Wow. This movie is really depressing. If you're going to watching it, I would not recommend doing anything vaguely negative the rest of the day.
Snowpiercer is a post-apocalyptic story about a train carrying all of what remains of the human race after a failed global warming experiment freezes the planet. At the front of the train is a near-Utopian society, where passengers can get almost everything that they want. However, the further you go towards the back, the more impoverished it becomes and a class society forms. A citizen of the tail of the train, Curtis (Chris Evans), stages a revolt to equalize the power on the train.
The film's violence is really over-the-top and is probably my least favorite part of the film. They could of done a lot less of the blood and gore and still had a good movie.
Everything else, however, is well above average. It's a very provocative film politically, with a lot of moral questions front and center.
The acting is superb, from the lead in Chris Evans to the supporting cast of actors not only from the US but also Korean and European actors. Chris Evans gives in my opinion the best performance in a role that is at times hard and gritty but at others very touching.
It's a very serious and dark movie. The days have past when even the most serious movies would crack a joke or two, this movie is incredibly hard core and no-nonsense. I would consider this movie in the same category as Blade Runner in that it's very serious and violent.
Overall: 3.5 out of four stars. If you can stand the gory, on-screen violence, it's a provocative and interesting film.
Reference scale:
Blade Runner < Snowpiercer < Looper
Have you seen Snowpiercer? What did you think? Comment below!
The film's violence is really over-the-top and is probably my least favorite part of the film. They could of done a lot less of the blood and gore and still had a good movie.
Everything else, however, is well above average. It's a very provocative film politically, with a lot of moral questions front and center.
The acting is superb, from the lead in Chris Evans to the supporting cast of actors not only from the US but also Korean and European actors. Chris Evans gives in my opinion the best performance in a role that is at times hard and gritty but at others very touching.
It's a very serious and dark movie. The days have past when even the most serious movies would crack a joke or two, this movie is incredibly hard core and no-nonsense. I would consider this movie in the same category as Blade Runner in that it's very serious and violent.
Overall: 3.5 out of four stars. If you can stand the gory, on-screen violence, it's a provocative and interesting film.
Reference scale:
Blade Runner < Snowpiercer < Looper
Have you seen Snowpiercer? What did you think? Comment below!
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