Resting in a cave a few miles north of the Great Wall, they are attacked by a monster, leaving only William and Tovar alive. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who said it 'sacrifices great story for great action.' Also, despite grossing over $330 million worldwide, it was a box-office bomb, with estimated losses for the studios running as high as $75 million.Ī band of European mercenaries, including William Garin and Pero Tovar, travel to China during the reign of the Renzong Emperor, in search of the secret to gunpowder.
It was released by China Film Group in China on December 16, 2016, and in the United States on Februby Universal Pictures. Principal photography for the film began on March 30, 2015, in Qingdao, China, and it premiered in Beijing on December 6, 2016. It is Zhang's first English-language film. The US-China co-production stars Matt Damon, Jing Tian, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe, and Andy Lau. The Great Wall (Chinese: 长城) is a 2016 actionmonster film directed by Zhang Yimou, with a screenplay by Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro and Tony Gilroy, from a story by Max Brooks, Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz.
