Escape from the 21st Century
2024 · Movie · 98 min · ★ 6.9
Three friends learn they can jump 20 years into the future whenever they sneeze, turning a weird discovery into a chaotic adventure. What starts as curiosity becomes a race to change what lies ahead, as they face hard truths about growing up, friendship, and responsibility.
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Details
- Original title
- 从21世纪安全撤离
- Years
- 2024
- Release date
- 2024-07-18
- Language
- Chinese
- Runtime
- 98 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (118 votes)
- Box office
- $15,790,467
About
You may enjoy this if you like wild, fast-moving sci-fi comedies with big emotion and absurd humor, especially in the vein of Men in Black 3 or Meet Cute; Not for you if you want a simple, grounded story.
Pros: inventive time-travel hook; funny and heartfelt; energetic style | Cons: can feel overwhelming; messy story turns; too much going on
Themes
- time travel
- grand
- absurd
Cast & crew
Zhang Ruoyun
as Wang Zha
Zhong Chuxi
as Liu Lianzhi
Song Yang
as Wang Chengyong
Wu Xiaoliang
as Han Guang
Zhu Yanmanzi
as Yang Yi
Leon Lee
as Bubble / Paopao
Wen Zhengrong
as San
Shi Liang
as Wang Chengyong's Father
Chen Yichen
as Young Wang Zha
Li Zhuozhao
as Young Wang Chengyong
Directed by Li Yang