I rather enjoyed the 2019 movie "Liu Lang Di Qiu" (aka "The Wandering Earth") and definitely had to sit down and watch this 2023 sequel from directors Frant Gwo and Erlendur Sveinsson. Actually I didn't even know that they were making a sequel, so as I stumbled upon it and saw that it was a sequel and it had Andy Lau on the cast list, of course I had to watch it.
"Liu Lang Di Qiu 2" (aka "The Wandering Earth II"), from writers Yang Zhixue, Gong Geer, Frant Gwo and Ruchang Ye, just went above and beyond a plausible storyline. This was science fiction in the grandest of scales. The storyline that the four writers managed to concoct was so far out there that it just caused me to laugh and shake my head in disbelief. There were so many things that made zero factual sense in the events that took place throughout the course of the 173 minutes.
However, I have to say that with the storyline that I found to be utter rubbish and laughable, then it was just downright difficult to take "Liu Lang Di Qiu 2" serious. Yet, I still managed to sit through the entire 173 minutes that the movie ran for. Why? Well, solely because I wanted to finish it and also because of the special effects.
Sure, the acting performances in "Liu Lang Di Qiu 2" were good, and they had a good cast ensemble, with the likes of Andy Lau, Jing Wu and others.
Visually then "Liu Lang Di Qiu 2" was impressive. The special effects and CGI looked really good, and despite of the dumpster fire storyline, then the special effects actually made the movie bearable to sit through. So this movie managed to accomplish keeping the movie afloat while the storyline was flushed down the drain.
"Liu Lang Di Qiu 2" in comparison to the 2019 "Liu Lang Di Qiu" movie was just a swing and a miss. I had expect so much more from directors Frant Gwo and Erlendur Sveinsson, because the first movie was really enjoyable and entertaining. Where as "Liu Lang Di Qiu 2" was literally rubbish wrapped in grand special effects. It really was a major disappointing movie, and one that I will never return to watch a second time.
My rating of "Liu Lang Di Qiu 2" lands on a very, very generous four out of ten stars, and that is based on the production value, the acting performance and the special effects, and most certainly not because of the storyline.
"Liu Lang Di Qiu 2" (aka "The Wandering Earth II"), from writers Yang Zhixue, Gong Geer, Frant Gwo and Ruchang Ye, just went above and beyond a plausible storyline. This was science fiction in the grandest of scales. The storyline that the four writers managed to concoct was so far out there that it just caused me to laugh and shake my head in disbelief. There were so many things that made zero factual sense in the events that took place throughout the course of the 173 minutes.
However, I have to say that with the storyline that I found to be utter rubbish and laughable, then it was just downright difficult to take "Liu Lang Di Qiu 2" serious. Yet, I still managed to sit through the entire 173 minutes that the movie ran for. Why? Well, solely because I wanted to finish it and also because of the special effects.
Sure, the acting performances in "Liu Lang Di Qiu 2" were good, and they had a good cast ensemble, with the likes of Andy Lau, Jing Wu and others.
Visually then "Liu Lang Di Qiu 2" was impressive. The special effects and CGI looked really good, and despite of the dumpster fire storyline, then the special effects actually made the movie bearable to sit through. So this movie managed to accomplish keeping the movie afloat while the storyline was flushed down the drain.
"Liu Lang Di Qiu 2" in comparison to the 2019 "Liu Lang Di Qiu" movie was just a swing and a miss. I had expect so much more from directors Frant Gwo and Erlendur Sveinsson, because the first movie was really enjoyable and entertaining. Where as "Liu Lang Di Qiu 2" was literally rubbish wrapped in grand special effects. It really was a major disappointing movie, and one that I will never return to watch a second time.
My rating of "Liu Lang Di Qiu 2" lands on a very, very generous four out of ten stars, and that is based on the production value, the acting performance and the special effects, and most certainly not because of the storyline.