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The Wandering Earth movie trailer The planet's fate now lies in the hands of a few unexpected heroes. The film was theatrically released in China on 5 February 2019 (Chinese New Year's Day), by China Film Group Corporation, followed by North America and Australia on 8 February 2019. [26] The film's total gross in China stands at CN¥4.655 billion. (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐) $700 million worldwide. The Earth is turned into a giant spaceship in which it will be propelled out of the solar system and towards Proxima Centauri the nearest star. The film stars Qu Chuxiao, Li Guangjie, Ng Man-tat, Zhao Jinmai, Wu Jing 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 Wandering Earth, an adaption of a short story by award-winning sci-fi author Liu Cixin, was always intended to be a roaring success. At the beginning of the film, Chinese astronaut Liu Peiqiang promises to his 4-year-old son Liu Qi of his eventual return before going on his mission to a pathfinder space station that will help navigate the Earth on its interstellar journey, and entrusts the guardianship of his son over to his father-in-law Han Zi'ang. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? The Wandering Earth is a sci-if novella in which the Sun is going to explode and drastic measures are needed to save humanity. They are arrested at a checkpoint, meet a fellow prisoner named Tim, and are joined by Han Zi'ang after he unsuccessfully attempts to bribe the prison warden into releasing them. [2][3], On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 69% based on 36 reviews, with an average rating of 6.04/10. Rhythm is weird. Watch all you want for free. The Hollywood Reporter describes it as “China’s first full-scale interstellar spectacular”. [25] Second weekend box office dropped 53%, on par with all other currently playing films post Chinese holiday season, as expected. Original title: Liu lang di qiu. A looming collision with Jupiter threatens Earth as humans search for a new star. The Wandering Earth is China's second highest-grossing film of all time. The sun is dying out. [9] The film's three thousand concept maps and more than eight thousand sub-mirrors were created by a conceptual art team of three hundred people over a period of 15 months. Tang and Qin team up to solve a murder in New York's Chinatown. As the film ends, Liu Qi recounts and envisions the stages of Earth's migration, a process taking 2,500 years and 100 generations to complete, still bound with uncertainty, in a hopeful tone. The film's music was composed by Roc Chen (阿鯤),[18] and Liu Tao (刘韬) as an additional composer. In space, Liu Peiqiang discovers that MOSS, the artificial intelligence commanding the space station, has directed it to escape rather than to assist the humans on Earth. But when he does freeze, his voice recalls how he rescued and adopted Han Duoduo from the tsunami that destroyed the city, even looking out the window seeing frozen bodies in the ice. Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. [16], The visual effects of the film were made by Base FX, Bottleship VFX, Dexter Studios, Macrograph, More VFX, Pixomondo and Black Nomad. (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐) Liu Qi, inspired by recollections of his father's explanation of the thrusters' mechanics as a child, proposes to ignite Jupiter's abundant hydrogen atmosphere to blow Earth away. The main roles take family relation more seriously than human survival. Read full review. [28] The film has grossed $693,371,204 in China, $5,875,487 in the United States and Canada, and $1,575,366 in other territories, for a worldwide total of $700,822,057. After disabling MOSS using a fire started with a bottle of vodka that Makarov smuggled on board, Liu Peiqiang manually overrides the control and apologizes to his son for breaking his promise to return, before piloting the space station into the plasma jet and sacrificing himself as the ignition succeeds. The company will open the film in 22 cities in the U.S. and three in Canada, as well as throughout Australia and New Zealand. Title: Liu Peiqiang proposes flying the space station into the plasma jet and detonating the space station's fuel to ignite Jupiter's hydrogen; MOSS disagrees as the station is the back up plan should the Wandering Earth project fail. The Wandering Earth is as much a love letter to disaster films as it is a worthy entry in the genre itself. 177 of 275 people found this review helpful. As Earth passes by Jupiter to make use of a gravity assist, a "gravitational spike" causes devastating earthquakes that disable many Earth Engines across the globe and pull Earth dangerously close to the gas giant. "[39], Li Guangjie won the Golden Angel for Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the 15th Chinese American Film Festival in Los Angeles. 2019 TV-MA 2h 5m Sci-Fi & Fantasy. The earth will soon be engulfed by the inflating sun. [citation needed] Liu Cixin, the author of the original novella, said to state broadcaster China Central Television, "Chinese studios have no interest to invest in sci-fi films. Plot not good. Yet the 2500-year journey comes with unexpected dangers, and in order to save humanity, a group of young people in this age of a wandering Earth fight hard for the survival of humankind. 73. [33] The rating finally stabilized at 7.9. Summaries As the sun is dying out, people all around the world build giant planet thrusters to move Earth out of its orbit and sail Earth to a new star system. The human population is reduced severely due to catastrophic tsunamis that occur after Earth's rotation is made to stop, and later, as the planet moves away from the Sun, much of the surface is frozen, forcing the remaining humans to live in vast underground cities built adjacent to the engines. The earth will soon be engulfed by the inflating sun. (⭐⭐⭐) You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. They are to transport a Lighter Core (a fusion engine component) to restart the Earth Engine in Hangzhou. Three years later, Liu Qi is now a formal construction crew member and a respected hero figure. On Earth, a now-adult Liu Qi takes his adopted teenage sister Han Duoduo on an unauthorized trip to the surface in a heavy transport vehicle by obtaining fake IDs from criminal gangs and stealing their grandfather Han Zi'ang's trucker clearance pass. China’s 2019 blockbuster The Wandering Earth tells a story of a future age in which the sun is dying out and the United Earth Government builds giant planet thrusters to sail the earth to another star system. With news that the Hangzhou Engine was fully compromised and the city was completely destroyed by magma, the group becomes downcast. We've curated a list of lesser-known films to help you explore the space-time continuum from the comfort of your couch. A story on how a small drug store owner became the exclusive selling agent of a cheap Indian generic drug against Chronic Granulocytic Leukemia in China. Wandering Earth earned a near-record Chinese cume the first time around. 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