propaganda movie. even has nothing to do with the book.

I was really pleasantly surprised by this one after the first one was such a schlockbuster. Much more thoughtful, much more character-driven. Could have been a bit shorter, the pacing bogs down around the [spoiler]lunar crisis[/spoiler] in particular, that whole act would really have benefited from tighter editing. And it's sometimes hard to follow due to a combination of the subs translation not being perfect and some scenes moving too quickly to allow you time to figure out what said opaque subs actually mean. But once you get your head past the scientific absurdity of the premise, which is a dumb basis on which to criticise a film anyway, it's very enjoyable.

While sure, there is propaganda here, but let's be honest, which country did not use movies/films to push their own propaganda? Which country did not make themselves as the “heroes” or “better race”? Can you truly say that your local movie or film production companies are not guilty of it? In other words, let's put that aside and address the underlying “lessons”, if you will, of this story, and that is: humanity. Have we truly reached the point wherein we are capable of working together to save the only planet we have today? Or are we still the same humanity for the past centuries, and millennia, bent on conquering and destroying everyone else who doesn't subscribe to our own beliefs and political aspirations? It doesn't matter if you're American, Chinese, Japanese, British, Spaniard, French, German, Russian, it all applies to us, most especially the so-called “colonials” and “supreme race”. Where are we today? Do we really need to have these disasters to make us realise we need to work together as one humanity? We may not need to build 10,000 super engines today, but we do have global crises coming and trying to survive from. Yet, at the end of the day, if we are going to be honest with ourselves, it still boils down to “my country”, “my politics”, and “my money”, the rest can die in oblivion. The real deal here is that, no matter what our country is, no matter which nation we call home, no matter what our political stance is, we all want the same thing: to be with our families, survive, and give our children and children's children, a better life than what we've gone through. It's all about you and me, our life as human beings. Intelligent human beings. If we cannot re-learn this basic and fundamental lesson, then the human race here on Earth is doomed to fail, or to put another way, we are just delaying the inevitable. I'm not talking about globalisation or establishing a United Earth or Earth Union or whatever you want to call the one world government. Personally, I think we can keep our national identities without devolving into savage beasts thinking we're better than the other nations. We just need to realise that we all want the same thing, protection, and continuation of our own respective families. If we recognise this fundamental fact, I do believe we can live in peace with our neighbours. And this is what I think this movie wants to convey.

Again, not many reviews in IMDB/Trakt/Tomatoes with a score of 80! I went to watch it because of Andy Lau, not the score I didn't buy... and although it's a big ¥¥¥ production, the scenario has so many flaws both in the script and scientifically that it was more like watching a long sub-par Sci-fi movie. I feel It's some sort of PR job to proclaim “我们的人（China)...” saves the World. I would have preferred watching this later on my TV rather than paying that much at the Cinema. Note: acting was 'ok' for the Chinese actors but the foreigners are mostly those appearing in China productions so not the same expected level and made me chuckle a few times.

Update:The Wandering Earth III coming February 2027,so looking forward to seeing it! 👌