Red Cliff vs The Turkish Gambit
Red Cliff has the higher audience score (7.1/10 against 6.3/10 for The Turkish Gambit). The Turkish Gambit is the shorter watch at 2h 10m compared with 2h 25m. The Turkish Gambit is the older of the two (2005 against 2008). Both are action, adventure, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Red Cliff
The Turkish Gambit| Red Cliff | The Turkish Gambit | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.1/10 | ★ 6.3/10 |
| Year | 2008 | 2005 |
| Length | 2h 25m | 2h 10m |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Mystery |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | John Woo | Dzhanik Fayziev |
| Main cast | Chang Chen, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Shido Nakamura, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhao Wei | Vladimir Ilin, Velimir Velev, Gosha Kutsenko, Aleksey Guskov, Aleksandr Baluev |
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 Turkish Gambit
The film is based on the second book from the Adventures of Erast Petrovich Fandorin series of novels written by the Russian author Boris Akunin. The film takes place in 1877 during the Russian-Turkish war. Erast Fandorin has just escaped from Turkish prison and is trying to get on the Russian side as soon as possible to give important information about the upcoming attack of the enemy. On his way he meets Varvara Suvorova, a young lady who is…
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