China 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.
Audience Engagement
121 audience reviews — more than 79% of China films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 91th percentile among China films.
The 2020–2022 China Window
Restart the Earth holds position #107 of 181 China films in the 2020–2022 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2020s China Landscape
2021 was the decade’s peak output year for China — 83 titles released, including Restart the Earth. Bars below show how the 2020s stacked up year by year (216 total).
Science Fiction + Horror in China
6 China titles in our catalog blend the Science Fiction and Horror genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Restart the Earth itself).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 82 other China films in 2021.
The 847th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Restart the Earth, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- dangerous mission · 2
- environmental disaster · 2
- plants · 2
- ecological disaster · 2
- global catastrophe · 1
Reception Benchmarks
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 |