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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
16K
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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
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    16K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Frant Gwo
    • Writers
      • Cixin Liu
      • Hongwei Wang
      • Yang Zhixue
    • Stars
      • Jing Wu
      • Yi Sha
      • Yanmanzi Zhu
    • 242User reviews
    • 61Critic reviews
    • 56Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 39 wins & 30 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
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews242

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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.
    7grisbain79-149-217866

    Intense and a bit exhausting

    This is a massive movie that has many many absolutely amazing scenes. I was really blown away, but after an hour I was finding it to be a bit too much intensity and it was becoming a bit exhausting. Still very impressive. I found I was not interested in the human drama built into the story. I don't know why the dubbed English parts were so odd. There is a lot of dialogue you have to read subtitles for that is going quickly but there is so much action you end up missing something no matter where you look. Overall this movie is a wild ride but just started to feel like too much of a good thing if that makes sense.
    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.
    6tomanyadrians

    Great visually but information overload

    Watched this last night and my head is still spinning, can't give too much away as my brain hasn't fully processed what was going on.

    The only way I can describe it is when they were editing the film all the scenes where their was no action were cut leaving a bombardment of visuals, this included the non dubbed version with English subtitles flashing up on screen so fast it was hard to read.

    Don't get me wrong TWE2 is a great film and really good fun if you love your big bold Si-fi with huge special effects, limited character development and explosions.

    Thoroughly recommended 👌 Roll on TWE3.
    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.

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    Storyline

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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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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      • 2h 53m(173 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Atmos
      • IMAX 6-Track
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.76 : 1

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