The Great Wall
The Great Wall
Čchang čcheng
Directed by:
Yimou ZhangComposer:
Ramin DjawadiCast:
Matt Damon, Tian Jing, Pedro Pascal, Han Lu, Willem Dafoe, Andy Lau, Numan Acar, Eddie Peng, Hanyu Zhang, Kenny Lin, Xuan Huang, Ryan Zheng, Vicky Yu, Stephen Chang (more)VOD (3)
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After travelling thousands of miles to China in search of a mystical weapon, mercenaries William Garin (Matt Damon) and Pero Tovar (Pedro Pascal) join forces with an elite army of soldiers making a valiant stand against a swarm of ancient creatures. Upon learning that the Great Wall of China serves as the last barrier keeping the world safe from the mysterious threat from the lands beyond, Garin and Tovar vow to join the battle and help Chinese Commander Lin Mei (Tian Jing) and her forces in their epic fight for survival. The cast also includes Willem Dafoe, Andy Lau and Han Lu. (Universal Pictures UK)
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Yet again, mighty China showed that it has no shortage of human material, so there was a massive number of extras as usual, but the whole film was made just for effect. You get overwhelmed by epic music and an overabundance of color, but the story is weak. Matt Damon is as convincing in his role as Bill Clinton was when he claimed that Monica had dripped some yogurt on her dress. And if that wasn’t bad enough, evil is represented by aliens in the form of some sort of overgrown chameleons. Lame.
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Don't expect more from this film than a few nice visual effects, a couple of imaginative fight scenes, and a funny "Oberyn" – Pedro Pascal. In this day and age of advanced film visual technology and graphics, it bothers me when the effects are too computerized and cheap; after all, things can be better. And those dialogues? My god! And what the hell are Matt Damon and Willem Dafoe doing there? I laughed quite a bit at this film, which is definitely not a compliment...
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It looks like Vikings crossed with Prince of Persia and perhaps even John Carter or The Three Musketeers by Paul W.S. Anderson. The story is extremely dumb, many things are digital, and every second shot is in slow motion, the actors are almost useless... And yet this is a rather entertaining film with a few effective scenes, reminding me, in its odd way, of the magic B-movies that Ray Harryhausen did special effects for. I certainly wouldn't want to be that strict.
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China playing Hollywood, but the stupid Hollywood. The production values are like from Asylum, the only difference is that you can see the huge budget. Thanks to the People's Republic of China for an enriching experience, I watched it on a Huawei monitor, thinking about the Silk Road and mentally summarizing the text of the letter to Ovčáček, in which I packed the Blu-ray for Miloš to enjoy as well.
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A Chinese billionaire gave money, Hollywood its biggest star, the Middle Kingdom of the once great director and a wonder of the world. The result? An asexual, culturally indifferent and dirty pig, which builds the greatest hope in the first twenty minutes. But in the end, the more artistically pampered Warcraft drowns in a soup full of undercooked characters, narrative clumsiness and funny ideology, which is desperately trying to convince completely different types of audiences. A proper critic does not use the word boredom. But here, the helplessness castration is physically palpable. I’m sorry, but it’s BORING.
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