Restart the Earth

Restart the Earth

Directed by Lin Zhenzhao

Produced by Zhong Lele Pictures

202189 min6.7 / 10

A high-stakes survival thriller where humanity battles a sentient botanical catastrophe, anchored by a father-daughter bond amid ecological collapse.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is Restart the Earth easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is Restart the Earth scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.

  • Is Restart the Earth violent? Somewhat. More violent than 71% of films.

  • Is Restart the Earth sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

  • Does Restart the Earth end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

59/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity54

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise68

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love55

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Restart the Earth

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Restart the Earth

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Restart the Earth, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Restart the Earth, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Restart the Earth, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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