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The Wandering Earth II Reviews

Nov 2, 2025

This is goddamn the best chinese movie I've ever seen!

Oct 13, 2025

Confusing, erratic, and a poorly structured script that often leaves you unclear about who the characters are and what's really happening amidst the enormous mess that is this film. The CGI rendered all the cities dark and lacking in detail, truly awful.

Apr 13, 2025

one of the best sifi movie in 10 years

Feb 19, 2025

披着科幻外衣的人类史诗片,个体的力量在时代的大潮面前显得极其渺小,但每一个平凡人不平凡的努力却又时刻推动着文明的进步与自我救赎。

Feb 17, 2025

Wondering movie, it's special effect incredable. All the charaters and their storylines are impressive.

Lareina224
Verified Feb 16, 2025

special effects incomparable!!!

Feb 15, 2025

中国科幻电影的里程碑之作,期待第三部!!

Jan 12, 2025

First, we had to put the subtitles on to fully understand the actors. Then, we were constantly pausing and rewinding to try to figure out the plot. It's one thing to wonder what will happen next but not because the movie lacks a clear story line. Next to no character development. Really, who cares what happens to these people? The little girl was cute, but she was dead already. And I really dislike it when these disaster movies show the Tower of London and the Statue of Liberty coming down.

Sep 21, 2024

Complete and uterly nonsense. Confusing, incoherent and really really bad physics.

Sep 5, 2024

It is a spectacle of a movie, the script is not linear as it usually is in Chinese movies. You have to see it on the big screen

Aug 29, 2024

Although it adds a lot to the story of the book you have to see it, that's all I'm saying.

Jul 21, 2024

Most epic sci-fi movies in recent years. Not as scientifically accurate as Interstellar, but wandering earth story is definitely refreshing among space themed sci-fi movies.

Jun 1, 2024

Impressive special effects, a thrilling AI epic. Zhou's insistance on firing the engine is making pressure on MOSS to make the network of Beijing connected. That's because Tu had already finished typing in the password 8 minutes before the engine fires - keep an eye on the countdown on the screen deep in the water in Beijing. This is not a nationalism.

May 18, 2024

Best sifi story and visuals

Apr 27, 2024

One of the best i've erver seen.

Mar 30, 2024

Ambitious in scope even if tedious at times, a good demonstration of the kind of patience and long-term view it takes to overcome a monumental multigenerational challenge.

Mar 27, 2024

THE WANDERING EARTH II embodies a cinematic rarity of recent years: a global perspective intricately woven with a heartfelt humanism. Its mastery lies not only in captivating audiences with exquisite visual effects but also in seamlessly interlacing three narratives within its expansive three-hour duration, devoid of any superfluousness. With meticulous precision, it constructs a vivid tapestry of detail, transporting viewers into a realm of immersive cinematic experience.

Mar 24, 2024

It's one of my favorite movies, definitely will watch it again in theater.

Mar 13, 2024

Mehr Science Fiction kann man wohl kaum in einem Film packen! Dieser Film ist Umwelten besser als der erste Teil, ein absolutes Science-Fiction Spektakel der Extraklasse! Man wünscht sich wirklich mehr solche erstklassigen gemachten Filme! Super CGI super Effekte - ein toller Film!

Feb 7, 2024

An absolutely epic sci-fi. There is so much going on in this prequel to the first Wandering Earth. It's one of those times when a prequel surpasses the original, and not because this is some sort of superhero origin story type prequel. This takes the catastrophe that brings about the wandering earth back to its origins, and we get to see how this sort of crisis changes society forever. While the story seems quite simple and even unoriginal for a sci-fi (major earth catastrophe, can no longer sustain life in current conditions, science must come to the rescue) the solution to the problem and the intricacies in solving it, as well as all the failures and close calls along the way, make for a very engrossing action movie. They also weave in some really effective foreshadowing for what you already know is coming in the original movie but it feels foreboding nonetheless. The special effects are top of the line and the way the story is told through various countdowns, like mini-chapters, keeps engagement high. The AI development and the implicit commentary that comes with is also quite good. The one major downside to this movie (and it is quite major) is that almost all of the speaking parts that aren't in Chinese are overdubbed in such a ridiculous fashion. They don't seem to employ any sort of dubbing technique... no phrase-syncing, lip-syncing, or even time-syncing. It's just <i>off</i>, and sometimes incredibly so. And some of the voice performances they get in both English and Russian are just the most ridiculous caricatures. It's annoying and distracting and I could see it making the movie unwatchable for some. For the sci-fi nerds out there like me though, it's worth putting up with in order to see this very cool story and its impressive visuals.

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