Director: Yimou Zhang
Actors: Matt Damon, Tian Jing, Willem Dafoe, Andy Lau
Plot: In ancient China, a group of European mercenaries encounters a secret army that maintains and defends the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.
Disc Release Date: 23 May 2017
The Great Wall was filmed digitally using various Arri Alexa cameras as well as Red Epic and Weapon Dragon cameras, with resolutions of 3.4K and 6K, and was finished as a 4K Digital Intermediate (DI),...
The Dolby Atmos track proves to be a superbly immersive experience with some of the best ‘overhead’ action heard to date. Dialogue is mainly centred to the front, sounds very natural and is only occasionally...
The UHD disc is bereft of additional material; all the extra features (such as they are) are located on the included Full HD Blu-ray: Deleted and Extended Scenes – Eight in total for a combined run time...
Why did you go over the Wall? The Great Wall of China is an amazing achievement; built over several dynasties and stretching for more than 5,500 miles it has long been regarded as an amazing architectural...
The Great Wall is a frivolous fun fantasy positing that the titular wall was built not to keep out Mongols, but Monsters. When two mercenaries seeking to find ‘Black Powder’ stumble upon the Great Wall,...
This one really shines on UHD. For as good as the movie looks on 1080p Blu-ray, this 2160p/HDR-enhanced presentation of The Great Wall, sourced from a 4K digital intermediate, is much better. Color depth...
The Great Wall's UHD release features a Dolby Atmos soundtrack, and it's a good one. For much of the film, overhead elements are more complimentary than they are obvious, but several moments, and two standout,...
The Great Wall contains deleted and extended scenes and half a dozen brief featurettes, all on the included Blu-ray disc. No extras appear on the UHD disc. AUV/iTunes digital copy code is included with...
The Great Wall isn't revisionist history, it's just dumb fantasy. The film, which posits that China's Great Wall -- one of the seven wonders of the world -- was not built to keep invading humans out but...
The Great Wall is more sophomoric than it is serious. True, not every film can be a dark, gritty, unbearable slice of (make-believe) wartime devastation, but this one just feels too contrived, over-the-top,...
With a clear uptick in resolution, detail, and color, The Great Wall stands strong on 4K UHD. Improved detail levels are immediately noticeable. From the costuming to the facial features and makeup work...
The Great Wall roars to life with a thunderingly invigorating English/Chinese Dolby Atmos mix. From the first frame to the last, the sound design is intense and sucks you into the picture. While the opening...
For a flop of a film, The Great Wall actually enjoys some brief, but decent bonus feature content beyond the simple tried and true EPK filler. Each segment may not be long, but they cover a lot of ground....
When you take a moment to consider the global marketplace, you can't fault Hollywood producers for shooting big. 2016's The Great Wall is just the sort of cash cow opportunity producers were hoping to...
Considering the wonder of the titular structure found within The Great Wall, this film hardly lives up to the name. But it isn't a complete disaster either. For lovers of schlock cinema, you've got another...