Red Cliff vs Troy
Troy has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 7.1/10 for Red Cliff). Red Cliff is the shorter watch at 2h 25m compared with 2h 43m. Troy is the older of the two (2004 against 2008). Both are action, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Red Cliff
Troy| Red Cliff | Troy | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.1/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2008 | 2004 |
| Length | 2h 25m | 2h 43m |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War | Action, History, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | John Woo | Wolfgang Petersen |
| Main cast | Chang Chen, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Shido Nakamura, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhao Wei | Brian Cox, Garrett Hedlund, Orlando Bloom, Brad Pitt, Brendan Gleeson |
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.
Troy
In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. They set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy.