The Wandering Earth

PG-13

2/8/20192h 6m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

Overview:

When the Sun begins to expand in such a way that it will inevitably engulf and destroy the Earth in a hundred years, united mankind finds a way to avoid extinction by propelling the planet out of the Solar System using gigantic engines, moving it to a new home located four light years away, an epic journey that will last thousands of years.

Director:

Frant Gwo

Status:

Released

Language:

Mandarin

Buget:

$48,000,000.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

jupiter
based on novel or book
space station
mankind forced underground
underground city
father son relationship
brother sister relationship
grandfather grandson relationship
frozen earth
dying sun
giant engine
global government
admiring
forceful

Cast

Qu Chuxiao

~ as ~

Liu Qi

Li Guangjie

~ as ~

Wang Lei

Zhao Jinmai

~ as ~

Han Duoduo

Wu Jing

~ as ~

Liu Peiqiang

Richard Ng

~ as ~

Han Ziang

Michael Kai Sui

~ as ~

Tim

Qu Jingjing

~ as ~

Zhou Qian

Zhang Yichi

~ as ~

Li Yiyi

Yang Haoyu

~ as ~

He Lianke

Arkady Sharogradsky

~ as ~

Makalov

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Reviews (1)

b
bswanick@gmail.com
Written 6 year(s) ago
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I just watched this on Netflix. I did not have any expectations going into it. It was not very good, unfortunately.

Main reasons were that 8t was over-the-top from start to finish. Epic scene after epic scene without much supporting context. I think it can work in some cases but I dknt think it did here. You barely get a feel for the main characters, let alone the 20 supporting cast members, in this 2 hour movie. If they simplified the plot and went deeper into the core characters then it would be good. All of that is possible while still making it a little campy and not so serious. It missed the mark.

I liken it to Armageddin with less character development. If you just want to watch epic visuals without much else, and that is totally fine with me, then this would be a good watch.

The science fiction element is really interesting, so that was cool.