The Great Wall

Chinese/American co-produced action-fantasy "The Great Wall" doesn't feel like a McDonald's-ified version of a Chinese film.

2891d ago

The Great Wall is a stupidly awesome eyeful.

2891d ago

Chinese/American co-produced action-fantasy "The Great Wall" doesn't feel like a McDonald's-ified version of a Chinese film.

2891d ago

The Great Wall is a stupidly awesome eyeful.

2891d ago

The Great Wall is a stupidly awesome eyeful.

2891d ago

And a spectacle it is, which is what makes The Great Wall’s more problematic elements disheartening.

2891d ago

And a spectacle it is, which is what makes The Great Wall’s more problematic elements disheartening.

2891d ago

The Great Wall looks like it could be a really amazing video game.

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Maybe this’ll teach us not to judge a movie by its marketing campaign.

2891d ago

The Great Wall looks like it could be a really amazing video game.

2891d ago

The Great Wall looks like it could be a really amazing video game.

2891d ago

And a spectacle it is, which is what makes The Great Wall’s more problematic elements disheartening.

2891d ago

And a spectacle it is, which is what makes The Great Wall’s more problematic elements disheartening.

2891d ago

Maybe this’ll teach us not to judge a movie by its marketing campaign.

2891d ago

Maybe this’ll teach us not to judge a movie by its marketing campaign.

2891d ago

The Great Wall looks like it could be a really amazing video game.

2891d ago

Maybe this’ll teach us not to judge a movie by its marketing campaign.

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This is an often beautiful film, unmistakably the work of a great director but also a clearly compromised one.

2891d ago

This is an often beautiful film, unmistakably the work of a great director but also a clearly compromised one.

2891d ago

This is an often beautiful film, unmistakably the work of a great director but also a clearly compromised one.

2891d ago

This is an often beautiful film, unmistakably the work of a great director but also a clearly compromised one.

2891d ago

This silly adventure is best enjoyed as a creature-feature for eight-year-olds of all ages.

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Serial “white savior” offender Edward Zwick was originally slated to direct before production stalled, and this would’ve been right in his wheelhouse, along with”The Last Samurai,” “Glory” and “Blood Diamond.” The film ultimately – mild spoiler alert – rights this wrong in its final scenes, but it isn’t enough to undo the preceding 90 minutes.

2891d ago

Serial “white savior” offender Edward Zwick was originally slated to direct before production stalled, and this would’ve been right in his wheelhouse, along with”The Last Samurai,” “Glory” and “Blood Diamond.” The film ultimately – mild spoiler alert – rights this wrong in its final scenes, but it isn’t enough to undo the preceding 90 minutes.

2891d ago

Zhang Yimou’s artful flourishes are the highlights of this US-Chinese blockbuster, a monster movie with a muddled message – but plenty of sweeping swordplay.

2891d ago

This silly adventure is best enjoyed as a creature-feature for eight-year-olds of all ages.

2891d ago

Zhang Yimou’s artful flourishes are the highlights of this US-Chinese blockbuster, a monster movie with a muddled message – but plenty of sweeping swordplay.

2891d ago

Serial “white savior” offender Edward Zwick was originally slated to direct before production stalled, and this would’ve been right in his wheelhouse, along with”The Last Samurai,” “Glory” and “Blood Diamond.” The film ultimately – mild spoiler alert – rights this wrong in its final scenes, but it isn’t enough to undo the preceding 90 minutes.

2891d ago

Zhang Yimou’s artful flourishes are the highlights of this US-Chinese blockbuster, a monster movie with a muddled message – but plenty of sweeping swordplay.

2891d ago

This silly adventure is best enjoyed as a creature-feature for eight-year-olds of all ages.

2891d ago

This silly adventure is best enjoyed as a creature-feature for eight-year-olds of all ages.

2891d ago

Serial “white savior” offender Edward Zwick was originally slated to direct before production stalled, and this would’ve been right in his wheelhouse, along with”The Last Samurai,” “Glory” and “Blood Diamond.” The film ultimately – mild spoiler alert – rights this wrong in its final scenes, but it isn’t enough to undo the preceding 90 minutes.

2891d ago

Zhang Yimou’s artful flourishes are the highlights of this US-Chinese blockbuster, a monster movie with a muddled message – but plenty of sweeping swordplay.

2891d ago

The Great Wall is long, but “The Great Wall” is short. It may be a second-rate “Lord of the Rings,” but at least it doesn’t overstay its welcome.

2891d ago

The Great Wall is long, but “The Great Wall” is short. It may be a second-rate “Lord of the Rings,” but at least it doesn’t overstay its welcome.

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The Great Wall is like the disaster of 47 Ronin all over again, except the action is a bit more fantastically barbaric and Damon isn't all that bad himself.

2891d ago

Matt Damon doesn't save China in this capably directed but generic fantasy spectacle extolling Chinese culture and military excellence.

2891d ago

The Great Wall is like the disaster of 47 Ronin all over again, except the action is a bit more fantastically barbaric and Damon isn't all that bad himself.

2891d ago

The Great Wall is long, but “The Great Wall” is short. It may be a second-rate “Lord of the Rings,” but at least it doesn’t overstay its welcome.

2891d ago

The Great Wall is like the disaster of 47 Ronin all over again, except the action is a bit more fantastically barbaric and Damon isn't all that bad himself.

2891d ago

The Great Wall is like the disaster of 47 Ronin all over again, except the action is a bit more fantastically barbaric and Damon isn't all that bad himself.

2891d ago

Matt Damon doesn't save China in this capably directed but generic fantasy spectacle extolling Chinese culture and military excellence.

2891d ago

Matt Damon doesn't save China in this capably directed but generic fantasy spectacle extolling Chinese culture and military excellence.

2891d ago

The Great Wall is long, but “The Great Wall” is short. It may be a second-rate “Lord of the Rings,” but at least it doesn’t overstay its welcome.

2891d ago

Matt Damon doesn't save China in this capably directed but generic fantasy spectacle extolling Chinese culture and military excellence.

2891d ago

In medieval China, mercenary soldier William (Matt Damon) runs into an enormous army charged with defending the Great Wall Of China from marauding monsters. He ends up getting involved in the longer-term battle to protect the human world from the beasts: creatures that must be studied as well as fought if they are to be overcome.

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The Great Wall flirts with romance and bleats out a little propagandistic blather about the benefits of bilateral action, but the focus throughout remains on multitudes of shifting, surging bodies — human and beast, digital and not — that, as they ebb and flow, resemble a Chinese military pageant and a lavish Busby Berkeley number.

2891d ago

If you’ve ever longed to watch Matt Damon, dressed in vaguely medieval fantasy warrior gear, sling arrows at ravenous green beasties with eyeballs set in their shoulder bones, then The Great Wall is the movie for you.

2891d ago

In medieval China, mercenary soldier William (Matt Damon) runs into an enormous army charged with defending the Great Wall Of China from marauding monsters. He ends up getting involved in the longer-term battle to protect the human world from the beasts: creatures that must be studied as well as fought if they are to be overcome.

2891d ago

The Great Wall flirts with romance and bleats out a little propagandistic blather about the benefits of bilateral action, but the focus throughout remains on multitudes of shifting, surging bodies — human and beast, digital and not — that, as they ebb and flow, resemble a Chinese military pageant and a lavish Busby Berkeley number.

2891d ago

The Great Wall flirts with romance and bleats out a little propagandistic blather about the benefits of bilateral action, but the focus throughout remains on multitudes of shifting, surging bodies — human and beast, digital and not — that, as they ebb and flow, resemble a Chinese military pageant and a lavish Busby Berkeley number.

2891d ago

If you’ve ever longed to watch Matt Damon, dressed in vaguely medieval fantasy warrior gear, sling arrows at ravenous green beasties with eyeballs set in their shoulder bones, then The Great Wall is the movie for you.

2891d ago

Matt Damon teams up with Chinese A-listers to battle monsters in Zhang Yimou's first English-language feature.

2891d ago

If you’ve ever longed to watch Matt Damon, dressed in vaguely medieval fantasy warrior gear, sling arrows at ravenous green beasties with eyeballs set in their shoulder bones, then The Great Wall is the movie for you.

2891d ago

Matt Damon teams up with Chinese A-listers to battle monsters in Zhang Yimou's first English-language feature.

2891d ago

Matt Damon teams up with Chinese A-listers to battle monsters in Zhang Yimou's first English-language feature.

2891d ago

Matt Damon teams up with Chinese A-listers to battle monsters in Zhang Yimou's first English-language feature.

2891d ago

In medieval China, mercenary soldier William (Matt Damon) runs into an enormous army charged with defending the Great Wall Of China from marauding monsters. He ends up getting involved in the longer-term battle to protect the human world from the beasts: creatures that must be studied as well as fought if they are to be overcome.

2891d ago

If you’ve ever longed to watch Matt Damon, dressed in vaguely medieval fantasy warrior gear, sling arrows at ravenous green beasties with eyeballs set in their shoulder bones, then The Great Wall is the movie for you.

2891d ago

In medieval China, mercenary soldier William (Matt Damon) runs into an enormous army charged with defending the Great Wall Of China from marauding monsters. He ends up getting involved in the longer-term battle to protect the human world from the beasts: creatures that must be studied as well as fought if they are to be overcome.

2891d ago

The Great Wall flirts with romance and bleats out a little propagandistic blather about the benefits of bilateral action, but the focus throughout remains on multitudes of shifting, surging bodies — human and beast, digital and not — that, as they ebb and flow, resemble a Chinese military pageant and a lavish Busby Berkeley number.

2891d ago

The Great Wall would probably be a lot more culturally offensive if it wasn’t such a complete trainwreck.

2891d ago

The Great Wall would probably be a lot more culturally offensive if it wasn’t such a complete trainwreck.

2891d ago

The Great Wall would probably be a lot more culturally offensive if it wasn’t such a complete trainwreck.

2891d ago

The Great Wall would probably be a lot more culturally offensive if it wasn’t such a complete trainwreck.

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'Bourne' star and an international cast take on giant 12th-century beasties in D.O.A. action-adventure.

2891d ago

'Bourne' star and an international cast take on giant 12th-century beasties in D.O.A. action-adventure.

2891d ago

'Bourne' star and an international cast take on giant 12th-century beasties in D.O.A. action-adventure.

2891d ago

'Bourne' star and an international cast take on giant 12th-century beasties in D.O.A. action-adventure.

2891d ago

The Great Wall hits a brick wall.

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The Great Wall hits a brick wall.

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The Great Wall hits a brick wall.

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The Great Wall hits a brick wall.

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Watching it feels like repeatedly banging your head against one.

2891d ago

Watching it feels like repeatedly banging your head against one.

2891d ago

Watching it feels like repeatedly banging your head against one.

2891d ago

Watching it feels like repeatedly banging your head against one.

2891d ago