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. This earns William and Tovar the Order's respect. William and Tovar display amazing battle skills, saving the life of young warrior Peng Yong, then slaying two monsters that scale the Wall. 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, in search of gunpowder.

While examining the severed monster arm, the Order's commanders are surprised by the first assault from the monster horde, one week early.īoth sides sustain heavy losses before the monsters' queen aborts the attack. The Tao Tei came to Earth when a meteorite came down from the heavens. The Nameless Order exists to combat a horde of alien monsters called Tao Tei, which attacks once every sixty years.

The next day, reaching the Wall, they are taken prisoner by soldiers of the Nameless Order, led by General Shao and Strategist Wang. They cut off the monster's arm and bring it with them. Resting in a cave a few miles north of the Great Wall, they are attacked by a monster, leaving only William and Tovar alive. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who said it 'sacrifices great story for great action.' Also, despite grossing over $330 million worldwide, it was a box-office bomb, with estimated losses for the studios running as high as $75 million.Ī band of European mercenaries, including William Garin and Pero Tovar, travel to China during the reign of the Renzong Emperor, in search of the secret to gunpowder. 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. It is Zhang's first English-language film. The US-China co-production stars Matt Damon, Jing Tian, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe, and Andy Lau. The Great Wall (Chinese: 长城) is a 2016 actionmonster 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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