The world's first suicide bombers and footballers were from Red Cliff!!!

Whenever one watched a Chinese action movie, few things were always certain.

Firstly there will always be a lot of flying around that really defies gravity.
Then occasionally their kicks can send a victim hundreds of meters away Ala Johnny Wilkinson style.

But the one that really and always amaze me is the hero's ability to kill hundreds yes literally hundreds of opponents within a 10 minutes time frame and only with one trusted sword!!!

So with trepidation i agreed to tag along with Faizul, my twin boy to watch Red Cliff 2,
He has been nagging me to bring him to watch that movie for a long while possibly enthralled earlier by the Dynasty Warriors video PSP game.

To be fair contrary to my earlier expectations i did enjoy the movie, the dialogue was full of wise words and the plot not too bad.

I also learnt a bit on the "right" way to make and serve tea and in this movie the tea making demonstration by the heroine Xiao Qiao to Cao Cao (the villain???) led to the invaders defeat.

However what really takes the cake was the "suicide bombers" who threw their bodies to the enemies ships and they were all laden with very much improvised bombs. Yup the bombs were made of concentrated fish oil. Ha ha, are they possibly the world's first suicide bombers? Trust a Chinese movie to dispel any earlier understanding that you had on suicide bombers!!!

Another scene shows though a form of football game, played with the utmost sublime skills and of course a ferocious kick to spare(compulsory for a Chinese action movie!!)
Again another first? The world's first footballers with the skills that even made Maradona looks ordinary .

All in all despite these melodramatic observations, i enjoyed the movie and am indeed glad that i got myself around to bring Faizul to watch it.
So what's next to expect from a Chinese action movie? Possibly the World's first astronauts!!!
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