Iron Lung [Movie Review]

Iron Lung [Movie Review] | Intrigued that the film was still showing in cinemas after more than a month, I was surprised to realise I had never even heard of it before. I didn't even watch its trailer.

Curiosity got the better of me, so I decided to give it a go. A wise decision or a terrible one? 

SYNOPSIS

Iron Lung (2026) Trivia

• Starring: Mark "Markiplier" Fischbach, Caroline Kaplan, Troy Baker, Elsie Lovelock, Elle LaMont, Mick Lauer, Seán McLoughlin & Isaac McKee
• Director: Mark "Markiplier" Fischbach
• Producer: Will Hyde & Jeff Guerrero
• Production Company: Markiplier Studios
• Distributed by: Markiplier Studios
• Release date: January 30, 2026
• Running time: 125 minutes
• Rating: MA
• Country: United States
• Language: English
• IMDb: 6.5/ 10
• Tomatometer: 59%
• Metascore: 54%
• This is Mark Fischbach's feature film directorial debut. 
• Based on the 2022 video game of the same name.
• Within a week of its trailer release, the film expanded from just 60 theaters to over 1,500, supported by major chains like AMC Theatres, Regal Cinemas and Cinemark. 
• The film reportedly used about 80,000 gallons of fake blood, surpassing Evil Dead (2013)’s 70,000 gallons. 

Far in the future, something unexplainable happens. To be exact, the Quiet Rapture happened that causes the stars disappear. Planets vanish and the entire worlds blink out of existence as if the universe quietly erased them. Almost everyone on Earth is gone. The only survivors are those who happened to be away from the planet when it happened, scattered across distant stations and drifting ships. Ironically, the survivors happened to be the criminals of the worlds. 

Among the survivors is Simon, though survival might not be the right word for his situation. He is a convicted criminal, blamed for the destruction of a space station. Instead of a cell, he is given a mission to pilot a crude deep sea craft called SM-13. The crew calls it the Iron Lung. If he completes the job, he walks free.

The submarine is little more than a metal coffin that is welded shut with no windows. The only way Simon can see outside is through a camera that captures grainy still images. His destination is a moon covered by an ocean made entirely of blood.

During the descent, the sensors begin to detect movement outside the hull. Simon snaps photographs and discovers a skeleton resting on the ocean floor. The crew pulls him back up to examine the images. Instead of ending the mission, they send him back down to retrieve a sample.

Simon grows angry and desperate. He tries to force their attention using the camera. That decision makes things worse. The commander informs him the device is not a normal camera. It works like an X-ray machine. Every time he used it, the radiation blasted the crew outside the submarine.

Things unravel quickly. Simon finds audio logs left by another pilot, proof that he was never the first person sent down. Something else is alive in the blood ocean. The submarine begins leaking strange liquid. Simon blacks out while retrieving the sample and wakes to signs that something has moved around his vessel.

Reality begins to slip and hallucinations creep in. A wrecked submarine appears in the darkness. A mysterious voice speaks about a divine light beneath the ocean.

When Simon finally reaches the wreck and unlocks its data, the truth surfaces. The ocean is made from human blood. And somewhere beneath miles of blood, there may be something ancient waiting in the dark.

Do humanity really wants to find out the creature from the bottom of that ocean?

MY REVIEW

What I Like:  

• I don't know whether this is good or bad, but the movie unlocks new phobia in me - the set really made me feel claustrophobic.  

What I Don't Like:

• Very slow burn and little script.
• Truth be told - I fell asleep a few times along the movie.

Will I Watch It Again: No, thanks. 

Overall: 3.6/ 5.0

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