Free Man (2024): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2024, Free Man is a science fiction, action and horror film directed by Li Chengda, running about 70 minutes.

What it’s about. “Free Man” tells the story of the international rescue and search and rescue team ‘Free Men’, which consists of Chinese people, who are involved in rescue. After a mission, the team receives a new commission. Through investigation, Hua Zi, a member of the team, realizes that the mission may be dangerous and disagrees with it, but Luo Fengfeng, the captain of the team, believes that rescuing in the limit, creating possibilities in the impossibility, and doing one's best to save each and every life is the original purpose of the team's establishment. With this belief, a few people embarked on a life-fighting rescue. In this rescue, everyone is striving for life, not giving up on themselves and anyone who needs them. The search and rescue team enters the base underneath and encounters many attacks by mutated monsters.

Who’s in it. Free Man stars Han Mingxi as Luo Feng, Qiao Yaona as Qiao An, Zhu Ya as Xue Yao and Shaoyun Wang as Hua Zi.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.0/10, Free Man has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Free Man page.

If you liked it. Fans of Free Man tend to enjoy Inception, Interstellar, The Empire Strikes Back and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.