Those crazy cats over at Twitch have posted a Japanese trailer for John Woo’s return to the both the big screen and Hong Kong cinema, Red Cliff. We got some eyes on time with Red Cliff back at the beginning of February but this is a whole lot crisper than the earlier leak. There’s a bunch of new footage in these thirty-eight seconds, almost all of it large scale action and mood shots. If nothing else, it reinforces the fact that Woo is returning to his roots, even beyond the subject matter. There’s more vivid color in these scenes than anything the man’s done in twenty years. Still no word on a North American release. This is troublesome since, from the two Asian trailers that have come out so far, this is a flick that would be ill-served by a direct to DVD release.
You can check out the trailer here.