Rising Post-95 Chinese Actors to Look Out For Set in the Northern Song Dynasty, revolving around soldiers searching for gunpowder who come across the construction of the Great Wall of China, and learn that its hurried construction isn’t just to keep out the Mongols, but mystical creatures as well. (Source: MyDramaList) ~~ Co-production with the U.S.A. Edit Translation
- English
- Español
- magyar / magyar nyelv
- dansk
- Native Title: 长城
- Also Known As: Chang Cheng , 長城
- Director: Zhang Yi Mou
- Genres: Action, Historical, Fantasy, War
Where to Watch The Great Wall
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Cast & Credits
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![Matt Damon in The Great Wall Chinese Movie (2016)]( "Matt Damon in The Great Wall Chinese Movie (2016)")
Matt Damon Main Role -
![Jing Tian in The Great Wall Chinese Movie (2016)]( "Jing Tian in The Great Wall Chinese Movie (2016)")
Jing Tian Main Role -
![Pedro Pascal in The Great Wall Chinese Movie (2016)]( "Pedro Pascal in The Great Wall Chinese Movie (2016)")
Pedro PascalPero TovarMain Role -
![Willem Dafoe in The Great Wall Chinese Movie (2016)]( "Willem Dafoe in The Great Wall Chinese Movie (2016)")
Willem DafoeSir BallardMain Role -
![Andy Lau in The Great Wall Chinese Movie (2016)]( "Andy Lau in The Great Wall Chinese Movie (2016)")
Andy Lau Main Role -
![Zhang Han Yu in The Great Wall Chinese Movie (2016)]( "Zhang Han Yu in The Great Wall Chinese Movie (2016)")
Zhang Han Yu Main Role
Reviews
Matt Damon stepped up the plate in his first Chinese movie, as an European mercenary in China during the Song dynasty. Damon's only flaw was the American accent, that did not match the job title.
Jing Tian was credible as Commander Lin Mae.
Andy Lau showed his competency in the second language. I was very impressed that the scriptwriter entrusted a lot of English dialog to his character, the military strategist. Andy Lau should have received third billing.
Lu Han did a very good job as the apprentice soldier, whose work experience was in the kitchen.
The monsters looked like relatives of the alien species in the Alien movies.
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You never really care who lives or dies, if the wall would fall or the entire capital for that matter. Even though there’s a lot of great actors in the movie, you can’t really tell because of how lacking the movie is. There’s no real build up between the main characters and their friendship, which once again fails to make you engaged in the story. This makes all the dialogues throughout the movie oddly empty, like they’re reciting it all before filming the real deal.
A lot of scenes didn’t make any sense, especially some of the action scenes that obviously wasn’t well thought-out, but solely made to look good on the screen.
With that said, if you need a flat and easy action movie to watch a Sunday night I won’t stop you! There’s a reason why I gave the movie 4,5/10 instead of 1/10.
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