2013 Directed by Bong Joon-ho
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
Chris Evans Song Kang-ho Ed Harris John Hurt Tilda Swinton Jamie Bell Octavia Spencer Ewen Bremner Ko Ah-sung Alison Pill Luke Pasqualino Vlad Ivanov Adnan Haskovic Emma Levie Steve Park Clark Middleton Marcanthonee Reis Paul Lazar Tómas Lemarquis Kenny Doughty Robert Russell Magda Weigertová Jim High Peter Hallin Haruna Honcoopova Ana Braun Griffin Seymour Tyler Williams Luna Sophia Bar-Cohen Show All…
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Civilization has gone to shit. It's too cold to survive due to extremely bad weather. Humanity has been reduced to a train. The train has a class system of its own that is heavily divided between the rich and the poor. The rich prey on the poor in many ways. When enough is enough Captain America leads a ragtag group of rebels to the front of the train in Joon-ho Bong's English language debut. Al Gore was right? Chris Evans's beanie. Handy hands. Pound down. Spud? The Help. Billy Elliot's ears. Wearing yellow makes you look even fatter. Snow torture. Tilda's teeth. Hammer time. John Hurt is the shit. Extreme Russian Roulette. Parkour? The Weird without The Good and The…
I remember years ago when this movie was announced and the fact that Tilda Swinton and Song Kang-ho were going to star in the first English-language film by Bong Joon-ho; I was elated because I LOVE all three people.
Yesterday as I was watching it, I was elated because the movie was phenomenal. The excitement and suspense I experienced had me on edge for the entire running time. Before the movie started I felt a little apprehensive about Chris Evans but it was completely unfounded because he held his own alongside some of my favorite actors. It was also an absolute treat to see Ko Ah-sung again, because I haven't seen her in anything since The Host.
I loved Snowpiercer so much that I unfriended someone on Facebook for saying really hateful, dismissive things about the movie (admittedly, the person was already hanging by their last thread in regards to my patience though, so I'm not completely unreasonable, right?).
Snowpiercer is dense, more so than I had anticipated, its plot initially fuelled by the heated emotions that run through the titular train’s lowest class culture, a desperation for a revolution, to finally end the suffering that has plagued them for 17 years. Its tail to head journey is led by the headstrong Curtis (Chris Evans), radiating leadership and intelligence, appointed by the people as their front in their trials towards the engine, which is manufactured and controlled by a man named Wilford (Ed Harris), a visionary who saw the end of our world in the horizon, constructing a train that is capable of self-sustainment and endurance from the harsh cold climate that exists beyond the train’s walls.
In its…
Snowpiercer is a film that manages to stay on track for most of its bloated running time, only to steam ahead towards an inevitable derailment.
Right, now that I've got all the train related puns out of the way, let's talk about this wonderful mess of a film.
As ridiculous as the premise is, Joon-ho Bong's film is fiercely dedicated to it. It starts of with a grimy, disgusting view of life in the tail end of the train that holds the last of humanity. We quickly meet the archetypes required for a story like this. The reluctant hero, the old wise man, the young dog, they're all there. But the way we are introduced to them is where the…
Probably one of the best contemporary films about classism, driven by an overarching metaphor/microcosm for both the present and the future. All of the performances are great, as well as the direction, cinematography, and editing being superb. This is the kind of film that I would classify as being important, the kind of film that young adults should watch and learn from. Better yet, it has an appeal for all audiences, because of the fact that it works quite well as both an allegorical film for art-house audiences, and a brilliant action movie for those in seek of top-notch, clever entertainment. It's not a horror movie, but it is a scary one, for it reeks of the truth living within…
One of the weirdest dystopian worlds I have seen with many great actors and weird humor.
I like the concept very much and wanted to watch this film for years. The only thing that bugs me is the end. Too simple. Just too simple
A good sci Fi dystopian story about a train rocketing through the frozen lands of earth. The train is divided like society now, with the slums at the caboose and the luxury at the engine. While not incredibly original with its themes and ideas it does them with clarity and is very entertaining. Chris does a good job with his character but my favourite was of course the wire man guy with the smokes. 3 stars
Nothing worse than a well directed great concept weighed down by bad writing, a TON of plot conveniences, and mostly bad acting.
idk how to feel about this. on one hand, the cinematography is cool, and the concept is really interesting, and the acting is really good (chris evans smoking the world's last cigarette ? im shaking), but honestly, i was kind of bored for a lot of the movie. i think the it could be cut down by 20-30 minutes.
that said, tilda swinton has so much raw fucking power that she could kill us all if she wanted
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