Taglines: 1700 years to build. 5500 miles long. What were they trying to keep out?
A European group of mercenaries search for black powder in China; however they are attacked by bandits and a monster and only William and his comrade Tovar survive. While escaping with the hand of the monster, they stumble upon the Great Wall and are captured by General Shao, Commander Lin Mae, Strategist Wang and their army.
They are imprisoned in the Great Wall and meet the European Ballard, who was also a mercenary looking for black powder that has been imprisoned in the Great Wall for twenty-five years. Soon they learn that the soldiers are trained to fight monsters called Taotie that attack the humans every sixty years. They are the last outpost protecting the capital. When they suffer attack from the horde of Taoties, William and Tovar also fight helping General Shao. When the Taotie Queen retrieves the horde, they know that they will be massively attacked by the Taoties and their only chance is to kill the Queen. Will the humans survive?
The Great Wall is an American-Chinese epic historical fiction action-adventure monster film directed by Zhang Yimou and written by Tony Gilroy, Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro, Max Brooks, Edward Zwick, and Marshall Herskovitz. The film stars Matt Damon, Jing Tian, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe, Lu Han, Wang Junkai and Andy Lau.
Principal photography began on March 30, 2015, in Qingdao, China. The film is scheduled to be released in China on December 16, 2016 by Le Vision Pictures and China Film Group Corporation and in the United States on February 17, 2017 by Universal Pictures. The Great Wall will be Lau’s first film role in a Hollywood production and his second collaboration with director Zhang.
The Great Wall (2017)
Directed by: Yimou Zhang
Starring: Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe, Tian Jing, Andy Lau, Eddie Peng, Numan Acar, Lu Han, Kenny Lin, Hanyu Zhang
Screenplay by: Carlo Bernard
Production Design by: John Myhre
Cinematography by: Stuart Dryburgh, Xiaoding Zhao
Film Editing by: Mary Jo Markey, Craig Wood
Costume Design by: Mayes C. Rubeo
Set Decoration by: Gordon Sim
Music by: Ramin Djawadi
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of fantasy action violence.
Studio: Universal Pictures
Release Date: february 17, 2017
