History Film / TheWanderingEarth

A prequel, ''The Wandering Earth 2'', starring Creator/AndyLau and Wu Jing was released in 2023. The end credits also pay tribute to Ng Man-tat, who had passed away in February 2021.

''The Wandering Earth'' (Chinese: 流浪地球, Pinyin: Liúlàng Dìqiú) is a 2019 live-action science fiction film directed by Frant Gwo, based on the novella by Liu Cixin, and starring Creator/WuJing. It is currently in the top ten highest-grossing non-English films.

A prequel, ''The Wandering Earth 2'' was released in 2023.

* ComputerEqualsMonitor: In a way. MOSS is the space station's A.I., but primarily communicates through various box-shaped "heads" throughout the station that each bear a single eye. When Liu Peiqiang reaches the command module, MOSS has a "head" in there berating him for breaking protocol. He immediately "decapitates" it with a thrown air canister, which manages to shut it up. Naturally, only takes a few moments for MOSS to lower a replacement "head" in the exact same position its old one was in.

%%* TheSmartGuy: Li Yiyi and He Lianke.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Though he grows closer with the siblings and proves himself a valuable ally in his own way, [[spoiler:Tim]] is absent from the epilogue of the film, presumably returning to civilian life.

* ComputerEqualsMonitor: In a way. MOSS is the space station's A.I., but primarily communicates through various box-shaped "heads" throughout the station that each a single eye. When Liu Peiqiang reaches the command module, MOSS has a "head" in there berating him for breaking protocol. He immediately "decapitates" it with a thrown air canister, which manages to shut it up. Naturally, only takes a few moments for MOSS to lower a replacement "head" in the exact same position its old one was in.

* DiedStandingUp: One small team of three is seen frozen in a walking position, having succumbed to the sheer cold while transporting a lighter core. Justified in that they are completely encased in ice, so that they continue to be held up.

* ExactTimeToFailure: MOSS states that it will initiate a countdown in the final few seconds before Earth is disintegrated by Jupiter's gravity. [[spoiler: Ultimately, however, no such countdown actually happens.]]

%%* GondorCallsForAid: Han Duoduo does this near the end of the movie.

* TheMedic: Zhou Qian has a pouch with a Red Cross icon and several vial-like cylinders on her belt (possibly adrenaline shots), and she is shown performing CPR on Huang Ming.

* TheMedic: Zhou Qian has a pouch with a Red Cross icon and several vial-like cylinders on her belt, suggesting that she plays this role.

* ChekhovsGun: Early in the movie, when threatened by Brother Yi, Liu Qi uses an inflatable sphere to slow him down. He is shown to have several of these on his suit. [[spoiler: Near the end of the movie, it is revealed that this sphere is a protective bubble-type piece of equipment, which saves his life when it allows him to land safely (if a bit roughed up) and protects him from debris after a great fall .]]

''The Wandering Earth'' (Chinese: 流浪地球, Pinyin: Liúlàng Dìqiú) is a 2019 live-action science fiction film directed by Frant Gwo, based on the novella by Liu Cixin, and starring Creator/WuJing. It is currently the second highest-grossing non-English film, surpassed only by ''Wolf Warrior 2''.

* TheSmartGuy: Li Yiyi and He Lianke.
* SignatureScene: The Earth cruising through space. Also, Jupiter looming over the Earth, the enormous gas giant taking up the entirety of the sky.

* AlienLunch: People underground eat flavored earthworms.

* WhiteAndGreyMorality: [[spoiler: Though MOSS is the closest thing to a BigBad in the film, it is simply acting on orders given by the United Earth Government, the members of which are only choosing to abandon Earth to ensure human survival - a difficult decision for sure. They eventually decide to save Earth instead.]]

* HollywoodScience: Has this in spades. Reviewers like Creator/BobChipman have mentioned that the plot is as scientifically sound as that of ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' (which is famously used by NASA as a litmus test of how ''much'' Hollywood screws up).

* ArcNumber: For anyone outside China, Rescue team's sequence [=CN171-11=] is an reference to a real-life rescue team flying a Mi-171 helicopter who gave their lives rescueing people from the Grand Earthquake of Wenchuan in 2008, 11 years until the film's debut.