister Cao Cao (Zhang Fengyi) who wanted to expand the empire southward in 208 A.D. There's also...
Woo’s right at home in shortened epic tale
...at home in shortened epic tale Tony Leung, as Zhou Yu, one of the warlords bent on denying Cao Cao (Zhang Fengyi) in his bid to unify China's territories. (Magnolia Pictures) The very...
John Woo's 'Red Cliff': An Epic Cut Down To Size
Hard target: Zhang Fengyi plays the martially inclined prime minister Cao Cao in a battle epic that makes Zack Snyder's 300 look unambitious - and that lets some character-building get...
