"Something weird struck me early on while watching the movie Iron Lung, which has so far taken $32m at the box office, despite being a grungy low-budget sci-fi thriller adapted from an independent video game few people outside of the horror gaming community have even heard of. Set after a galactic apocalypse, it follows a convict who must buy his freedom by piloting a rusty submarine through an ocean of human blood on a distant planet."
"The weird part is that watching the film Iron Lung feels like watching Fischbach play Iron Lung the game. Maybe it's the fact that he spends most of the movie sitting at the sub's controls, trying to figure out how to use them correctly like a gamer would. Maybe it's that, as the film progresses, he has to solve a series of environmental puzzles linked by various codes, computer read-outs and little injections of narrative just like in a video game."
Iron Lung is a low-budget sci-fi thriller adapted from an indie horror video game and has grossed $32m. The plot is set after a galactic apocalypse and follows a convict who must buy his freedom by piloting a rusty submarine through an ocean of human blood in search of relics that could aid scientific research. The film was written, directed, financed and starring YouTube gaming star Markiplier. Long stretches depict procedural problem-solving: operating controls, decoding read-outs, and solving environmental puzzles. The cinematic pacing and close-ups on the protagonist's puzzled face create a metatextual feeling akin to watching gameplay, blending game logic into film form.
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