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Restart the Earth
重启地球
2021 89 min China 12+
★5.8
Science Fiction, Horror, Action
Director: Zhenzhao Lin
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Description
When a drug to replicate plant cells creates a sentient form of flower, the planet is over taken by flora and humankind is depleted. A Chinese task force, a widowed father and his young daughter fight to survive in a mission to inject an antidote to the core of the plants to reverse their growth.
Starring
Mickey He
Actor
Mingcan Zhang
Actor
Mi Luo
Actor
Key opinion
This low-budget science fiction film is widely viewed as a poorly executed production characterized by hollow storytelling and subpar visual effects. While some viewers found the character archetypes and the military-themed ensemble somewhat watchable, the overall consensus points to a frustrating experience hampered by artificial aesthetics and a lackluster antagonist.
| Production | The visual effects are consistently described as cartoonish, artificial, and inferior, failing to create a convincing apocalyptic environment. | |
| Screenplay | The script is criticized for relying on formulaic tropes, repetitive rescue narratives, and hollow, manipulative dialogue. | |
| Originality | The antagonist plants fail to provide a genuine sense of threat, lacking menace and dynamic interaction with the human characters. | |
| Acting | Opinions on the cast are divided; some critics appreciate the archetypal military ensemble as an 'oddly tolerable' highlight, while others find the characters themselves to be annoying and poorly written. |