Damon’s unintentionally hilarious Irish accent only adds to the layer of cheesiness in the film that director Yimou never fully embraces. At most times the film plays out like a tired soap opera that is far more serious than it needs to be. It’s the stuff in between the action scenes that disappoints. Those familiar with Eastern cinema will also find much to like about superstar Andy Lau who plays a military honcho.
Some of the action-ey bits in the end are also fairly engaging. Like most of Yimou’s films there is some ostentatious camerawork and production design, and if you like medieval costume dramas like Game of Thrones you’ll find much to appreciate in the look and feel of the film. There are some interesting sequences – like the showboating of the Chinese military and its tactics – which have such giant scale and tactical planning you’ll want to pick up a copy of Sun Tzu’s book after you’re back home.
Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Universal Pictures.The film kind of works in fits and starts. The Great Wall was made on a budget of $150 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $334 million. It was released on 29th December 2016 in English,Chinese and Mandarin languages. The movie has a running time of 103 minutes. Cinematography was done by Stuart Dryburgh and Zhao Xiaoding and editing by Mary Jo Markey and Craig Wood. The screenplay is written by Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro and Tony Gilroy. The great wall stars Matt Damon, Jing Tian, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe, Andy Lau, Tian Jing and Stephen Chang. 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 mingly unstoppable force. 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. The movie is directed by Yimou Zhang and Zhang Yimou and produced by Richard Suckle, Edward Zwick, Thomas Tull, Lloyd Phillips, Charles Roven, Jon Jashni and Peter Loehr under the banner of Legendary East in collaboration with Atlas Entertainment, China Film Group and Le Vision Pictures. The Great Wall is a 2016 English-language Action Adventure movie written by Edward Zwick, Max Brooks, Carlo Bernard and Doug Miro.
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