Snowpiercer
Futuristic sci-fi actioner from Bong Joon-Ho (The Host), starring Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, Octavia Spencer and Ed Harris. In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on Earth, a class system evolves among the few survivors aboard the Snowpiercer - a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine. Based on French comic Le Transperceneige.
2013Rating: MA15+, Strong themes and violence126 minsSouth Korea, USA, France
ActionDramaScience Fiction
- Director:
- Bong Joon-ho ('Mother', 'The Host')
- Writer:
- Bong Joon-hoKelly Masterson
- Cast:
- Chris EvansAlison PillJamie BellTilda SwintonJohn HurtEd HarrisOctavia SpencerEwen Bremner
Snowpiercer / Reviews
The New York Times
Planetary destruction and human extinction happen a half-dozen times every summer. It's rarely this refreshing, though.
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The Guardian
Works brilliantly, the sum of extremely disparate parts that adds up to cinematic excellence.
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The Dissolve
Projecting the problems of today into a science-fiction tomorrow, this also ties them to a compelling story that keeps shifting under its characters' feet.
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Hollywood Reporter
An intellectually and artistically superior vehicle to many of the end-of-days futuristic action thrillers out there.
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