Review of The Great Wall (2016) by Shpostal — 18 Feb 2017

I thought that if Matt Damon was in this movie it may not be too bad. That's what I get for thinking. The movie has its moments, particularly in the settings, including some beautiful badlands that really do exist there, and the pageantry of the armies in the wall fortifications was impressive.

But sooner or later we have to get to the plot. Ewwwww. Ultra bad lizard beings try to breach the wall and kill and eat everything and everybody. So much for the spoiler, because that's basically it, and Damon's role as a mercenary turned good guy to help the Chinese beat these greenies.

The dialogue couldn't be more lame, and even the presence of a very pretty commander doesn't help. I really don't understand Hollywood. How they can turn out brilliant work one minute and then take a movie that could have been better if it had more than a video game plot and make us groan is a mystery.

Damon can and has done so much better - this is one of his low points in his career. This turkey will be hitting the pay cable channels and DVD's fairly quickly like other Hollywood bombs do. I wouldn't even wait to see it then.