Red Cliff vs The Poet and the Spy
Red Cliff has the higher audience score (7.1/10 against 5.2/10 for The Poet and the Spy). The Poet and the Spy is the shorter watch at 1h 39m compared with 2h 25m. Red Cliff is the older of the two (2008 against 2026). Both are action, adventure, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Red Cliff
The Poet and the Spy| Red Cliff | The Poet and the Spy | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.1/10 | ★ 5.2/10 |
| Year | 2008 | 2026 |
| Length | 2h 25m | 1h 39m |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War | Action, Adventure, Romance, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | John Woo | Arnaldo Catinari |
| Main cast | Chang Chen, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Shido Nakamura, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhao Wei | Maurizio Lombardi, Daniele Paoloni, Nicolas Maupas, Valentina Romani, Riccardo Scamarcio |
Synopsis
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.
The Poet and the Spy
In 1919 Fiume, Russian spy Beatrice navigates political turmoil while protecting poet Gabriele D’Annunzio, entangling with an intelligence chief and a WWI deserter amid Italy’s revolutionary unrest.
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