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title: "Iron Lung (2026) review"
description: "Impressive that this exists. Frustrating to sit through."
url: https://www.joekarlsson.com/reviews/iron-lung/
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# Iron Lung (2026)

Jun 7, 2026 | Rated 2 out of 5 | Dir. Mark Fischbach

Impressive that this exists. Frustrating to sit through.

First of all, it’s way too fucking long. For a single-set film like this, it should have been a tight 90 minutes. Instead it drags, super heavy on lore for no reason - feels like it’s trying to expand the world at the expense of telling an interesting story.

The thing is, I do like the lore. A cosmic level extinction event, existential themes in a sci-fi setting - that’s exactly what I fucking love. But it’s not scary, not particularly compelling, and not told in a super interesting way. I think it would have worked if it was a little bigger in scope and a lot shorter in runtime.

Hats off to Markiplier for making this happen though. It’s impressive regardless of my thoughts on the final product.

Also on [Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/joekarlsson/film/iron-lung/)

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