THE GREAT WALL

Plot:

William (Damon) and Tovar (Pascal) are all that remain from a band of mercenaries who were on a quest to find fabled black powder that would be a great advantage for their country's power, but were attacked by something mysterious that murdered their comrades. For safe haven they are taken in by the the vast Chinese military lead by General Shao (Zhang) and Commander Lin Mae (Jing). But once inside The Great Wall that protects China, they realize that the chances of them leaving there have now become an impossibility and also that they have also stumble across the long sought after black powder. They will also learn what it was that attacked them and killed their crew, it is a swarm of intellectual monsters that are intent on annihilating China and then the world.


Reel Talk:

I didn't know what to expect from this film because the trailers did not divulge much, so my expectations were not high at all. Well let me say that this was surprisingly a good movie. Now I will be honest, there are like a bunch of movie rip offs in this film, but it was still a entertaining movie. Matt Damon was pretty  good in this film which pits him between love and love for money, and he must only choose one. This is also a visually good looking film with not so impressive 3D effect due to it being billed in 3D. Still a good movie worth checking out.

Starring: Matt Damon, Tian Jing, William Dafoe, Andy Lau, Pedro Pascal and Hanyu Zhang
Directed by: Yimou Zhang
Rated: PG-13

I give it 3 and a half eaten corn dogs.

By: THE REEL HUSTLER