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The Great Wall

Play trailer 2:21 Poster for The Great Wall PG-13 Released Feb 17, 2017 1h 44m Adventure Action Fantasy Play Trailer Watchlist
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When a mercenary warrior (Matt Damon) is imprisoned within the Great Wall, he discovers the mystery behind one of the greatest wonders of the world. As wave after wave of marauding beasts besiege the massive structure, his quest for fortune turns into a journey toward heroism as he joins a huge army of elite warriors to confront the unimaginable and seemingly unstoppable force.
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For a Yimou Zhang film featuring Matt Damon and Willem Dafoe battling ancient monsters, The Great Wall is neither as exciting nor as entertainingly bonkers as one might hope.

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Kambole Campbell One Room With A View A sometimes entertaining, but otherwise forgettable two hours, The Great Wall sounds cool on paper, but feels more like a business deal than a complete film. Rated: 2/5 Aug 25, 2018 Full Review Scott Tobias Uproxx The Great Wall gives one of the world's great visual filmmakers $150 million and an army of extras at his disposal, and he turns a monument into a playground. Oct 10, 2017 Full Review Christopher Orr The Atlantic Zhang's moments of visual splendor-a battalion of hot-air balloonists, the queen-monster and her royal guard of fan-frilled monstrosities-are weighed down by a script and performances almost dutiful in their dullness. Mar 27, 2017 Full Review Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson Visually splendid from top to bottom, this epic adventure squeaks by on its looks and spares no expense to make sure of that. Rated: 3/5 Oct 14, 2024 Full Review Victoria Luxford City AM With a ponytail and dodgy accent, Damon fits awkwardly into the mix, putting in one of the most uneven performances of his career. The fact a Western actor is leading an Asian film should be uncomfortable, but in a film this bad, its hard to care. Rated: 2/5 Feb 21, 2022 Full Review Drew Dietsch FANDOM The Great Wall is the equivalent of a well-made toy movie. It's a feast for the imagination, but your heart and brain will check out after a while. Rated: 2/5 Dec 29, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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THATFEELINGWHENKNEESURGEYISTOMMORROW H Whoever hates this movie I hate you; it was a masterpiece of a film one of the best movies of the year should have won that award but nah of course people had to hate it. You all have no taste in movies or seeing the masterpiece it truly is. Go fuck yourselves. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/20/24 Full Review Oliver L I honestly couldn’t get through the first 25 minutes of it because of how band and outright confusing the movie was. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/12/24 Full Review Anastasia B The not so Great Wall, more like. This movie has the likes of Jing Tian, Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal and William DaFoe and still managed to be bad. It was action filled, sure. But way too fast-paced and even though this movie was obviously fictional it was still so, so terribly unrealistic. I was so excited getting into it, but my excitement immediately disintegrated. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 11/07/24 Full Review chris c Not one of the best work fm Zhang Yimou . I think the movie had over emphasized the 2 foreigner characters instead of focusing on the other warriors. Apart fm Willem Dafoe,this was not one of best Matt's performance. Is a pity because there were lots of other good actors but they were all playing minor roles w just a few words here and there. The one thing worth mentioning were the special effects. There were some amazing visuals and lots of great acrion scenes. 👍 Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/26/24 Full Review Slim S A fun monster romp with lots of action and explosions. What's not to like about that? Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/13/24 Full Review Joshua M Boring snooze fest. Do not recommend at all... Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/05/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis When a mercenary warrior (Matt Damon) is imprisoned within the Great Wall, he discovers the mystery behind one of the greatest wonders of the world. As wave after wave of marauding beasts besiege the massive structure, his quest for fortune turns into a journey toward heroism as he joins a huge army of elite warriors to confront the unimaginable and seemingly unstoppable force.
Director
Yimou Zhang
Producer
Thomas Tull, Charles Roven, Jon Jashni, Peter Loehr
Screenwriter
Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro, Tony Gilroy
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
Universal Pictures, Legendary Pictures, Atlas Entertainment
Rating
PG-13 (Fantasy Action Violence)
Genre
Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Original Language
Chinese
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 17, 2017, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
May 9, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$45.1M
Runtime
1h 44m
Sound Mix
Dolby Atmos
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