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The Wandering Earth II

Original title: Liú Làng Dì Qiú 2
  • 2023
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 53m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
15K
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Andy Lau, Xuejian Li, Jing Wu, Yi Sha, and Yanmanzi Zhu in The Wandering Earth II (2023)
Humans built huge engines on the surface of the earth to find a new home. But the road to the universe is perilous. In order to save earth, young people once again have to step forward to start a race against time for life and death.
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Humans built huge engines on the surface of the earth to find a new home. But the road to the universe is perilous. In order to save earth, young people once again have to step forward to st... Read allHumans built huge engines on the surface of the earth to find a new home. But the road to the universe is perilous. In order to save earth, young people once again have to step forward to start a race against time for life and death.Humans built huge engines on the surface of the earth to find a new home. But the road to the universe is perilous. In order to save earth, young people once again have to step forward to start a race against time for life and death.

  • Director
    • Frant Gwo
  • Writers
    • Cixin Liu
    • Hongwei Wang
    • Yang Zhixue
  • Stars
    • Jing Wu
    • Yi Sha
    • Yanmanzi Zhu
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    15K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Frant Gwo
    • Writers
      • Cixin Liu
      • Hongwei Wang
      • Yang Zhixue
    • Stars
      • Jing Wu
      • Yi Sha
      • Yanmanzi Zhu
    • 241User reviews
    • 61Critic reviews
    • 56Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 32 wins & 29 nominations total

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    Jing Wu
    Jing Wu
    • Liu Peiqiang
    Yi Sha
    Yi Sha
    • Zhang Peng
    Yanmanzi Zhu
    Yanmanzi Zhu
    • Hao Xiaoxi
    • (as Manzi)
    Xuejian Li
    Xuejian Li
    • Zhou Zhezhi
    Andy Friend
    • Mike
    Zhi Wang
    Zhi Wang
    • Han Duoduo
    Kawawa Kadichi
    • Herbert Copley
    Vitalli Makarychev
    • Andrey Gerasnov
    Clara Lee
    Clara Lee
    • Space Elevator Female Attacker
    Tony Nicholson
    • Space Elevator Male Attacker A
    Vladimir Ershov
    • Space Elevator Male Attacker B
    Ren Li
    • Korean Pilot
    Andy Lau
    Andy Lau
    • Tu Hengyu
    Ruoxi Wang
    • Tu Yaya
    Li Ning
    Li Ning
    • Ma Zhao
    Yi Zhang
    • Wang Zhijian
    Liya Tong
    Liya Tong
    • Tu Hengyu's Wife
    Cin Ang
    • Thai Astronaut
    • Director
      • Frant Gwo
    • Writers
      • Cixin Liu
      • Hongwei Wang
      • Yang Zhixue
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    User reviews241

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    9Orson-on-the-moon

    A surprise in 2023

    I have to say that it is a very unique movie, which is attractive enough. I can't wait watching it again on Netflix!

    The story is just like a history story that have really happened before. It seem a little strange at first, but when the crisis come, you'll forget it and feel immersed in it completely. I promise it'll be an unforgettable experience.

    The space elevator is so great, and it is exactly the same as I thought. I really hope I can live until it really be built in reality world. By the way, I just wonder why US movies doesn't like it, as it only appears in Foundation on Apple TV (Maybe it's because I missed them unfortunately?) From my point of view, what imperfect is that the speed of story is too fast to render emotions perfectly, which makes it embarrassing when it comes to sad moments. In addition, it is a little tired to watch, as the movie scenes are always very impactful and the amount of information in the movie is too large for me to understand instantly.

    Anyway, The Wandering Earth 2 is a special Chinese movie, which is worth trying.
    9i-62959-54886

    Good movie created by remarkable team

    1/ Get a IMAX ticket if you can. The film is 2D no need the 3D glasses but the special effects is absolutely amazing. Especially in the first 40 minutes, the effect of showing space elevator in the movie blow my mind.

    2/ I like the concept of this movie, when human face disaster, all countries and nations unit as one to get through it instead of waiting some kind of not exist supper hero to save.

    3/ From a interview of Liu Cixin( the author of The Wandering Earth) in CCTV. Movie TWE2 is a totally extended story. The screenwriter wrote a movie world view of 200,000 words.

    4/ Most scene of this movie is filmed in Qingdao city, Shandong province.

    5/ Actor who cast Zhou Zhezhi got nasopharyngeal carcinoma in 2000. He lost most part of his voice after surgical operation but he insist to use his own voice during filming. Most of his voice in movie was fixed by AI.

    6/ Young Tu hengyu(casted by Andy Lau ) and Liu peiqiang(casted by Wu Jing) in movie used AI technology to create the their young looks by learning actors' pictures. And one more interesting thing, even though the AI can fix the man 40 year-old face to 20 year-old, but it is difficulty to let a 40 year-old man who act the version in 20 year- old himself. However, the director Guo Fan find a 21 year old actor to do the acting once. Then Wu Jing shadow it. That's so funny.
    9Xxy-NO

    Great Progress.

    It's a catastrophical & sci-fic film with a novel epic narrative. The Wandering Earth 2 is more about the values of a community of shared future that unites all mankind. The special effects, needless to say, were a huge improvement over the first film, and the plot filled in the first film's shortcomings. At the same time, as the second of the series, it did not regress like most movies, but made obvious progress,. The overall score is 9 points, looking forward to the third part to bring us a better story.

    There are three lines in the movie which build a wonderful construction. I promise it deserves one ticket.

    By the way, it's a prequel. However,it doesn't matter to me.
    8Bobcorn008

    Better than Earth1 and expect for the next

    Earth 2 has no ridiculous young man to do stupid things like in Earth 1, characters do the best to solve problems. Performers did their best in characterizing, and the story makes the Wandering Earth Project more reasonable. But personally, it has some cons:

    1. Obvious post dubbing. Many characters talk in different mouth shapes, especially the black boy like he was talkin English but pronounced the others. These scenes quite disturb the watching.

    2. The data and the effects of Earth Engines seems not right. It's not spoilers but if you started Earth suddenly you should have massive earthquakes, huge tsunamis and weather disasters... Oh I'm going to spoil so I have to shut now. Hope you've watched Earth1.

    3. You got VR tec android but you ummmm why don't you guys create more operating bots? Oop I didn't spoil I'm talking about the trailers.

    Still, I will give 7.5/10 for this movie. Hope they can fix cons and do well in the next. This gonna be a great series.
    6yooniverse

    Beautfully made, but pacing problems

    Over the last decade, Chinese cinema has made giant leaps and bounds in terms of quality and sophistication of their films, especially in sci-fi genre. The Wandering Earth and this prequel, The Wandering Earth II, is a significant milestone. As a prequel, it has more depth in the story than the first, though the premise behind the main conflict is a bit shallow to be believed, as if "digital life" and survival of the planet are mutually exclusive. Pizza OR pepperoni? What kind of a decision is that? You still need the pizza, with or without the pepperoni.

    But like its predecessor, the problem is pacing. The story is grand, an epic tale of an audacious plan to save mankind and Earth from the dying sun. But the pacing is so ridiculously fast, that it's difficult to enjoy and appreciate it. It's so focused on the crisis from all angles that it feels like every scene and every shot is less than two seconds long. For subtitle readers, it's even worse to follow. On top of that, there is visual information overload, with names flashing on the screen. There is so much going on, you will be afraid to blink and miss an important plot point.

    And then there are the annoying tropes. I think this is the third or fourth Chinese film and TV show I've recently watched that has a shrill little girl/daughter yelling and crying "Baba! Baba!" to stoke our sympathy and emotional attachment to. And, where do they find these foreign actors?!? They cannot act and they are loud. Perhaps this is how they want to portray westerners, but there are plenty of international films shown in China--they have to know how bad these actors are, right? With so many actors (waiters) in Hollywood looking for work, you'd think it'd be easy to find more passable supporting cast.

    Despite all this, you're not going to watch The Wandering Earth series for the acting--this is a CGI spectacle. It's gorgeous, and if you treat it like cut scenes from a triple-A video game, you'll enjoy it a lot.

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    • Trivia
      The film is a prequel to the 2019 film The Wandering Earth, which is based on the short story of the same name by Liu Cixin, who serves as the film's producer.
    • Goofs
      The concept behind a space elevator would be the many massive payloads can be hauled into orbital space with very little energy use as compared to the present use of large rocket boosters. It would also not be necessary to subject human occupants to 9 Gs of acceleration to get to space.
    • Connections
      Followed by The Wandering Earth 3 (2027)
    • Soundtracks
      Humans are
      Performed by Shen Zhou

      Composed by Lei Qian

      Lyrics by Tian Tang

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    • Release date
      • January 22, 2023 (China)
    • Country of origin
      • China
    • Official site
      • Douban page
    • Language
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • Lưu Lạc Địa Cầu 2
    • Filming locations
      • WanDa Studios, Qingdao, China
    • Production companies
      • China Film Co., Ltd.
      • G!Film Studio
      • Beijing Dengfeng International Culture Communications Company
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    • Budget
      • CN¥900,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $5,023,132
    • Gross worldwide
      • $615,023,132
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 53 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Atmos
      • IMAX 6-Track
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.76 : 1

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