The Great Wall [DVD]

This is a truly entertaining movie with a great storyline and amazing special effects. I definitely recommend this as something the whole family can enjoy.

Action , Adventure , Beautiful Photography , Fantastic cast , this is Ancient China like you've never seen it before . Being chased across the dessert by bandits , 5 men camp for the night only having to fight off a beast that kills 3 of the 5 men , the two remaining still men being chased come to a dead end , "THE GREAT WALL" this is where all there problems start ! The Chinese having a secret they can't let out , holding these 2 men captive they find out they can never leave The Great Wall unable to leave the men find out they are in the middle of an attack , with no where to turn they learn little by little and piece by piece what the attack is all about and what lies on the other side of "The Great Wall" , there's something out there killing what ever it runs across and they turn to help the Chinese fight it ! THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST FILMS I'VE SEEN IN A WHILE ! IT'S A FANTASTIC MOVIE AND YOU SHOULDN'T MISS IT , YOU WON'T REGRET BUYING THIS !!! 5🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟's

Great adventure movie. Unique creatures and story line. Very enjoyable!

My wife and I just came from the theater watching this. + In the vain of Hero or House of Flying Daggers, there is a fantastic use of color and visuals that great some great eye candy and a mood of "epic"-ness. > Is it as complex a story plot as Hero? No. Pretty straight-forward story. > Is it as epic feeling as the defense of Helms Deep in the LOTR movies? No, but it is still grand enough in scope to feel intense. > We should have selected the Closed Caption option at the movie theater as there were a couple of parts in the dialogue that was difficult to understand. The blu ray will help with this for our second go around. + My wife did NOT want to see a mindless action movie (she just rolled her eyes at the Fast & Furious 8 trailer). This was not a mindless action movie. The action scenes are purposeful to develop and define the characters and plot. There was enough action for us guys, but not so much that others would be turned off. > Interestingly there isn't a strong romance sub-plot. This is neither good or bad, but simply unexpected. + A good amount of banter and humor between Matt Damon's character (William) and his sidekick character (Tovar), played by Pedro Pascal. So much so, that my wife wasn't expecting that many jokes and banter, but it was welcomed and rarely did the humor fall flat. . .even for the jokes we've seen/heard before in other movies. -- For acting ability, I'm most familiar with Matt Damon, William Dafoe, and Andy Lau. There was no real challenge in this movie for any of them nor anything to make them shine. Actually William Dafoe's character isn't a completely minor character, but when looking back the role could have been played by any Caucasian actor and still make the story work. Too bad the movie doesn't allow for them to demonstrate their skill more. . .it's not one of those kind of stories. > On that note, the movie was entertaining and kept our interest. Could it have felt grander in scope or between music and direction made us feel more emotion for the characters? Yes. But. . .it seemed to stay focused on the story it wanted to tell and told it well enough without taking the chance of getting lost in trying to be bigger than it is. In other words I kind of wanted more epic-ness, but still enjoyed it for what it is. We did NOT feel like it was a waste of a movie ticket for the two of us to watch it, but were pleasantly entertained. **Update** Watched it again with subtitles throughout. + Love subtitles for movies! Even if it is English throughout. + There are a few "epic" big shots, so it was satisfactory in that regard > There seems to be more slow-mo action shots and less like "IP Man" martial arts, which has fast and furious fighting. I know it's not fair to compare the two, but with so many Asian actors running around, they didn't take advantage and utilize some kick-butt fighting, but more the John Woo Face Off action. -- Some of the CGI looks pretty fake. > There is a slight plot problem in (no real spoiler to follow)...One character says "All tests have failed", yet suddenly some of what they are doing happens to work when they need it to. If, they had a quick "European man has a solution" to contribute to the problem, then that would have been awesome, but it's a minor fault that the movie moves right through and so does the viewer. > The "final big move" to win over the monsters is grand, but ridiculous too. Reminded me almost of the jet plane + semi truck scene from Live or Die Harder, or something from one of the ridiculous Fast & Furious movies. So I just had fun with it. This movie does not take itself completely serious like the Lord of the Ring movies, so if you go into it to be entertained and suspend disbelief for a bit, you'll enjoy it.

Good movie . Glad to add to my dvd library

This is a monster movie with rich beautiful cinematography, and visually stunning vibrant colors. All acting is spot on and very good. Matt Damon carried this movie very well and delivered an over the top performance. All movie props, make-up, sets, period wardrobe/costumes are vibrant and colorful and well detailed. An epic story, which explains the (who, what, where, why and when), answering (all) questions and ending appropriately, demonstrating stunning vibrant visuals effects similar to (Avatar), with high-end resolution quality (CG) effects! My personal thoughts about this movie: The Great Wall is (not) a documentary, it’s a full on movie of and epic battle to the death for earth dominance, your classic Mankind (vs) Alien Queen. The movie is visually stunning, with acrobatics that would rival any Cirque du Soleil show in Vegas. A fast moving movie with tons of action and hardcore battles that are very brutal and bloody, with bone crushing carnage everywhere. This movie has excellent character development, with (no) unnecessary sex scenes at all. The producers knew how to direct a great movie for the entire family without the need to show any embarrassing sex scenes...great job, all parents will appreciate that! I make comparisons to the movie (Avatar) due to the epic nature of this movie and the classic theme of (Man vs Alien species) over dominance of the planet. This movie is a winner, great movie for the entire family, its money well spent, I will definitely watch this movie more than once…they got this movie right! The Facts: 1. Running Time Approx. 1 hrs. 43 min. 2. Sound: HD DTS-5.1 3. Picture: HD Widescreen 4. Not a documentary it’s a full on movie. 5. Epic bone shattering bloody battles. 6. High level action. 7. Epic story, great character development. 8. Mankind vs Alien Queen (or) General vs Alien Queen. 9. Great for entire family, with no sex scenes…that’s a plus. 10. Great storyline that answers all questions, and has a proper ending. Thank you, hope this helps!

Its a tragedy, "The Great Wall" didn't do well. It deserves far better than what it gets. The movie is exciting, entertaining and rather original in it's own way (of course you have to excuse movies nowadays with dragons, non-defeatable heroes, which are the trend of most movies). Other than some very minor things ("dragon like creature" again, etc.) the movie itself has spectacular special effect, original war machines and tactic, and great cast. Performances of leading casts and supporting casts should be well applaud. The most important things are super nice and just right special effects with superior sound effect. The images will impress anyone and sound will rock any systems, more to the better system. Along with masterclass film to video transfer, it's simply one of the best REFERENCE 4K or BLU Ray movie you can own. Anyone skipping to own this movie will miss out a lot

It's a great monster action movie. However, I bought this 2 times. The first time, it came without a seal, without the digital code, and the blu ray disc had a scratch. I returned and got a replacement. Well the second one I got had a seal, but still didn't come with the digital code. The discs were fine, except for a tiny slight scratch on the 4k disc (definitely not big enough to affect the disc playback though). Still gonna keep the second one I got, but come on...These shouldn't be issues on something that is "New".