Cold Mountain vs Red Cliff
Red Cliff has the higher audience score (7.1/10 against 6.9/10 for Cold Mountain). Red Cliff is the shorter watch at 2h 25m compared with 2h 34m. Cold Mountain is the older of the two (2003 against 2008). Both are adventure, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Cold Mountain
Red Cliff| Cold Mountain | Red Cliff | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2003 | 2008 |
| Length | 2h 34m | 2h 25m |
| Genres | Adventure, History, Romance, War | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Anthony Minghella | John Woo |
| Main cast | Charlie Hunnam, Kathy Baker, Jude Law, Donald Sutherland, Nicole Kidman | Chang Chen, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Shido Nakamura, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhao Wei |
Synopsis
Cold Mountain
In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young wife, Ada, who he left behind to tend their farm. As Inman makes his perilous journey home, Ada struggles to keep their home intact with the assistance of Ruby, a mysterious drifter sent to help her by a kindly neighbor.
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.
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