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Snowpiercer

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A post-apocalyptic ice age forces humanity's last survivors aboard a globe-spanning supertrain. One man (Chris Evans) will risk everything to lead a revolt for control of the engine and the future of the world.
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Snowpiercer offers an audaciously ambitious action spectacular for filmgoers numb to effects-driven blockbusters.

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J. Hoberman The New York Review of Books 03/28/2017
A madcap addition to the comic-book-derived movies that have dominated cinematic summer fare. Go to Full Review
David Sims The Atlantic 09/22/2016
That rare experience you don't get to have much in the summer anymore, a loud, clanging, original action flick that's grabbing you by the lapels and yelling in your ears. Go to Full Review
Jim Slotek Toronto Sun 01/02/2015
4.5/5
It's a wicked, violent parable, and one of the only movies of the summer worth talking about after the credits roll. Go to Full Review
Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson Jul 31
2/5
In the end, the vague weirdness and bad performances outweigh the the film's ambitious singularity, style points, and heady fiction. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Mar 2
3.5/4
A brainy bruiser that offers plenty of social commentary to go along with the exciting action. Go to Full Review
Chance Solem-Pfeifer Willamette Week Mar 1
Snowpiercer holds a violent thrill, a stomach plummet, and a soul-crashing revelation behind each new compartment door. Go to Full Review
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Madelynn H @Appleworm 1d It is hard to put my finger on how I feel about this movie. I spent the first half somewhat confused. Although it held my interest the entire time, I found myself feeling a bit hazy due to the indecisiveness of the plot and the constant jump around. There were times it felt like the writers would disregard the set "rules" of how the society they built functioned, just to drive forward a plot side-story that was never followed up on later. That being said, I thoroughly enjoyed the last half of the movie as well as the ending. I really liked the plot concept, even if the execution was sometimes a bit confusing for the viewer. Overall, I would recommend this movie to anyone that loves sci-fi, dystopian, or apocalyptic genres, as I think it was a really creative film that makes you think about the way we treat each other when life gets hard. See more Mohsen Q @MosesAyoub 2d Great movie that helped me shift my perspective on life and how the poor are exploited by the rich. ED Harris is a great actor, however Chris Evans outperformed everyone else in the cast in this movie 👍👍. Cant wait to see him win his Oscar one day See more Ville H @movienjoyer Jan 26 I watched the Snowpiercer series before this, and it was done much better. It is way more in depth and interesting about the whole storyline and concept, the actors and individual stories and mysteries go way more deeper and have more connection, charisma and different amazing personalities, they have just amazing chemistry together. And way higher production quality, for me this just felt like a bad spoiler in comparison. I would very highly suggest watching the series before this one, it's highly underrated in comparison. See more VITALII H @freakynickison Dec 27 What a movie! Why I never heard of it before? Where has it been the whole time? Omg, I can’t believe how good this movie actually is. Long story short: it’s based on the dystopian novel about the modern ice age and the only people that survived are on the never ending cycle of the train ride, yes they’re on the train that never stopped for the last 18 years. There are kids who never been outside. The train is divided by classes, last wagons having the worst conditions and less resources correspondingly the first wagon gets the best stuff. Ppl from the last wagon decided to rebel against the higher classes and boy oh boy what a ride! What I didn’t like: the ending (not spoiling), I was expecting more; at times it felt rushed, they tried so hard to compress everything into this one movie, honestly it should’ve been a 3 hour movie, in this case I would let that slide, because this story deserved more screen time and budget. Overall I’m quite surprised that I liked this. See more Jack F @MovieFan111 Nov 28 It's a great movie that you should most definitely watch. See more Benjamin H Aug 2 Claustrophobic, action-packed and tightly packaged, Snowpiercer starts off a bit wavy and some of its characters could have developed further, but it is a suspenseful picture that doesn't try too many things and delivers solid performances and a surprising amount of social commentary. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A post-apocalyptic ice age forces humanity's last survivors aboard a globe-spanning supertrain. One man (Chris Evans) will risk everything to lead a revolt for control of the engine and the future of the world.
Director
Bong Joon Ho
Producer
Jeong Tae-seong, Steven Nam, Park Chan-wook, Lee Taeheon
Screenwriter
Kelly Masterson
Distributor
Radius TWC
Production Co
Opus, Stillking Films, Moho Film, CJ Entertainment
Rating
R (Language|Drug Content|Violence)
Genre
Sci-Fi, Action, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 27, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 7, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$4.6M
Runtime
2h 5m
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