I have just this second finsihed watching Red Cliff and i would have to say it is one of the best moives i have seen for many years and may now be one of my fave films of all time. I'll tell you why and give you a little insite.
WARNING - This review may contain spoilers

Red Cliff is baced in China in the year 208AD during this time a ruler who serves the emporer called "Cao Cao" has tryed to killed another ruler who is loved by all the people "Liu Bei". However he also wishes to conqure the southen lands of china where the young "Sun Quan" rules (I belive he is about 25). So Cao Cao tryed to destroy both Lui Bei and Sun Quan together with both numbers and time on his side.

Now if this is sounding fermiular then it should. If you ahve played a game "Dynast warriors" or read a book called "The Three Kingdoms" this both are baced of this and being a fan of both i knew i had to watch this moive.

Pros;
The Action is awsume adn tho you do somethime think that it's a little too "Crowching tiger" style it is far more realistc than many others. There are also many intresting tactics used like using the poslished rear side of a shield to blind a cavalry charge. The diglouge is also top notch and the sword play/fighting is also execlent.

Cons;
Some people my be put of as almost every word is in chinesse with subtiltles but it's one of thoese moives that you don't mind. It would have been nice to have a dub version also for the lazy(Like me). Also there is a side plot involing the stratagist's wife that i struggled to follow and i have a little knowlage of it all ready so some may find it hard to follow. I woul have also like to see Liu Bei and Sun Quan fleshed out a little more than they where as some people like Gan Xing, Zhou Yu etc stole the spot light.

Overall;
I payed £18 for it and i would have payed much more if i knew it was this good (Also got another moive with it and i'll review that later). If you like your actions or you love sword play then get this film. If you hate reading your moives then you might want to look else where. I would highly recomend it if you find it.

If i had to give it a score out of 10 then i would give it a 10 becuase it's that good

P.S. Sorry for my poor spelling