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![]() Discovering that the troop's true mission is to defend China from invading monsters known as Taotie and influenced by the soldiers' selflessness, Garin decides to stay and fight together with them. ![]() However, the two are captured by the Nameless Order, a Chinese troop garrisoned at the Great Wall. Set in ancient China, The Great Wall follows two Western mercenaries William Garin (Matt Damon) and Pero Tovar (Pedro Pascal) who plan to steal a sample of gunpowder to take back to the West. One thing happy surprise was the film's ability to fuse Chinese elements in a rather natural way compared to other joint productions in the past. ![]() It is, in my opinion, a film that has been carefully tailored to be a blockbuster popcorn flick. To be honest, I can't say The Great Wall is a splendid work that everyone must see, but it is not that bad either. While it seems that The Great Wall may come as a ray of light in what has been a gloomy film market this year, opinions towards the film have been divided.īearing the various negative reactions in mind, I saw the film on its second day of release. As of Sunday morning, The Great Wall has brought in a total of 365.68 million yuan. The Chinese fantasy-action film topped Friday's mainland box office with opening day earnings of 107.94 million yuan ($15.52 million) - more than five times that of the runner-up The Wasted Times, another Chinese film that premiered the same day. Promotional material for The Great Wall Photo: ICMatt Damon's latest work The Great Wall was once the center of controversy over allegations of whitewashing, but not that the film has hit Chinese mainland theaters on Friday attention has shifted. Promotional material for The Great Wall Photo: IC |
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