Review of The Wandering Earth (2019) by Jluis_001 — 15 May 2019

The plot is insane. For real. They actually move the Earth and that sounds insane.

This chinese film is very ambitious. Considering the budget is surprising how well it looks. Yes, there's some bad visual effects but for the most part looks pretty good but it also has a lot problems, especially because it lacks of focus. There are several parts when it makes no sense and the third act going towards the ending is a mess.

To be honest for the genre is not groundbreaking. Even with the ambition of its scale. Without a doubt, I think it's a huge step for Chinese cinema, making it clear that they can easily rival Hollywood but it hardly does anything really remarkable.

Yes it can be argued that this film was influenced by the American film industry. But it's still an important achievement.

I think the film should not get lost in the Netflix catalog because I think it deserves the attention of a larger audience outside its country where it was a brutal box office success and although I personally wasn't satisfied with it probably others will find it more rewarding.