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Iron Lung

2026 2h 5m
Horror Mystery Science Fiction
MOVIEVIBE Rating
6.9/10
421 reviews
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Iron Lung

In a post-apocalyptic future where an event known as "The Quiet Rapture" caused all known stars and habitable planets in the universe to disappear, a convict is sent to search an ocean of blood discovered on a desolate moon, using a small submarine nicknamed the "Iron Lung".

"This is not an expedition. It's an execution."

Top Billed Cast

Mark Fischbach
Mark Fischbach
Simon
Caroline Kaplan
Caroline Kaplan
Ava
Troy Baker
Troy Baker
David
Elsie Lovelock
Elsie Lovelock
SM-8 Research Lead / The Speaker (voice)
Elle LaMont
Elle LaMont
SM-8 Research Assistant / The Whisper (voice)
Mick Lauer
Mick Lauer
The Guy Who Told You to Cross the Wires (voice)
Dave Pettitt
Dave Pettitt
The Father
Holt Boggs
Holt Boggs
Eden Soldier

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

C Chris Sawin Verified TMDB Critic
2026-02-06

The film’s slow burn wouldn’t feel so staggering if it built to something wholly worthwhile. The blood, hallucinations, and sea creature are all great, but they’re too fleeting to make a lasting impact. Iron Lung promises something grand and cosmic, but its climactic reveal is abrupt, with few scares and only a brief glimpse of the monster. Ultimately, it’s two hours of tension that end in a bloody yet unsatisfying climax.

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C CinemaSerf Verified TMDB Critic
2026-02-08

This time, it’s a “quiet rapture” that has caused mankind’s latest apocalypse, and so for the next couple of hours we spend time with a convict (Mark Fischbach) submersed in a vast and deep ocean of blood. He has been welded into a rust-bucket that has seen better days and with the windows sealed for his safety, he is informed of his mission only by instructions from the surface as he searches for the resources humanity desperately needs to survive. If he fulfils his task, he is to be pardoned and freed, but as his journey continues and his ship begins to fail, then truths he (and we) ...

L larz9 Verified TMDB Critic
2026-05-30

Without a doubt a colossal waste of time. Unengaging, scattered writing and zero payoff at the end. We follow a convicted criminal's journey through unknown territory in a steel can with near zero context and simply follow a guy gradually losing his mind in the most uninteresting way, leading the viewer to absolutely nowhere after being absolutely everywhere all at once.

If anyone were to ask me if they should watch it, my answer is definitely more direct than the supposed "answer" in the movie: Hell no!...

S Sierbahnn Verified TMDB Critic
2026-06-05

Interesting but somewhat incoherent
Adapting games to movies is hard, and this movie does this better than most. However, the game being adapted is a peculiar one, and it lends its air of peculiarity to the movie as well. It is a tight and spooky premise, and I am sure that if you have played the game you will get more out of it than someone who has not, but it becomes strangely rambling at times, possibly because the underlying narrative is so dense that the adaptation could not quite pierce it. It is a good movie, just a bit of a slog, at times....