They arrive just in time to save Lin from being devoured. Wang tells him to warn the outside world, but William boards the last balloon with Peng and Wang. Lin orders the use of hot-air balloons, and before setting out, Lin sets William free. At the capital, the envoy presents the captive Tao Tei to the Emperor and his entourage, but it awakens and reveals its position to its queen, who signals the Tao Tei to attack. Some distance away, Ballard betrays and abandons Tovar, but is captured by bandits, who accidentally kill themselves and Ballard after igniting the powder. William is arrested by the Nameless Order, and is locked up in the Wall. While Lin investigates, Tovar and Ballard steal a supply of black powder and escape, knocking William unconscious for trying to stop them. However, the Imperial envoy claims the monster and takes it to the capital to present to the Emperor.Ī tunnel is discovered at the base of the Wall the previous attacks had been a distraction so that the Tao Tei could dig the tunnel. They capture a living Tao Tei and prove the theory. This delays his escape plans, angering Tovar, who nevertheless assists William despite Ballard's protests.ĭuring the next attack, the Tao Tei are numerous enough to cause Lin to resort to using arrows equipped with black powder, whose capabilities had been kept secret from the Westerners until now. To test the hypothesis, William suggests they capture a Tao Tei alive and agrees to help. Wang believes the stone William carries enabled him to slay the Tao Tei he fought at the cave. Around this time, an envoy from the capital arrives with an ancient scroll which suggests that the monsters are pacified by magnets. General Shao is killed, placing Commander Lin in charge of the Nameless Order. That night, two Tao Tei reach the top of the Wall. The three Europeans secretly plan to steal gunpowder and flee during the next monster attack.
William and Tovar display amazing battle skills, saving the life of young warrior Peng Yong, then slaying two monsters, which earns the Order's respect. Detained, he now serves as an English and Latin teacher. During the battle, William and Tovar are freed by Ballard, another European who ventured east twenty-five years earlier, searching for gunpowder. Both sides sustain heavy losses before the monsters' queen aborts the attack. Shortly after, a monster horde assails the Wall. While examining the severed monster arm, the Order's commanders are surprised by the monsters' first assault one week early. The Nameless Order exists to combat alien monsters called Tao Tei, which attack once every sixty years. Reaching the Wall, they are taken prisoner by soldiers of the Nameless Order, led by General Shao and Strategist Wang. They sever the monster's arm and bring it with them. A few miles north of the Great Wall, they are attacked by a monster.
6.1 White protagonist in an East Asian settingĮuropean mercenaries, including Irishman William Garin and Spaniard Pero Tovar, travel to China during the reign of the Song dynasty's Renzong Emperor, searching for the secret to gunpowder.The film received mixed reviews from critics, who said it "sacrifices great story for great action." Although it grossed $335 million worldwide, the film was still considered a box office bomb due to its high production and marketing costs, with losses as high as $75 million. 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. The Great Wall is Zhang's first English-language film.
It is an American-Chinese co-production starring Matt Damon, Jing Tian, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe, and Andy Lau. The Great Wall ( Template:Zh) is a 2016 action monster 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.
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