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The Wandering Earth
Frant Gwo

The Wandering Earth

  • Science Fiction
  • Action
  • Drama
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RELEASE

2019-02-05

BUGET

$48.0M

LENGTH

126 min

Description

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.

Reviews

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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.