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Restart the Earth

2021 · 89 min

A pulpy, fast-moving creature-feature ride where creeping greenery turns the world hostile and a desperate mission keeps the pressure on.

Directed by
Lin Zhenzhao
Genres
Science fiction, Horror, Action
Starring
He Shengming, Luo Mi, Michelle Ye Xuan
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Lin Zhenzhao
Genres
Science fiction, Horror, Action
Starring
He Shengming, Luo Mi, Michelle Ye Xuan
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • environment
  • family
  • parenthood
  • science
Places
  • big city
  • wilderness
Era
near-future
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror5
Humour2
Realism4
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
science fiction, horror, action
Directed by
Lin Zhenzhao
Written by
Lin Zhenzhao
Starring
He Shengming, Luo Mi, Michelle Ye Xuan, Yu Rongguang, Li Ning, Zhang Mingcan, Li Ruoxi, Huang Kai-Lun
Runtime
89 min
Country
China
Languages
Mandarin

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