The Pretty Good Wall At Least..."The Great Wall"

The Great Wall (2017)

Rated PG-13

Starring Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal, Tian Jing, Willem Dafoe, Hanyu Zhang,

Directed by Yimou Zhang

The Story:

Of all the legends of why China built the Great Wall, this legend is by far the Matt Damoniest!

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Did anyone else roll their eyes when they saw the trailer for this one?

I know I did.

I think I even groaned and said "oh boy" or "oh brother".

Sure, it's not like that's going to stop me from watching it though, right?

So it arrived, and I figured it might be so excruciatingly painful, it will be a fun movie to review, if I even make it through 20 minutes of the film.

And yet, lo and behold, it was the cheesiest little B-movie action monster film I've seen in ages, and I actually enjoyed it.

Two Westerners (Damon & Pascal) arrive at the Wall looking for black powder to take back home in trade. However, as they've seen the secrets that the wall has tried to keep protected, they will never be allowed to leave.

When the monsters do approach, the two prove invaluable in helping fight off the creatures and are allowed to stay and earn their keep.

Overall, a very beautifully shot movie. It kept my attention throughout and I enjoyed it.

Hey, if given the choice of Matt Damon action films, I'll watch this again before any of the Bourne films.

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Final Grade: B-