Underplayed Gems

The Wandering Earth (2019)

The Wandering Earth poster
Original title
流浪地球
Directed by
Frant Gwo
Genre
science fiction film, disaster film, post-apocalyptic film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
2h 05m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 1,168 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In the future, the sun is expanding and will destroy Earth. People build giant engines to push the planet out of the solar system. A group of astronauts and rescue workers must work together to prevent Earth from crashing into Jupiter.

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What happens

The Wandering Earth (Chinese: 流浪地球; pinyin: liúlàng dìqiú) is a 2019 Chinese science fiction film directed by Frant Gwo, loosely based on the 2000 short story of the same name by Liu Cixin. The film stars Wu Jing, Qu Chuxiao, Li Guangjie, Ng Man-tat, Zhao Jinmai and Qu Jingjing. Set in the far future, it follows a group of astronauts and rescue workers guiding the Earth away from an expanding Sun, while attempting to prevent a collision with Jupiter. The film was theatrically released in China on 5 February 2019 (Chinese New Year's Day), by China Film Group Corporation. The film grossed $701 million worldwide. It is China's sixth highest-grossing film of all time and the sixth highest-grossing non-English film to date. It has received generally positive reviews from critics, with The Hollywood Reporter describing it as "China's first full-scale interstellar spectacular." Netflix acquired the film's global streaming rights and began streaming outside China on 30 April 2019. A second film, The Wandering Earth 2, was released in January 2023, serving as a prequel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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