CLEVELAND, Ohio — Last year, I went to China and visited the Great Wall. Walking up and down the seemingly endless series of steps, I wondered who built the wall and their reason for constructing it.
Enter “The Great Wall,” a action blockbuster starring Matt Damon that provides “alternative facts” about the wall’s origins and purpose.
The movie leads this week’s trio of new releases. There’s also “Fist Fight,” about, well, a fist fight as well as a psychological thriller from Gore Verbinski (the first “Pirates the Caribbean” trilogy).
See clips of the movies in the video above.
THE GREAT WALL
Starring: Matt Damon, Willem Dafoe, Tian Jing, Hanyu Zhang, Pedro Pascal, Eddie Peng
Director: Yimou Zhang
Rated: PG-13
Rotten Tomatoes: 42%
Summary: The story of an elite force making a valiant stand for humanity on the world’s most iconic structure.
FIST FIGHT
Starring: Ice Cube, Charlie Day, Christina Hendricks, Tracy Morgan, Jillian Bell
Director: Richie Keen
Rated: R
Rotten Tomatoes: N/A
Summary: A mild-mannered high-school teacher is accused of getting a fellow teacher fired, and is challenged to a fight after the school day ends.
A CURE FOR WELLNESS
Starring: Dane DeHaan, Lisa Banes, Jason Isaacs, Ivo Nandi, Mia Goth, Susanne West
Director: Gore Verbinski
Rated: R
Rotten Tomatoes: 41%
Summary: An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company’s CEO from an idyllic but mysterious “wellness center” at a remote location in the Swiss Alps. He soon suspects that the spa’s miraculous treatments are not what they seem.
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