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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
    POPULARITY
    4,836
    658
    • 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
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews241

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    8simonize850

    I choose hope

    I saw this film last night with perhaps twenty others. Most of the audience were young and female. And Mandarin speaking.

    My province in Canada - British Columbia - has a large Asian community but this mainland China blockbuster is only being shown in two cities, Vancouver and Victoria.

    Pity.

    In some ways the film's story surprised me: there is a mission, the mission seems largely Chinese led, but the success of this mission depends entirely on the cooperation of thirty three nations.

    We dive in quickly with the arrival of 1138 new recruits who are blasted into space at 9 Gs. We are introduced to key characters who will have a role to play over the next three hours, amd thirty years.

    Their mission is almost stillborn because of a successful, well organized and coordinated terrorist attack by 'terrorists' of DIGITAL LIFE. This group strongly disagrees with the coalition to build massive engines to move the earth away from the advancing sun predicted by science to hit Earth in one hundred years.

    The balance of the film focuses on efforts to build those engines; preserve space elevators; move or blow up the moon. Obstacles at every point.

    I grew irritated by on screen announcements of events that would unfold: in years, months, hours, minutes...

    I appreciated how Sfx were used to show the great strides science could implement especially the supercomputer 550 and its successors.

    I was able to sort out the leading players: two Chinese officials, a Russian and an American in a futuristic UN; two key Chinese scientists- hello ANDY LAU who looked impossibly young in the scenes with his AI daughter, and a handful of pilots who bond despite their nations' politics.

    Indeed the closest I came to shredding a tear came late with said pilots 'volunteered' on essentially asus ice mission.

    Did anyone else feel key characters were killed off, only to. Resurrected?

    This film should challenge you: it should make you sad; you may feel you are helpless against what fate Mankind is maki f for itself.

    If a significant part of the world's population questioned the existence of COVID, a significant number of people believe an election was stolen, I am relieved this film ends with "I choose hope".
    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.
    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.
    9beryldong

    A great movie

    This one is better than the first movie, which is very rare these days. The story lines are great. Although there are some plots that do not make a lot sense, it doesn't affect the overall rating at all. It doesn't make me feel it's a 3hr movie at all. This is actually the best Si-Fi movie I have watched in the last 3 years (and I've watched a lot lol) and I think it's fair to say it's better than 70% of the Hollywood Si-Fi movies these days.

    I'm looking forward to the third one now given there are some flash forward scenes hinting at the next story line. Also, don't miss the credits at the end. I left early and have to read up on the end credit scenes online afterwards.
    9johnnyengram

    A New Benchmark for Hardcore Sci-fi Film

    The Wandering Earth II tells a disaster story from an oriental point of view instead of the western one (which is getting more and more cliche), where humans work as a team to face the overwhelming crisis. There's no hero who can save the Earth single-handedly; still, every effort matters.

    In many ways, TWE II is a true sight for the sore eyes in nowadays movie industry, even by the criteria of Hollywood. Outstanding visuals & acoustics, compelling narrative, numerous convincing concepts and details, and furthermore, a much more "universal" human value. It raises the ceiling for movies of the same genre to a whole new level.

    If you let go of all the stereotypical thinking and preconceived bias against Chinese movies, then TWE II is definitely worth seeing (better in IMAX).

    (Taking one star off in case they get cocky /doge)

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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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