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The Wandering Earth

Liu lang di qiu

2019

Frant Gwo

Wu Jing, Li Guangjie, Qu Chuxiao, Ng Man-Tat ...

4.8

2,010

Sci-Fi. Drama. Thriller. Action In the distant future, the sun is dying out, a group of brave astronauts set out to find new planet for the whole human race. The governments of Earth, confronted with annihilation from an unstable sun, have strapped thrusters on to the planet, ejecting it out into the universe in search of a new home. But as the Earth approaches Jupiter, a malfunction in the system puts it on course to crash into the planet.

	Media	Author	Review
		FilmAffinity	The film -first blockbuster sci-fi chinese movie- has brought in more than 2bn yuan (€264m) in the six days since its release on 5 February, lunar new year. It is the highest grossing film released over the holiday season, a peak time for the Chinese box office.
		Richard Kuipers Variety	"Its furious pace, spectacular visuals, and fanciful plot deliver decent escapist entertainment (...) [It] hurtles to more climaxes than it actually needs, easily forgiven on account of the film’s display of technical wizardry"
		Ben Kenigsberg The New York Times	"It is just as awash in murky computer imagery, stupefying exposition and manipulative sentimentality as the average Hollywood tentpole (...) The only shock of the new is that it’s the same as the old."
		Simon Abrams rogerebert.com	"A great and uniquely Chinese science fiction film (...) [It] looks better than most American special-effects spectaculars (...) The film's creators breathe new life into hackneyed tropes (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		John Berra Screendaily	"If things get dramatically overwrought on Earth, they fall flat in space (...) It’s apparent that 'The Wandering Earth' has made a giant leap for China’s science fiction cinema but not for the genre itself."
		J Hurtado Screen Anarchy	"A marvel of imagination, inspiration, execution, and excitement (...) The vistas presented in 'The Wandering Earth' are truly stunning, and worthy of the big screen experience"
		Scott Mendelson Forbes	"As a spectacle, it's a knockout. There are breathtaking moments (...) It's a pretty solid sci-fi 'end of the world' adventure"
		Inkoo Kang Slate	"The film’s world building, which takes up much of its first third, is undeniably novel and fascinating (...) It’s also a technical marvel, along with so many of the film’s special effects"

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