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Restart the Earth
Movie

Restart the Earth

2021 • Unknown

Woke Score
2
out of 10

Plot

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.

Overall Series Review

Restart the Earth is a Chinese-made sci-fi disaster film centered on a mission to save humanity from a planetary takeover by sentient, mutated flora. The narrative focuses on a widowed engineer father and his young daughter, who join a Chinese task force for a mission to inject an antidote into the plant's core. The movie presents a straightforward action-adventure with a strong emphasis on heroism, self-sacrifice for the collective, and a distinctly national-centric pride in its task force's ability to lead the global effort. The themes revolve around human ingenuity versus nature and the primal bond of family. The film does not engage with any of the primary tenets of the 'woke mind virus,' instead promoting a classic heroic structure, traditional family unit, and a celebration of the national effort.

Categorical Breakdown

Identity Politics2/10

The film centers on a Chinese task force leading a global effort, presenting a nationalistic heroic narrative. The cast is entirely Chinese, and there is no vilification of 'whiteness' or forced insertion of Western-style intersectional diversity. Characters are defined by their engineering skill or military training, aligning with a universal meritocratic approach to the mission.

Oikophobia2/10

The plot involves a global catastrophe caused by a human experiment intended to combat environmental issues, suggesting a failure of unchecked human science. However, the core narrative is a celebration of human intelligence, technology, and collective will to conquer the runaway natural threat. The Chinese military and technical skill are portrayed as the primary shield protecting humanity, which is the antithesis of civilizational self-hatred.

Feminism2/10

The core of the story is the protective relationship between a widowed father and his daughter. The male protagonist is defined by his protective masculinity, heroic self-sacrifice, and engineering skill. Female characters are part of the military team but the overall dynamic is not dominated by the 'Girl Boss' trope or the emasculation of men. The emphasis on the father-daughter family unit contradicts anti-natalist messaging.

LGBTQ+1/10

The movie contains no discernible content related to sexual ideology, alternative sexualities, or queer theory. The central family unit is the traditional pairing of a protective father and his daughter, with no deconstruction of this normative structure.

Anti-Theism1/10

The story is a pure science-fiction disaster film with the conflict being human ingenuity versus a mutated natural environment. There is no presence of traditional religion, specifically Christianity, and therefore no opportunity to vilify it. Morality is framed around existential survival and heroic duty to humanity, which acknowledges an objective higher purpose (saving the species) without referencing a spiritual vacuum.