Markiplier's Indie Space Horror Iron Lung: Ambition Over Spectacle

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Independently financed Iron Lung, an adaptation of Dave Szymanski’s space-submarine game, is written/directed/starring Mark Fischbach (Markiplier) and plays like a tense radio play rather than a spectacle, offering atmosphere over action. While it marks a bold entrepreneurial leap and hints at Markiplier’s move into feature filmmaking, it struggles to sustain two hours and can’t convincingly carry the dramatic load despite the fanfare.
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