![]() ![]() ![]() Viewers are in good hands - if they’re not too demanding - as Zhang Yimou puts the easily distinguishable characters through their paces.Īlready attracting viewers in Asia since its Dec 16 release - although not in sufficiently dazzling numbers for some observers - the U.S.-China co-production has just topped the box office in the Middle East and opens in France on Jan 11 and in the US and UK on Feb 17. There’s rarely a dull moment in this ambitious spectacle about a 12th century European mercenary in search of the fabled explosive “black powder that turns air into fire.” Arriving just in time for a long-dreaded siege, our protagonist - played by Matt Damon - ends up learning that trust is good, the Chinese invented tactical bungee jumping and women can be peerless military tacticians. West meets East to entertaining effect in Zhang Yimou’s The Great Wall, which posits that fortuitous foreigners can be a big help and that China’s ancient Great Wall was really erected to keep excellent special effects critters with sharp teeth and nasty dispositions from reaching the nation’s capital.
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