Liu Lang Di Qiu (aka The Wandering Earth) (2019)

Set in the far future, the sun is fading away and mankind (much of whom have already perished) has moved underground. World leaders have united in an ambitious project to relocate Earth to another solar system in an effort to save mankind but that project will take thousands of years. Meanwhile, Earth is under the gravitational pull of Jupiter and it's only a matter of days before it collides. Based on the novel by Liu Cixin and directed by Frant Gwo. A massive hit in China, the film is being released internationally in the hopes of duplicating its success in China. Unfortunately, the print I saw (and I saw it in a large first run theatre) had small white subtitles that made it difficult to read especially since much of the background is light in color (lots of snow). To make matters worse, they zipped by so quickly that I barely had time to read them before another subtitle zipped on the screen! That aside, it's a bit more intelligent than the usual sci-fi Hollywood blockbuster although there isn't much in the way of character development though the film did manage to get my eyes to water up at the final goodbye of an astronaut father (Wu Jing) in space to his adult son (Qu Chuxiao) that he hasn't seen in 14 years. Being a Chinese (a socialist republic) movie, the film emphasizes self sacrifice and working together for the good of all. I was entertained but hopefully the subtitle problem will be remedied in any future transfers. With Ng Man Tat, Zhao Jinmai, Mike Sui and Arkady Sharogradsky.