It is the most expensive film ever shot entirely in China. Principal photography began on March 30, 2015, on location in Qingdao.MORE INFOMATION ABOUT THE GREAT WALL (2016) MAIN CAST OF THE MOVIE THE GREAT WALL (2016) The three Europeans secretly plan to steal gunpowder and flee during the next monster attack. Garin and Tovar display amazing battle skills, saving the life of young warrior Peng Yong, then slaying two monsters, earning them the Order's respect. During the battle, Garin and Tovar are freed by Ballard, another European who came east twenty-five years earlier in search of gunpowder detained, he now serves as an English and Latin teacher.
Both sides sustain heavy losses before the monsters' queen aborts the attack. Shortly after, a horde of Tao Tie assails the Wall.While examining the severed monster arm, the Order's commanders are surprised by the monsters' first assault, which has come one week early. The Nameless Order exists to combat alien monsters called Tao Tie, which arrived from a meteorite and attack once every sixty years. Upon reaching the Wall, they are taken prisoner by soldiers of the Nameless Order, led by General Shao and Strategist Wang. Only Garin and Tovar survive 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. European 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 Great Wall (2016) Review ABOUT MOVIE THE GREAT WALL (2016)