Great wall movie review

16 Feb 2017 The Great Wall, 2016. Directed by Yimou Zhang. Starring Matt Damon, Jing Tian, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe, Hanyu Zhang, Eddie Peng, 

His Great Wall is a spectacle: for all the hype about it being an historic collaboration between the American and Chinese film industries, it is at heart a popcorn movie, designed to keep you at "The Great Wall" follows William (Matt Damon), a mercenary who tries to obtain the "Black Powder", a deadly explosive, only to get caught in a battle against monsters that awakens every 60 years. For those who doubt that it will be good, mark my words: Don't underestimate this movie. The movie was a surprise all the way to finish. The acting

16/03/38 · Film Review: Matt Damon in ‘The Great Wall’ Matt Damon doesn't save China in this capably directed but generic fantasy spectacle extolling Chinese culture and military excellence.

17 Feb 2017 Chinese/American co-produced action-fantasy "The Great Wall" doesn't feel like a McDonald's-ified version of a Chinese film. True, when  The film received mixed reviews from critics, who said it "sacrifices great story for great action." Despite grossing over $330 million worldwide and making back the   16 Feb 2017 Matt Damon stars as a mercenary warrior in Zhang Yimou's film “The Great Wall.” Credit. Movie Review: 'The Great Wall'. Video player  that maintains and defends the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures. The film , however, has Peng not only understand spoken English but also idioms and nuances. 87 of 130 people found this review helpful. 16 Feb 2017 The Great Wall, review: 'Watching it feels like repeatedly banging your head against Matt Damon in The Great Wall. Robbie Collin, Film Critic. 17 Feb 2017 (Try sitting through Zoolander 2 and tell me how bad The Great Wall is.) It's fun to watch Matt Damon try not to look or sound like Matt Damon, 

20 Feb 2017 I mention all of this because, in and of itself, The Great Wall isn't a particularly good movie. It plops Matt Damon down in the middle of the 13th 

Read Matt Goldberg's The Great Wall review; Zhang Yimou's film stars Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal, Jing Tian, Willem Dafoe, Hanyu Zhang, and Andy Lau. If you go into “The Great Wall” thinking of it as the new Matt Damon movie, let alone the new Zhang Yimou movie, you’re in for disappointment. But if you calibrate your expectations to 16/08/38 · The Wall movie reviews & Metacritic score: Two soldiers are pinned down by an Iraqi sniper, with nothing but a crumbling wall between them. Their fight becomes as … 09/01/40 · Review: Korean film ‘The Great Battle’ a fight worthy of ‘Game of Thrones’ (The Chinese-shot 2017 action film “The Great Wall,” starring the movie opens with a ferocious eight MovieBob Reviews: THE GREAT WALL (2017) The Great Wall is a very, very, very silly movie. The operating premise is that Matt Damon and Pedro Pascal (but really mostly Matt Damon) are a pair of We will see worse movies this year than "The Great Wall." But we won't sit through one more cynical. It's Chinese pandering -- pure agitprop -- packaged as Hollywood poppycock. I can hear the pitch now -- "Get your MESSAGE out! Chinese 'order,' Chinese know-how, … 19/05/38 · REVIEW: The Great Wall plays like The Last Samurai crossed with Jurassic Park, The Two Towers, Reign of Fire and one of those episodes of Game of Thrones they clearly saved the entire series

16/03/38 · Film Review: Matt Damon in ‘The Great Wall’ Matt Damon doesn't save China in this capably directed but generic fantasy spectacle extolling Chinese culture and military excellence.

22/05/38 · The Great Wall review – lavish Chinese spectacle 2 / 5 stars 2 out of 5 stars. The country’s most expensive co-production to date is a visual treat, complete with a grizzled Matt Damon, but 19/05/38 · ‘The Great Wall’ Review: It’s Not Hollywood Whitewashing, It’s Just an Awful Movie Matt Damon is the least of the problems in Zhang Yimou's misbegotten medieval epic. Eric Kohn A Great Wall is a 1986 comedy-drama film written, directed and starring Peter Wang.It was the first American feature film shot in the People's Republic of China and was Kelvin Han Yee's first film. 19/05/38 · The Great Wall begins with William and his rag-tag band of would-be thieves (they’ve come looking for “the black powder” so they can go back to 11th Century Europe and get rich blowing 16/03/38 · The Great Wall has long been talked up as a landmark of sorts: It's Matt Damon's first foray into China, Zhang Yimou's first predominantly English-language production and the first film to come

19/05/38 · Review: Matt Damon’s ‘The Great Wall’ crumbles in epic fashion Jing Tian, left, Matt Damon, Andy Lau and Cheney Chen in the movie “The Great Wall.” (Jasin Boland / Universal Pictures) 21/03/38 · “The Great Wall,” a Matt Damon vehicle co-produced by Chinese and Hollywood studios, generated $66 million in ticket sales in its opening weekend, making it 2016’s fourth-biggest movie. Yet Read Matt Goldberg's The Great Wall review; Zhang Yimou's film stars Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal, Jing Tian, Willem Dafoe, Hanyu Zhang, and Andy Lau. If you go into “The Great Wall” thinking of it as the new Matt Damon movie, let alone the new Zhang Yimou movie, you’re in for disappointment. But if you calibrate your expectations to 16/08/38 · The Wall movie reviews & Metacritic score: Two soldiers are pinned down by an Iraqi sniper, with nothing but a crumbling wall between them. Their fight becomes as …

iconic structure. The first English-language production for Yimou is the largest film ever shot entirely in China. The Great Wall also stars Jing Tian, Pedro Pascal , Willem Dafoe and Andy Lau. February 19, 2017 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review… The Great Wall had all the elements to be a terrific film - good cast, great pictures, and a hefty budget. Sadly it isn't so great. Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5. 19 Feb 2017 The country's most expensive co-production to date is a visual treat, complete with a grizzled Matt Damon, but don't expect any complex  17 Feb 2017 Chinese/American co-produced action-fantasy "The Great Wall" doesn't feel like a McDonald's-ified version of a Chinese film. True, when  The film received mixed reviews from critics, who said it "sacrifices great story for great action." Despite grossing over $330 million worldwide and making back the   16 Feb 2017 Matt Damon stars as a mercenary warrior in Zhang Yimou's film “The Great Wall.” Credit. Movie Review: 'The Great Wall'. Video player 

21/05/38 · Chris Stuckmann reviews The Great Wall, starring Matt Damon, Jing Tian, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe, Hanyu Zhang, Eddie Peng, Lu Han, Kenny Lin, Junkai Wang, Zheng Kai. Directed by Zhang Yimou

19/05/38 · Parents need to know that The Great Wall is a fantasy action film set in medieval China starring Matt Damon.Violence is the main issue here; there's tons of peril and many battles, including sword fights, arrows piercing bodies, explosions, and more. 20/05/38 · The Great Wall movie reviews & Metacritic score: When a mercenary warrior (Matt Damon) is imprisoned within The Great Wall, he discovers the mystery behind one of the greatest wonders of our world. As wave aft "The Great Wall" follows William (Matt Damon), a mercenary who tries to obtain the "Black Powder", a deadly explosive, only to get caught in a battle against monsters that awakens every 60 years. For those who doubt that it will be good, mark my words: Don't underestimate this movie. The movie was a surprise all the way to finish. The acting 19/05/38 · In “The Great Wall” a mercenary played by Matt Damon helps defend The Great Wall of China against a horde of monsters. In his review Manohla Dargis writes: Snarling digital monsters, a 20/05/38 · An East-meets-West adventure both thematically and aesthetically, The Great Wall struggles to seamlessly blend the tropes of Legendary's monster movie offerings (Pacific Rim, Godzilla) with the lavishing atmosphere and style of a larger-scale Chinese production, such as Yimou's 2006 film, Curse of the Golden Flower. If this is the future for motion pictures, god help us all. A major collaboration between the Chinese film industry and Hollywood, The Great Wall features a primarily Asian cast with a few big-name American actors sprinkled in. The brainless story is the product of (primarily) U.S. authorship while the director is the internationally celebrated filmmaker Zhang Yimou. 16/05/38 · a 13,000-mile-long stone structure, The Great Wall bears a huge weight of expectation. It is the biggest-ever China-Hollywood co-production, the most expensive film shot entirely in China, and