Stars: Matt Damon, Willem Dafoe, Pedro Pascal, Tian Jing, Andy Lau, Hanyu Zhang, Han Lu, Kenny Lin, Eddie Peng, Xuan Huang, Ryan Zheng | Written by Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro, Tony Gilroy | Directed by Yimou Zhang
Magnificent, breath-taking spectacle. A glorious, gorgeous testament to mankind’s creativity. Looks really good in 3D. All of this and more can be used to describe The Great Wall of China. The Great Wall of filmmaker Zhang Yimou, however, is another thing entirely.
Following the intense furore surrounding the creation and marketing of The Great Wall, the film itself is here for all to see and judge. Erasure? White saviour trope: the movie? The Great Wall of China with a coat of whitewashing? As it turns out, not quite, but that’s not to say the movie is without its problems.
The great face of The Great Wall’s controversies is Matt Damon, cast as brooding mercenary William Garin.
Magnificent, breath-taking spectacle. A glorious, gorgeous testament to mankind’s creativity. Looks really good in 3D. All of this and more can be used to describe The Great Wall of China. The Great Wall of filmmaker Zhang Yimou, however, is another thing entirely.
Following the intense furore surrounding the creation and marketing of The Great Wall, the film itself is here for all to see and judge. Erasure? White saviour trope: the movie? The Great Wall of China with a coat of whitewashing? As it turns out, not quite, but that’s not to say the movie is without its problems.
The great face of The Great Wall’s controversies is Matt Damon, cast as brooding mercenary William Garin.
- 6/16/2017
- by Joel Harley
- Nerdly
The Great Wall movie with Matt Damon: awkward-accented British mercenary fights the Taotie in costly Chinese-American collaboration. 'The Great Wall' movie: Zhang Yimou-Matt Damon collaboration evidence that – for better or for worse – countries can work together In this divisive age, when countries are turning inward with a nationalist, xenophobic fervor, it's comforting to know that the United States and China, their relationship mercurial and wary, can work together and, in the spirit of cooperation and unity, make a terrible movie. A co-production between Legendary East (the Chinese arm of Burbank, California-based, Legendary Entertainment) and China Film Group, The Great Wall is reportedly the most expensive film ever shot in China, a nation with aspirations to make films that rival Hollywood in their scope and success. Hollywood is willing to help if it ultimately leads to the release of more of its films in the tightly controlled Chinese market,...
- 1/28/2017
- by Mark Keizer
- Alt Film Guide
Legendary Pictures' upcoming fantasy epic The Great Wall looks like a visually stunning and awesome film. I'm really excited about seeing it. The story was inspired by the construction of The Great Wall of China, and it involves an army of warriors battling giant creatures.
The Great Wall tells the story of an elite force making a valiant stand for humanity on the world’s most iconic structure.
Legendary Comics has announced that they will be releasing a prequel graphic novel that tells the events leading up to what the film entails. They also shared the cover for the comic created by Whilce Portacio.
The graphic novel was written by Arvid Nelson and artist Gian Fernando, and they offered the following synopsis in the press release:
What if an army was created to defend our world from an enemy so dangerous, its very existence must be kept a secret? Built...
The Great Wall tells the story of an elite force making a valiant stand for humanity on the world’s most iconic structure.
Legendary Comics has announced that they will be releasing a prequel graphic novel that tells the events leading up to what the film entails. They also shared the cover for the comic created by Whilce Portacio.
The graphic novel was written by Arvid Nelson and artist Gian Fernando, and they offered the following synopsis in the press release:
What if an army was created to defend our world from an enemy so dangerous, its very existence must be kept a secret? Built...
- 12/15/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
"There are many things you have not seen." Like a 9 minute long trailer? This is pretty epic. An extended Chinese trailer has debuted for the Chinese epic The Great Wall, from director Zhang Yimou. The film is set to open in China this December, which is why this seems like a massive marketing push even though it doesn't open in the Us until February. This features footage from other trailers at the opening and closing, and spends six minutes in the middle introducing the five different main Chinese characters. Matt Damon stars as one of the few white dudes; also starring Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe, Andy Lau, Tian Jing, Eddie Peng, Numan Acar, Han Lu, Kenny Lin, Zhang Hanyu. This looks colorful and entertaining. Here's the new extended 9-minute Chinese trailer for Zhang Yimou's The Great Wall, from YouTube: You can still see the first teaser trailer for Yimou's The Great Wall here,...
- 11/30/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
A 9 minute Chinese trailer has been released for Matt Damon's upcoming fantasy action film The Great Wall. I don't recall ever seeing a 9 minute trailer before! It's obviously loaded with tons of new footage, and this movie looks like it's going to be a crazy fun epic! The visuals of this film look freakin' stunning!
The trailer spends a good amount of time introducing us to five of the main Chinese characters in the film. I have no idea what the trailer is saying, but I still enjoyed watching it.
The story was inspired by the construction of The Great Wall of China, but there's a whole cool fantasy element to it that involves an army of warriors battling giant creatures.
The Great Wall tells the story of an elite force making a valiant stand for humanity on the world’s most iconic structure.
The film was directed by Zhang Yimou (Hero,...
The trailer spends a good amount of time introducing us to five of the main Chinese characters in the film. I have no idea what the trailer is saying, but I still enjoyed watching it.
The story was inspired by the construction of The Great Wall of China, but there's a whole cool fantasy element to it that involves an army of warriors battling giant creatures.
The Great Wall tells the story of an elite force making a valiant stand for humanity on the world’s most iconic structure.
The film was directed by Zhang Yimou (Hero,...
- 11/30/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Ever think trailers give too much away? Well if that’s the case click away from this post now as a 9 minute Chinese trailer for Matt Damon’s The Great Wall has landed online. The Great Wall comes from director Zhang Yimou and alongside Damon stars Willem Dafoe, Pedro Pascal, Tian Jing, Numan Acar, Zhang Hanyu, Andy Lau, Han Lu, […]
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- 11/30/2016
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"The Great Wall is the only barrier keeping the world safe..." Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures have released a second trailer for Zhang Yimou's new movie The Great Wall, a fantasy action epic about building the Great Wall of China. There's all kinds of crazy stuff going on in this. Matt Damon stars in the cast as one of the few white dudes, with the rest of the cast including Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe, Andy Lau, Tian Jing, Eddie Peng, Numan Acar, Han Lu, Kenny Lin and Zhang Hanyu. As weird as this looks, I'm planning to see it just for the visuals alone - Zhang Yimou always makes his films so mesmerizing to watch. The action in this looks totally massive, it might actually be thoroughly entertaining. Bombs away. Here's the second official trailer for Zhang Yimou's The Great Wall, direct from Legendary's YouTube: You can still see the...
- 10/9/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
"What were they trying to keep out?" Universal has debuted the first official trailer for Zhang Yimou's new movie The Great Wall, produced by Legendary Pictures in China as one of the most expensive movies ever made in China. It's about the various mysteries of the construction of the Great Wall of China, and features an international cast lead by Matt Damon. Also featuring Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe, Andy Lau, Tian Jing, Eddie Peng, Numan Acar, Han Lu, Kenny Lin and Zhang Hanyu. As also expected with Zhang Yimou, this is visually astounding with some epic shots of the construction of the wall and immensely detailed costumes and big battles and everything else you could imagine... including some giant creatures. Here's the first official trailer for Zhang Yimou's The Great Wall, direct from Legendary's YouTube: Set in the Northern Song Dynasty, the story is about mysteries centered around the construction...
- 7/28/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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