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May 7, 2026
6
Why is this considered an above average movie completely blows my mind. Yes, political.
Yes, dark comedy. But it's nothing more than a well made action flick, not far away your standard Steven Segal or Van Damn movie. Worth watchin? Yes.
Masterpiece? Abaolutely not.
Apr 9, 2026
5
İlk izlediğimde daha keyif almıştım. Son izlememde ortalama seviyede bir yapım olduğuna karar kıldım...
Jan 21, 2026
8
The rhythmic machinery of a frozen uprising: A 4.0-star "sensational" surge of protein-fueled rebellion.2013 (4.0)I watched "Snowpiercer" in the theater in 2013, and it remains a visceral 4.0-star "revelation" in my archive—a high-tension masterpiece that **** the fourth wall of Korean cinema by deploying a global cast in a dystopian, rhythmic cage. The pre-release hype on SNS was 100% justified, especially the "vivid" presence of Tilda Swinton, whom I had adored since her "raw" energy in "Constantine." The experience was far from "stagnant"; following the crowd’s advice, I entered the theater with two "****" (red bean jelly) bars, ready to sync my sensory rhythm with the film. However, the narrative rhythm delivered a "raw" and shocking blow that left me in a state of absolute "hororong" as the "pathetic" truth behind the protein blocks was revealed. Seeing the "vivid" machinery of the tail section revolt against the "stagnant" luxury of the front cars provided a "sensational" emotional payoff, though the realization of what I was eating made me freeze in "raw" disbelief. The 95% preservation of my memory is dominated by the high-tension transition between the dark tail and the rhythmic greenhouse, creating a permanent, "sensational" scar of "human distrust" on my soul. Unlike the "stagnant" 2.0-star action of "Die Hard," this theatrical encounter possessed a rebellious and "vivid" soul that transformed a simple snack into a "pathetic" symbol of class struggle. It stands in my 2013 record as a powerful 4.0-star testament to the "raw" power of Bong Joon-ho's vision—a high-tension encounter with the "vivid" cruelty of survival that remains one of the most "sensational" and "chewy" artifacts of my cinematic journey.
Dec 14, 2025
8
Watched Snowpiercer with Chris Evans(Sunshine,Captain America: The First Avenger) as Curtis Everett ,Song Kang-Ho(Hindsight) as Namgoong Misoo , Jamie Bell(2005 King Kong) as Edgar ,John Hurt(Alien,V For Vendetta) as Gilliam ,Tilda Swinton(The Grand Budapest Hotel) as Minister Mason ,Octavia Spencer(The Help) as Tanya, Gho Ah-Sung(The Host) as Namgoog Yuna Vlad Ivanov(In The Fog), Franco The Elder and Ed Harris(The Abyss) as Wilford . Snowpiercer imagines a post-apocalyptic world where a failed SAI climate solution freezes the planet, forcing the remnants of humanity to survive aboard a perpetually moving train. Director Bong Joon-ho turns this setup into a brutal, tightly contained allegory for class struggle, with the elite living in luxury at the front and the oppressed packed into misery at the **** film doesn’t shy away from dark truths: the lower class’s descent into cannibalism, Curtis’s deep guilt over survival, and a revolution that comes at an unbearable cost. The journey from the tail to the engine is both literal and symbolic, making the train a metal microcosm of humanity at its worst. Bong’s sharp direction blends bleak drama with mild satire, delivering heavy political themes—capitalism, exploitation, and systemic control—without losing momentum.Unlike Mad Max, there are no scattered tribes or warlords here; everything is concentrated, controlled, and suffocating. Based on the graphic novel Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand, and Jean-Marc Rochette, the film proves that graphic novels can be just as powerful a foundation for great sci-fi as traditional novels. Ranked #48 on Empire’s Top 50 Sci-Fi Films, Snowpiercer is an exceptional “bottle movie” and a chilling warning about capitalism’s dangers in a post-apocalyptic society .Music By Marco Beltrami(3:10 To Yuma, The Wolverine), ,Cinematography By Hong Kyung-pyo (Champion) and Direction By Bong Jong-Ho (Mother) . an exceptional “bottle movie” and a chilling warning about capitalism’s dangers in a post-apocalyptic society 8/10
May 18, 2025
0
Worst Movie I've ever seen. It's a complete mystery to me how this mind numbing piece of a "movie" can have such good ratings. Please for the love of god delete this movie from my brain and give me my 2h back.
Apr 24, 2025
6
The story is very particular and well developed from beginning to end. The tone and atmosphere of the film are very well developed and create suspense from beginning to end, with a conclusion in line with the tone of the whole film. Perhaps it accelerates the narration a little too much in its second part where the plot goes faster than the first part which instead had a more effective narration
Sep 26, 2024
5
Not a very good movie that pulls out a good ending. The shootout scenes looked terrible.
Sep 15, 2024
8
Seventeen years after the fall of civilization and the onset of a man-made ice age, the last remnants of the human race struggle to coexist aboard a very long, class-segregated passenger train. It's a real love-it-or-hate-it dose of science fiction crazy. If you can look past the miles of odd, glaring holes spattering the plot and appreciate the sheer, raw, carefree conceptual strength, Snowpiercer is easy to embrace. On the other hand, if you're the type that can't stop picking at loose threads, the whole fabric is bound to fall apart. I usually find myself somewhere in between those two extremes, but during Snowpiercer I was able to silence the critic in the back of my head long enough to enjoy the ride. And it's quite the experience, brimming with blunt (yet strangely charming) metaphors and social commentaries, abrupt, brutal doses of gang warfare and all manner of high-concept weirdness. It's an especially well-realized nightmare, too, with a rapidly-shifting visual style, effective matching changes in the cinematography and constant, subtle background reminders of the strange setting. The plot does have its struggles, most of which probably could have been tidied by an attentive editor, but at the end of the day that kind of reckless disregard for the rules serves to make it even more unpredictable and fascinating. Very dark, especially in the **** of a third act, it's as fresh a spectacle as I've seen in quite a while.
Aug 28, 2024
10
An unbridled masterpiece from the dome of a mad genius. A mysterious and engaging premise is carried by a swift pace and perfectly timed revelations. The action scenes are thrilling, with one shot so exciting I leapt out of my chair and yelled at the sky. An absolute banger of a cast. Every performer brings their A-game and disappears into their role and the surrounding world. Chris Evans, right in the middle of his fantastic run as Captain America, delivers a career-highlight as this poor sot tasked with leading a ragtag group of rebels against nigh impossible odds. Evans' monologue near the end of the film - you'll know the one - left my jaw on the floor and cemented him as an all-time great performer for me. Song Kang-ho in a Bong Joon-ho movie is predictably awesome. Alison Pill is deranged and legitimately scary. I cannot recommend this movie enough. If possible, see it on a big screen with loud speakers. It'll pop in any format, though, and balances sharp social commentary with vicious action and a non-stop pace.
Jun 6, 2024
8
I really enjoyed the setting here and the story - it was different, the world in it was interesting and the whole concept made it interesting throughout.
Mar 25, 2024
0
Le postulat de départ est casse-gueule, à savoir un tchou-tchou chez Picard Surgelés et une révolte de traîne-savates en 3ème classe contre une hégémonie stalinienne dans une ambiance totalement absurde. Beaucoup de violence pour remonter jusqu’à la loco ; des combats qui s’enchaînent, très mal filmés d’ailleurs. Mais à chaque wagon on s’emmerde, le scénar déraille et on s’en fout de cette bande de cons en fait. Les comédiens sont tellement mauvais, de toute façon… ils les ont sortis d’où ? qui a écrit cette histoire aussi naze ? impossible d’aller au bout des deux plombes que dure cette limace filmique : on est consterné par tant de… vide !
Aug 30, 2023
8
The beginning of the movie is a little slow, but every loose end is tied up at the end, and it is immensely satisfying to see it happen. I got goosebumps when Curtis explained his backstory.
Jul 27, 2023
9
A fascinatingly creative action film with heavy, if not very subtle, themes of classism. Snowpiercer showcases beautiful cinematography combined with terrific fight choreography. While Chris Evans can play this sort of leading action hero in his sleep, it's the wonderful Tilda Swinton who gives the most interesting performance with a weird, kooky, but very engaging villain.
Jul 20, 2023
5
Acting and plot is... Questionable. Not a terrible movie but certainly not a good one either so i'm not sure where all the positive reviews are coming from? Overall, this is definitely one of the movies ever made. Poitriel OUT.
Dec 31, 2022
1
Perhaps the most inane and poorly written dialogue of all time. Laughable CG. And so, so many drawn out scenes to inflate the runtime.
May 19, 2022
5
After a failed attempt to stop global warming, the Earth freezes and the only survivors live aboard a high-tech train that continually orbits the planet. Within the train a strict class system exists, and the passengers in the lower-class tail-section have decided it’s time they start to fight back against those keeping them oppressed. In all honesty I found Snowpiercer to be a bit of a mess. If you stop for even a second to think about what is going on, it pretty quickly becomes clear that it makes very little sense. The script, that takes aim at the class systems that exist within our society, is also so incredibly heavy handed that not even talented actors like John Hurt or Chris Evans can really sell it. Despite all this Snowpiercer does briefly entertain on occasions, and if you can switch off your brain for a couple of hours you may find something to enjoy.
Apr 25, 2022
8
In the not too distant future, the Earth experiences a new Ice Age. The last survivors of mankind live confined to an icebreaker train capable of perpetually racing across the globe. The inventor of this perfect machine, the mysterious Wilford, has also determined a social system on which the balance of the community inhabiting the train carriages rests. In the queue are the miserable exploited who boarded for free, while towards the head of the train first-class passengers live in privileges. But the revolt of the downtrodden from the tail of the train is now imminent and its leader, Curtis, is just waiting for the right moment to attempt the daring grab of the head of the train. Bong brought his science fiction classic to the screen, which is not only an effective work of entertainment, but also a profound philosophical reflection on the nature of man and the fate of humanity, dark and disturbing, desperate and appropriately chilling, but at the same time veined - as always in Bong - of savory irony and open, in the end, to a dazzling ray of hope.
Feb 13, 2022
5
"Сквозь снег", странный фильм. Вроде как триллер с интригой, также присутствуют элементы постапокалипсиса.
И всё бы ничего, но. Меня как то расстроил сюжет фильма. Я не понял, зачем людям отмораживают руки. Я не понял зачем возят по 16 лет в последних вагонах всяких бомжей, при этом раз в несколько лет устраивают у них побеги с массовой бойней, что бы избавиться от лишних ртов. Если из за пятилетних детей, то Вильфорд сам сказал, что поломка для которой они нужны появилась недавно.
Я не понял почему у охранников в самом неспокойном месте (охрана бомжей) нет патронов в автоматах, хотя как выяснилось в поезде этих патронов уйма. Я не понял конец этой эпопеи, зачем было взрывать поезд и убивать всех пассажиров, ведь на улице выжить всё равно невозможно. Кстати о выживании. Если я правильно понял, по отмороженной за 7 минут до состояния сосульки руке, на улице градусов 70 или даже 80 ниже нуля. Поэтому вопрос, как спасшиеся в конце женщина и ребёнок смогли просто дышать на таком морозе? Да у них просто легкие и глаза замёрзли бы. А если на улице теплее? То почему весь мир вымер? При -50 живут люди и не один год, главное древесину достать, а её вокруг до фига.
Ещё я понял, что бомжи в последних вагонах в своё время от голода ели трупы людей, а за тем и просто слабых. Да и просто лишние конечности друг друга. Тот же засланный Гильям отдал свою руку, чтобы ребёнка спасти. Внимание вопрос! Интересно как все эти люди от гангрены не перемёрли в таких антисанитарных условиях?
Короче как по мне, то этот мутноватый фильм напомнил мне другой такой же под названием "Завод". Оба фильма ничем начинаются и заканчиваются тем же. Просто к чему вся возня? В конце выхлоп нулевой.
Советовать ни кому не могу. Скорее всего фильм я просто не понял. Ну или фильм мутный!
Nov 22, 2021
6
May I start off by saying that Tilda Swintons character, Mason, is creepy as all heck. This is a bleak and grim dystopian thriller with very much a them vs us feel to it - the well-off (i.e. upper class people) and the 'regular joe's' (i.e. working class people) - that would be a simplified description. The main plot concept is a little 'out there' its safe to say - im not sure its especially credible but then I don't suppose its meant to be. Some scenes are darkly lit and others feature many vibrant, almost neon colours, with the contrast between dark and light very clearly put across. Of course its a somewhat symbolic film - quite an arty film at that, I guess. Its a relatively good watch, with some interesting characters and a good cast but the plot concept is a bit hard to get your head around. I would recommend this film to fans of dystopian sci-fi films.
Aug 28, 2021
10
I like movies that have internal logic and rules. The premise of this movie is idiotic from both sci-fi & common sense angles. Snowpiercer is simplistic art. It's an ambitious dystopian sci-fi film. The characters are great. The cinematography and visionary style of the movie is excellent. There were some great moments in this movie and the action sequences are very well choreographed. I loved the plot and the whole movie. I was only getting disappointed by the ending of this movie otherwise it's a great SciFi movie.
Aug 15, 2021
6
I love the idea, but the presentation is boring. The story has so much depth and possibilities that it's a shame this is just another action movie. I didn't watch this to see people fighting, I was intrigued by the display of this fresh dystopian scenario. In the end I'm not even sure what this movie is trying to tell me. It seems someone had this interesting background story idea and others filled the space with random stuff happening only so we can see the whole train before the end credits are rolling. In short: for anyone who is interested in the story part, you will be disappointed.
Apr 11, 2021
1
The implausibility of the entire premise made it impossible for me to suspend disbelief. At times I didn't know if the movie was a farce or just plain stupid.
Mar 22, 2021
2
While it isn't nearly as good as the critics claim, snowpiercer has some great acting, visuals and it started off great. However the long, confusing message that was trying to be portrayed could have been put very easier. The film itself is just bland and has little to no redeeming qualities, the characters sometimes bland and uninteresting. The unnecessary gore and confusing story is too much for one film to handle. The ending was garbage and had it been put out better, this movie could have been a lot better. However, the acting in itself was great and comparison theories about this being connected to a certain film are also great. Despite this, snowpiercer on it's own is just boring, unessecary and somewhat of a waste of time. If you dislike complex movies that try too much and fall short, Snowpiercer isn't for you. To put it short and simple- Snowpiercer is confusing, long, and tries to do to much with the boundaries of trying to convey a political message and still remain a film, and the plot points making little to no sense. This just wasn't for me.
Jan 25, 2021
10
"they've got no bullets" one sentence and all the authority they had on them was gone in seconds Its another masterpiece by director Bong Joon-ho
Jan 6, 2021
7
A commendable blend of entertaining action blockbuster and biting social commentary. At times leans too far toward the former, other times the class divide allegory is heavy handed. Some story elements in the end felt odd, but overall solid film.
Oct 26, 2020
7
"You need to maintain a proper balance of anxiety and fear and chaos and horror in order to keep life going. And if we don't have that, we need to invent it" Snowpiercer tem uma premissa interessante, uma direção singular, um universo bem construído e criticas afiadíssimas. Bong Joon-ho não entrega as respostas com facilidade. Nos intriga e utiliza da cenografia para nos deixar incomodados. O filme é muito escuto, e se isso é ruim pra nós, imagina pra quem passou 18 anos ali?
Premissas pós-apocalípticas quase sempre são legais, mas desenvolve-las bem... ai já é outra historia. Cada elemento induzido e apresentado sobre o trêm e o próprio planeta em seu proposito narrativo, seja para tapar "furos" a servir como alicerce de um plot futuro. O elenco té muito bem. Minha preferida é Tilda Swinton, claro. Existem papeis que parecem ser feitos com a mesma em mente. Song Kang-ho interpreta seu personagem muito bem, convencendo quando foi mais necessário. Senti que o Chris Evans não foi capaz de entregar cenas muito dramáticas, mas de forma geral ele tá bem sim no filme. As cenas de ação não me agradaram muito. O tremor da câmera me incomodou bastante, mas na maior parte do tempo não me deixou perdido. O filme tem plots excelentes, mas eu tenho a sensação de que a tensão deveria estar maior para que eles tivessem o impacto que o diretor almejava. As criticas relacionadas a falta de humanidade, controle, situações extremas onde seres humanos são expostos e desigualdade social dão uma profundidade imensa a obra. Te fazem refletir, ficar em duvida, pensar... Super recomendado. Audio: English, with portuguese subtitles. Q60T TV Speakers
Quality: 1080p SDR [PrimeVideo]
Oct 21, 2020
0
This is a truly terrible movie - badly written, poorly casted and with some of the most wooden acting I've ever seen. Take some of the bigger names out of it and it would just be a B movie video nasty
Avoid at all costs. This makes Die Hard 5 look good and it really isn't
Jun 21, 2020
9
Incredibly well thought out and detailed film. There were many small details that I noticed that otger film makers would have just made simple or used "go to" techniques, but this director truly put a lot of work and thought into this film. It's very detailed and deserves to be studied.
Jun 7, 2020
1
Horrible plot and script. Do not recommend. Why does anyone like this movie... Faith lost in meta critic user reviews.
May 17, 2020
0
Perfect tripe for the politically correct. For normal folks, it is just more leftist propaganda with identity politics, mediocre performances and a bulimic Jennifer on display.
May 10, 2020
0
I just don't understand why this movie is so beloved by critics. Dystopian class conflict has been done by other movies way way better than this. The dialogue was clunky. The character development was almost non-existent. The acting was meh. The action was good I guess. Does humanity deserve to be saved? That is the question the film asks, but never answers, and it may have been an artistic choice not to answer. It is nice to have a movie that forthrightly addresses the ugliness of humankind, but this is really a tired theme for people who have seen a lot of movies already. The film doesn't really do justice to the good in people in asking that question, either, and seems to judge humanity from a fairly one-sided pessimistic portrayal. The better theme here would be "How can humanity be saved?" Humanity is indeed often ugly, petty, selfish, scared, envious, and hateful. But not all of humanity is that way at all times. There are ways out of all of those traits. How did particular individuals around this world escape them? That is the engine of hope. An engine not attached to this train, apparently.
May 6, 2020
9
Bong Joon-Ho has amassed quite a following recently, due mostly because of the success of his dark comedy, Parasite. However, Parasite wasn’t Bong’s first hit in the States, the others being Okja and Snowpiercer, his two English language films. Generally, Bong’s works tackle class struggle and associated topics. In this regard, Snowpiercer follows through, constructing a world of perpetual unmissable class struggle through which a cast of characters must fight through. Bong is as close as it comes to a popular Leftist filmmaker and manages to encapsulate much of Leftism’s contents in his oeuvre. With Snowpiercer, Bong presents a portrayal of a post-apocalyptic world, the bleakness of which is only revealed after the film’s nihilistic ending. The poor are confined to eating gelatinous bricks of ground-up **** while being subjugated to genocidal eugenics every few decades to maintain the “greater good.” Snowpiercer is an exaggerated allegory for late-stage capitalism, especially as it exists in America. Even on a surface level though it is a great film. The set design as it relates to the world-building is ingenious and exploratory. Most of the film is set in the dirty, poor section of the train but as the cast travels upwards through each car, the environments each feel alive and dynamic. It truly feels as if any piece of the film could be expounded upon into a stand-alone narrative. While the fascist symbols are slightly heavy-handed, they are necessarily present. Snowpiercer is an easily-consumed, fast-paced action movie set in an alternate timeline that manages to build up hope and aspirations for the building of a better world out of a dictatorial one only to destroy everything in the blink of an eye.
Apr 28, 2020
6
This film is a bit of a mess, but its a east an interesting mess. Snowpiercer is the movie about the remnants of humanity living on a nonstop train, separated by class level from the back to the front. Right off the bat, you have a Korean filmmaker writing dialogue for English-speaking actors. Having watched Parasite so recently, you can tell wasn't much effort put into culturally translating the feel of the dialogue. Korean speech when directly translated to English comes off quite a bit more matter of fact and to the point than spoken English and I think this is the cause for some of the clunky dialogue. Of course, dialogue is a two-way street between the page the performer; and I found most of the performances in this film to be lacking. Putting aside dialogue, there are a whole bunch of holes and inconsistencies in this script. Unexplainable and illogical character actions abound in the name of moving the plot forward and in some cases, in the name of enhancing the production design. However, incredible production design IS probably the best reason I can give to watch this movie. Every train car the characters move through is completely, purposefully, beautifully crafted.
Shaky cam, over-editing, and a sloppily applied score are some other surface-level issues I have. You can see pieces of Bong Joon Ho's direction in this, but I think a lot of it was lost in translation. Still worth a watch and its on Netflix rn if you need some more Captain America welding an ax in your life.
Apr 18, 2020
4
I just really couldn’t get past the ludicrous premise of a perpetual motion train in a perpetual ice age. There were some heavy handed aspects of class equality etc but it wasn’t anywhere near as good as the critics made out.
Feb 17, 2020
9
Another amazing movie from Bong Joon Ho with a fantastic metaphorical story. Even on the surface, Snowpiercer is fun, dark, and interesting from start to finish. A well-executed premise with both Chris Evans and Boon Jong Ho delivering some of their greatest work.
Feb 17, 2020
9
Snowpiercer has such a unique premise, a great concept and fantastic execution. At first I was a bit disappointed but within minutes I was hooked. I recommend you watch this movie knowing nothing, it doesn't tell you everything that is going on and makes you fill in the gaps yourself. I really liked the film and recommend you watch and as I said watch knowing nothing going in.
Feb 12, 2020
7
Oftentimes science fiction movies have fantastic premises followed up by mediocre plot, acting, and direction. Snowpiercer, while not a perfect film or a modern masterpiece as some critics have called it, does a decent job of remedying the common errors made by scifi films. First the premise is most certainly unique and as a result, it is entertaining. While there are obvious questions about the entire premise of the film that aren't explained, if you allow yourself to suspend your disbelief you will have a much better time with this movie. Many other users on Metacritic have labelled these plotholes as the factors that led to this movie being ruined for them. I was personally able to suspend my disbelief, look past the plotholes, and enjoy this movie; however, I completely understand where such users are coming from with their opinions. The acting in this film, regardless of your belief in the film's premise is, for the most part good. Ed Harris and Octavia Spencer feel wasted and their characters are quite forgettable, but Chris Evans and Tilda Swenson, in addition to really solid performances by Kang-Ho Sang and Go Ah-Sung result in a, for the most part, well acted movie. The action and cinematography of several scenes are exciting, but the action does fall flat at times and the number of blurry action shots and quick cuts makes it hard to follow resulting in the end result of many of the fights feeling unconvincing. While at times the twists do excite in this film, many fall flat or are far too predictable. The ending also feels vague just for the sake of being vague and suffers from a lack of common sense. The lackluster plot and shaky action scenes are remedied (in addition to the good acting previously mentioned) by the impressive themes that exemplify history repeating itself. The themes of this film are able to be subvert enough to not feel forced, but they are present for those who are working. My final criticism of this film is that the CGI of the train is absolutely terrible and it looks like it was made in 2004, not 2014. In total, I am very conflicted about Snowpiercer. While the film left a positive taste in my mouth and overall I found myself enjoying it a lot, there are gaping plot holes that threaten the integrity of the themes and thus the movie as a whole. For me, I was able to overlook this film's flaws and have a truly enjoyable experience; however, I completely understand if you cannot.
Feb 11, 2020
0
This movie was terrible. The plot was ridiculous, and the setting makes no sense. Then it goes through a caste division chosen one cliche. I cant believe how it gets any praise at all, the action is not that good either. Would rather not watch anything, it's so bad it keeps me up at night and made e make an account. Feels wrong to give 0 but the circumstances are that no other piece of media have left me with such a terrible feeling.
Jan 21, 2020
7
I’m rounding up, it’s like a 6.5 for me. It was very good and if you suspend your disbelief for a bit, the story really pulls together.
Dec 30, 2019
3
This is A film like The train in The movie. Going nowhere. Boring and not worth using your time on.
If you don’t like trains and living in a small place.
Dec 28, 2019
8
Despite the missing logic, I recommend the movie to everyone who can handle the high, but not extreme, amount of violence. It's a stunning, thought-provoking, entertaining and very exciting masterpie(r)ce ;-) (sry for the pun)
Nov 8, 2019
0
Just awful. Awkward acting, bizarre plot decisions, unintelligible dialogue at key points, barely any character development... No redeeming features. Avoid!
Oct 31, 2019
6
Any good director has a less accomplished film that it's still good and above average. Scorsese with Gangs of New York, Spielberg with the last Indiana Jones, Nolan with Insomnia and for Bong's case is this one. It's still a pretty good film but when the bar is so high you fell the difference. It tries really hard but in my opinion it falls short and you're left in the end with a little mess of a film. Still as I said, pretty good one.
Sep 19, 2019
8
The slow motions should not be taken for granted, only great, great filmmakers know how to shoot it. Snowpiercer Joon-Ho Bong, the co-writer and the director of this dream project sectioned under sci-fi is constraining your imagination through meticulously crafted set pieces. In a way one can say that this is completely opposite to the Blade Runner world. While both are actually widening your eyes to behold the threat a film can possess on its society and history. The procedure is completely opposite. Now, one can argue that infinity is the final excelsior or that finiteness is the only excelsior. What cannot be ignored, is the fact Bong's film is a treat. A resource. That can be dug for years to come and still will bless the street with its light. As you might know by the logline of the film that it resembles a lot with the Noah's ark, the film is actually set in the future with the subtext that the history is repeating itself. And it is that irritation, the annoyance of the inevitable partiality; that is not politically motivated, but historically manipulated that stabs you and the characters in their heart. Even at the brink of humanity or arguably a new age ready to give birth, the human nature is told to be slave of the historians and the lessons they came up with. This is the commercial line. Incredibly rich. The struggling ones, the artists on the other hand are moving on by collecting what is present in front of their eyes possibly even capturing the moment like a photograph. And hence the reason why our sung hero, Chris Evans, the one, that embarks himself on a journey to move forward at a great price, that once again, his older generation had already paid. Snowpiercer is a many thing, 300 words cannot define it, just as two hours and a train couldn't; the finiteness lost because of the mole that spoiled the essence.