Restart the Earth
2021 1h 29m movie Film China

Restart the Earth

重启地球

Synopsis

重启地球

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.

The 2020–2022 China Window

181 China films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Restart the Earth sits at position #107.

  1. Swallowed Star
    #1

    Swallowed Star

    ★ 9.2 · 2020

  2. The Long Ballad
    #2

    The Long Ballad

    ★ 9.1 · 2021

  3. A Perfect Planet
    #3

    A Perfect Planet

    ★ 8.9 · 2021

  4. A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality
    #4

    A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality

    ★ 8.9 · 2020

  5. LEGO Monkie Kid
    #5

    LEGO Monkie Kid

    ★ 8.8 · 2020

  6. Awakening Age
    #6

    Awakening Age

    ★ 8.8 · 2021

  7. The Long Night
    #7

    The Long Night

    ★ 8.7 · 2020

  8. Falling Into Your Smile
    #8

    Falling Into Your Smile

    ★ 8.6 · 2021

The 2020s China Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2020s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Restart the Earth premiered. 216 total titles in this decade from China.

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Reception Benchmarks

6.8
TMDB Rating
121
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #425 of 946 China films indexed here (55th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among China Science Fiction productions specifically: #13 of 41 (top 32%).

Production Details

Primary Country China
Original Language Chinese
Production Companies Zhong Lele Pictures
Runtime 1h 29m
Release Date September 3, 2021
IMDb tt16118262

Themes & Motifs

  • dangerous mission
  • environmental disaster
  • plants
  • ecological disaster
  • global catastrophe

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