In ancient china, a group of european mercenaries encounters a secret army. The movie features matt damon, willem dafoe and a slate of popular chinese actors using. Matt damon said tuesday that his role in the new chinahollywood production the great wall was always intended to be european, responding to criticism that an asian actor should have been picked. It was released in china in december 15th, 2016, and was released in the united states on february 17, 2017. If chinese moviegoers had no idea what to expect from the film starring matt damon back when it opened in the country in december, u. Below is a quick look at just what story they are in.
Lead actor matt damon has previously spoken about the controversy, calling it. The great wall also stars jing tian, pedro pascal, willem dafoe and andy lau. It is an americanchinese coproduction starring matt damon, jing tian, pedro pascal, willem dafoe, and andy lau. Matt damons the great wall is a chinese hit but a domestic miss scott mendelson senior contributor opinions expressed by forbes contributors are their own. Universal pictures international italy 5,065 views 0. Damon plays a soldier in ancient china in the great wall, an englishlanguage film directed by zhang yimou and set for release in february 2017. In ancient china, a group of european mercenaries encounters a secret army that maintains and defends the great wall of china against a horde of monstrous creatures.
The last samurai is a film that has been accused of perpetuating this narrative, and some have drawn parallels between that film and the great wall. Matt damon, jing tian, pedro pascal, andy lau, willem dafoe. The great wall official trailer 2 2017 matt damon movie. Matt damon in the great wall matt damon doesnt save china in this capably directed but generic fantasy spectacle extolling chinese culture and military excellence. What if the great wall of china were actually built as a defense against a colony of spiketoothed, greenblooded sauroid aliens that crashed into inner mongolia on a meteorite sometime around the eighth century b. Perhaps matt damon and willem dafoe ended up in this movie because they were eager to work with zhang. Fitting, then, that the film centres as much on chinas relationship with foreigners as the legend of the taotie, a group of flesheating.
It spans over 5,500 miles and took over 1,700 years to. Matt damon criticized outrageous stories in the era of fake news as he responded tuesday to accusations that his role in the new chinahollywood co. The great wall, funded by legendary, china film group, and universal pictures was an attempt at a joint production between chinese and american talent. The great wall 2017 the first attack scene 110 movieclips. After traveling to china in search of black powder a band of european mercenaries are captured by. Constance wu, a star of the comedy show fresh off the boat, posted a statement on twitter that lambasted the racist myth that only a white man can save the world. The great walls poor views also didnt exactly help the film with its box office run. This gives the great wall a very different context from dreamworks ghost in the shell adaptation. Social media is both excited and confused by matt damons starring role in the upcoming uschinese joint production a monster adventure epic called the great wall. Basically, matt damon and his friend eventually want to find the magic powder the chinese have gunpowder. The great wall di zhang yimou con matt damon scena del film in italiano dimostrazione con larco duration. With the great wall, hollywood has made whitewashing.
The great wall is een amerikaanschinese actie en avonturenfantasyfilm uit 2016, geregisseerd door zhang yimou. Matt damon has hit back at accusations of that he has participated in whitewashing through his involvement in forthcoming historical epic the great wall, a. Fresh off the boat star constance wu has taken to twitter to express her frustration with hollywood whitewashing set off by the casting of matt damon as the lead in the film the great wall. Our film is not about the construction of the great wall. Matt damon had china pay for the great wall, twitter. Legendary and universal have released a new the great wall trailer. The great wall official trailer 1 universal pictures. With matt damon, tian jing, willem dafoe, andy lau. Academy award winner matt damon the martian, the bourne franchise leads humanitys greatest fight for survival. Matt damon battles monsters, blockbusteraudience boredom bourne star and an international cast take on giant 12thcentury beasties in d. The great wall pretties up the global film industrys. Great action, good acting, believable plot and scary creatures make for a very good i want to get away from reality film. The great wall di zhang yimou con matt damon trailer.
Matt damons new film about the great wall and zombiedragons is the perfect movie. Matt damon, tian jing, pedro pascal, willem dafoe en andy lau. 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. The films synopsis on the official website also puts the american actor front and center. Matt damon damon in 2015 born matthew paige damon 19701008 october 8, 1970 age 49 cambridge, massachusetts, u. They get captured and eventually help defend the great wall from invading creatures. The opening text states that the great wall of china is one of mankinds most enduring wonders. Ever since the trailer for the great wall debuted earlier this year, questions regarding whitewashing have arisen.
Matt damon leads humanitys greatest fight for survival in the great wall from legendary and. Those who ranted against the project as another case of hollywood whitewashing in which matt damon saves china from dragons may have to bite their tongue, for his character, a mercenary soldier who stumbles into an elite corps fighting mythical beasts, spends the course of the film being. While the action is the films saving grace, its the moments in between where the great wall really falters. Matt damon, jing tian, pedro pascal, willem dafoe, hanyu zhang, eddie peng, lu han. In the great wall a mercenary played by matt damon helps defend the great wall of china against a horde of monsters. Damon and pascal try to make the most of the forced banter thats meant to. The great wall, damons newest film, has become the fourth member of that group, with a freshness rating of 36 percent at the time of this articles publication. C such is the premise of zhang yimous stupidly awesome the great wall, a 3d nationalist fantasy that follows two smelly medieval europeans as they trek east with the plan of. The real reason matt damon was brought in to save ancient. Seeing as the great wall is largely a chinese production despite the presence of matt damon front and center many of the people involved in the film are making their hollywood debuts with. Its not hollywood whitewashing, its just an awful movie matt damon is the least of the problems in zhang yimous misbegotten medieval epic.
The real reason matt damon was brought in to save ancient china. Twitter responds to the great wall film starring matt damon. The great wall matt damon, andy lau fight mythical beasts in zhang yimous fantasy adventure blockbuster. Second, why would a movie about the great wall of china, set in 11thcentury china during the song dynasty, a time when china was almost exclusively made. The film was directed by a bigtime chinese director, zhang yimou, and starred hollywood stars matt damon and willem defoe alongside chinese film stars in an attempt to capture chinese audiences. Directed by hero and house of flying daggers director zhang yimou, the film stars matt damon and tells the true story. Starring matt damon, the great wall tells the story of an elite force making a valiant stand for humanity on the worlds most iconic structure. And by perfect, i mean one that will make lots of money. The great wall official trailer 2 2017 matt damon movie starring global superstar matt damon and directed by one of the most breathtaking visual stylists of our time, zhang yimou hero, house. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 24 hours to finish once started. Starring global superstar matt damon and directed by one of the most.
Matt damon defends being cast in the great wall fox news. Still, you could be forgiven for thinking a film about the great wall of china, set in the 11th century, would rely. Matt damon would really like it if viewers could stop calling his upcoming role in the chinese epic the great wall an example of whitewashing. A new trailer for the great wall just came out, starring matt damon as a member of an elite force fighting for humanity on the iconic wall in china. The first englishlanguage production for yimou is the largest film ever. The great white hope, matt damon, saves china in the bizarre fantasyaction film the great wall.
Though the film plays with the idea that chinas great wall may have been erected to keep out invaders more intimidating than mere mortals. Great wall director zhang yimou on matt damon controversy. 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. Fitting, then, that the film centres as much on chinas relationship with foreigners as the legend of the taotie, a group of flesheating monsters who scale the great wall every 60 years to feed. Matt damons the great wall gets an epic 9minute trailer.
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