簡介：Modern Chinese and international research using new methods like drones systematically studies the Great wall of China. Its visibility from space is a legend, but its size actually ranks as world's largest monument. It never was a single wall, but a system of several segments, repeatedly altered over time, in successive attempts to prevent invasions from raider tribes, like the Xiongnu, adapted to the terrain, with an elaborate system of garrison towers, advanced tower posts and communication system. Building and manning it proved extremely costly. It failed to prevent the Mongol armies of Genghis Khan annexing China, his great successor Kublai Khan built a wall system to fit his larger empire. After the Ming dynasty finally expelled the Mongols, the 'primitive' walls were replaced by the final stone version, using a brick type solidified with rice starch. While the unprecedented mobilization of means for construction and garrisons crippled the treasury, it proved useless against the ...

簡介：一年前，作為特種部隊一員的約瑟夫·史密斯中士（杰森·斯坦森 Jason Statham 飾）在阿富汗戰場經歷了常人難以想象的血雨腥風因某起事件他被軍事法庭指控，并被診斷患有攻擊壓力癥。之后約瑟夫從醫院逃出，混跡在流浪漢中間艱苦求生。他化名喬伊，與名叫伊莎貝爾（維多利亞·貝維克 Victoria Bewick 飾）的女孩結伴。在一次被歹徒襲擊之后，慌不擇路的喬伊意外闖入一幢無人房間，適逢主人赴美公干，他放心享用主人的一切物品。飽受精神困擾的他，似乎只能從善良的修女克里斯蒂娜（阿嘉塔·布澤克 Agata Buzek 飾）那里得到些許幫助。偶然機會，喬伊涉足中國黑道，在刀頭舔血賺取營生的同時，他意外聽到關于伊莎貝爾的消息……