A Chinese Film That Stands Up to Hollywoodįacetious online commentary aside, in our view The Wandering Earth is a production that rivals its peers from Hollywood. One Chinese netizen was especially worried that The Wandering Earth might turn into a “sci-fi Wolf Warrior ” (though, perhaps sarcastically) another joked that the theme of the film might be “those who challenge Earth have no safe place to hide” (a play on the ending of Wolf Warrior, where Wu Jing’s character declares “those who challenge China have no safe place to hide”). An early trailer featured Wu Jing bantering with a Russian cosmonaut who reminded him that Russia built the first space station, only to be pointed to a “Made in China” sticker on the space station they’re currently in - suggesting that The Wandering Earth might carry significant nationalistic undertones. However, Chinese viewers brought a critical eye to the film. Chinese Anticipation and “Sci-Fi Wolf Warriors”Īhead of The Wandering Earth ’s cinematic release, Chinese movie review site Douban was abuzz with discussion, highlighting the level of anticipation that Chinese moviegoers had for the film. However, just as the Earth begins on its journey across the galaxy, it gets trapped in the gravity well of Jupiter - after which it’s up to Wu Jing’s character Liu Peiqiang, his father, his, son, his adopted daughter, and a number of Chinese soldiers and scientists, to save the world. At the same time, the residents of Earth move to underground cities for the thousands-year-long transit. As the expanding sun changes the climate of the Earth, the governments of the world unite under the leadership of the UN Security Council to build massive engines to propel the planet out of the solar system and towards nearby Proxima Centauri. The film is set in a future Earth, whose inhabitants prepare to escape from the solar system as the sun expands into a red giant phase, threatening to engulf Earth in flames. The Wandering Earth was released over Chinese New Year, one of the biggest weeks for the Chinese box office, when millions of workers spend a week off with their families. The film is based on a short story by Liu Cixin, whose flagship work The Three Body Problem was originally supposed to receive the cinematic treatment before production issues shelved the movie. Directed by Frant Gwo of My Old Classmate and starring Wu Jing of Wolf Warrior 1 and 2, The Wandering Earth was one of the most anticipated films of 2019. The Wandering Earth is China’s biggest sci-fi flick to date.
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