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The Great Wall
The Great Wall

The Great Wall

2016 103 min ★ 6.0 Action, Adventure, Fantasy

European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.

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Cast

Matt Damon

Matt Damon

William

Jing Tian

Jing Tian

Commander Lin Mae

Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe

Ballard

Andy Lau

Andy Lau

Strategist Wang

Pedro Pascal

Pedro Pascal

Tovar

Zhang Hanyu

Zhang Hanyu

General Shao

Lu Han

Lu Han

Peng Yong

Lin Gengxin

Lin Gengxin

Commander Chen

Eddie Peng Yu-Yan

Eddie Peng Yu-Yan

Commander Wu

Huang Xuan

Huang Xuan

Commander Deng

Details

Director

Zhang Yimou

Screenplay

Carlo Bernard

Tagline

"1700 years to build. 5500 miles long. What were they trying to keep out?"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$150,000,000

Revenue

$331,957,105

Production

Universal Pictures, Atlas Entertainment, Le Vision Pictures, Legendary Pictures, Legendary East, China Film Group Corporation

Reviews

C

ColinJ

February 18, 2017

★ 6/10

Entertaining nonsense. I went in expecting gorgeous junk and that's exactly what I got.

C

CraigJamesReview

February 19, 2017

Impressive in it's visual style as many Zhang Yimou films are. He has this fascination with weaponry and following it as it soars through the air. Also loved the color of the armor on the soldiers. The characters are pretty bland, really just doing things because the script requires them to do it. The monsters are also crappy looking CGI iguanas. Overall the whole thing just comes off ...

D

Dark Jedi

May 31, 2017

★ 10/10

This is a movie that made me soooo happy that I decided to jump and fork out some money (way too much actually, I’m on a bread and water diet now) for a nice OLED screen. This movie is a stunning visual adventure. The two main characters are described as mercenary warriors but the terms thieves and rascals are probably better suited. They do know how to fight though and they get plenty of oppor...

R

Reno

August 18, 2017

★ 3/10

**Decent visuals, but has no fresh vision.** I always thought what they call the great wall of China is the symbol of the Chinese scary-ism against the mighty Mongolians in the ancient time. So when I first saw this trailer, I shocked and then I said: what the heck. You can't just hide the truth and recreate whatever new thing you want. But That's how the China and Chinese evolved for thousands...

G

Gimly

July 17, 2019

★ 3/10

I suuuuuper don't care. This looks like an advertisement for a brand I wouldn't bother buying. _Final rating:★½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid where possible._

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