Two feudal warlords in 3rd-century China are forced to unite when a vast invading army marches on their territories with the intention of bringing their lands under the domination of the Han Dynasty. However, a cunning strategist sees a weakness in the invading force and concocts a cunning plan to defeat them. John Woo's historical drama, with Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Takeshi Kaneshiro. In Mandarin.

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.