300 vs Red Cliff
300 has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 7.1/10 for Red Cliff). 300 is the shorter watch at 1h 56m compared with 2h 25m. 300 is the older of the two (2007 against 2008). Both are action, adventure, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
300
Red Cliff| 300 | Red Cliff | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2007 | 2008 |
| Length | 1h 56m | 2h 25m |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, War | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Zack Snyder | John Woo |
| Main cast | Dominic West, Michael Fassbender, Lena Headey, Gerard Butler, David Wenham | Chang Chen, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Shido Nakamura, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhao Wei |
Synopsis
300
Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the Persians, and helped usher in the world's first democracy.
Red Cliff
In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster 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. Left with no other hope for survival, the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu formed an unlikely alliance.