The Great Wall Reviews
With a ponytail and dodgy accent, Damon fits awkwardly into the mix, putting in one of the most uneven performances of his career. The fact a Western actor is leading an Asian film should be uncomfortable, but in a film this bad, its hard to care.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 21, 2022
The Great Wall is the equivalent of a well-made toy movie. It's a feast for the imagination, but your heart and brain will check out after a while.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 29, 2021
All in all, it's just another brick in the wall of cinematic stinkers.
Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Aug 17, 2021
The best-looking stupid movie you'll see all year.
Full Review | Original Score: B- | Aug 10, 2021
Feels more like an exercise in marketing than it does a movie.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 4, 2021
Sadly, the film's fiery energy is undermined by the general cartoonishness and emptiness of the script and the characters
Full Review | Feb 22, 2021
The Great Wall is similarly superficial in its political themes...
Full Review | Dec 23, 2020
Perhaps more interesting than the end result is the production itself, which set a record for being the most expensive movie shot entirely in China.
Full Review | Original Score: 5/10 | Dec 5, 2020
If you happen to catch it on a streaming service and need to recover from a hangover with bright colors and a plot you don't need to pay too much attention to, this film will fit the bill.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 24, 2020
Lots of things look fake in The Great Wall: creatures, explosions, even the wall itself. [Full review in Spanish]
Full Review | Jul 2, 2020
This movie was in some ways like Mulan meets Alien Dinosaurs.
Full Review | May 11, 2020
It wasn't quite a good time.
Full Review | May 11, 2020
It's just strange and bold, and I happen to love that combination. So if you're feeling a bit adventurous and in need of something different, it doesn't get much different than this one.
Full Review | May 4, 2020
The Great Wall is massive and so is everything, but the actors. They are normal size in this film.
Full Review | Sep 6, 2019
Overall this mostly delivered on my pretty low expectations.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 30, 2019
The Great Wall had all the elements to be a terrific film - good cast, great pictures, and a hefty budget. Sadly... it isn't so great.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 12, 2019
If you're looking for mindless action and ridiculously cheesy storylines that you can laugh at, then The Great Wall will fill that void.
Full Review | Original Score: 5/10 | Aug 7, 2019
If you've already written The Great Wall off as 1) a horrible premise for a film and 2) another in a long line of embarrassing White Savior movies, you're not entirely wrong.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 17, 2019
The story and characters are threadbare, the action scenes vary between pretty and unbelievable and the tone is all over the map.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/10 | May 22, 2019
As uninspired and flat as a lot of the CGI action movies that are produced right here in the United States.
Full Review | Apr 23, 2019