Numan Acar Najid as Najid. Johnny Cicco Rizzetti as Rizzetti. Yimou Zhang. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. 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. 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 seemingly unstoppable force.
One of mankind's greatest wonders. What were they trying to keep out? Action Adventure Fantasy Thriller. Rated PG for sequences of fantasy action violence. Did you know Edit. Goofs Only one magnetic stone, which can pacify the Tao Tei, appeared in the movie. The stone was brought in by William the European mercenary. By the time point of the movie somewhen between AD and AD , the compass had been widely used in navigation. It shouldn't be hard to find more magnetic stones inside China.
Quotes William : I fought for Harold against the Danes. Crazy credits The Universal logo appears quicker than usual, and after appearing the Earth zooms into China, going all the way to a section of the Great Wall and through a crack in the section. During the zoom the Legendary Pictures logo appears in reverse.
Alternate versions This film will be released in the Mandarin language separately in English-speaking countries that is, at least Australia. Both English and Mandarin versions have been classified. Connections Featured in Hollywood Express: Episode User reviews Review. Top review. This movie simply tries to do too many things at once. First of all, this movie does a lot of things right. The costume designs are great, the set designs are very convincing and the CGI is, although not cutting edge, up to modern standards in film-making.
The music score could have been better but maybe the composer had a Chinese audience in mind. The acting will not win any Oscars but we see some genuine moments of emotion and bonding and believe it or not but there are one or two scenes with a good suspense arc.
Moreover, Jing Tian has a nice smile and looks really fine in uniform. That might be my own idiosyncratic standard but an attractive female lead certainly adds to the "positives". With all that praise then, why does it fall short of being a truly great movie? As my summary indicates it is simply overloaded with too many plot devices.
The audience never has enough time to get emotionally invested in the characters. The script tries but there simply isn't enough time to do it all and eventually the movie does too little to explore any of the plot elements and characters. Nevertheless, it is not a bad movie and certainly not ambitious enough to deserve any of the vitriol people read into the story without ever watching the movie.
I was entertained but not really awestruck. Kevin Dec 29, Details Edit. Release date February 17, United States. Official Facebook Official site. English Mandarin Spanish. New Zealand. Peter Wang's most excellent adventure -- as director and actor in this work, his work simply shines.
This film probably works best for adults, preferably in their thirties or forties or older. It's about tracing one's roots, one's ancestors across the sea -- in this case, the Pacific Ocean; but in other ways, many of the elements of the story are universal.
There's a friendly, respectful attitude taken to Mainland China here; none of the atmosphere or tension of investigative journalism presents itself. After all, the subject at hand is visiting with relatives. Wang does a nice job of presenting how both cultures tend to look down at the other, not necessarily in a bitter way, but more in a comic vein.
We express sympathy for what we perceive as faults or missing elements in the culture or individual lives of the other relatives. What the American Chinese family perceives as a failing may be a source of pride or strength for the Mainland family -- and vice versa. This film is one of a handful that, immediately after seeing it, I wanted to go right back into the theater and see it again.
I didn't. I went back the very night day. Finding the video to rent can be difficult in some places; but well worth the effort. I try to watch it at least once every two to three years; always gets me laughing again, and by the end, I still wish I could have been there with this young family in China and had them as personal friends to visit with here in California.
They seem to have such fun and such spirit; a very beautiful rapport between father and son is shown and further developed as the film unfolds.
Don't miss it, whatever you do -- the whole film, not just the ending. It took my breath away. Too bad the title is a bit much. Economic progress alone is not enough to make a modern society and this is the greatest contribution of this movie behind its stories. Login Register. Loading, please wait. Quality: All p p p 3D. Year: All Select movie quality. Please enable your VPN when downloading torrents.
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