Snowpiercer

Name: Snowpiercer
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller
Released: June 27, 2014
Duration: 126 min
Rating: 84
Cast: Chris Evans, Ed Harris, Jamie Bell, Tilda Swinton

2014

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Weinstein Company, The | Release Date: June 27, 2014 | R

Starring: Chris Evans, Ed Harris, Jamie Bell, Tilda Swinton

Summary: 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.

Director: Joon-ho Bong

Genre(s): Action, Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller

Rating: R

Runtime: 126 min

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Andrew O'Hehir

Jun 26, 2014

Politically provocative and visually spectacular Snowpiercer - the best action film of 2014, and probably the best film, period. Read full review

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Patrick Gamble

Jun 22, 2014

Snowpiercer evolves steadily, growing richer with every step and slowly feeding us morsels of information - enriching this ludicrous premise with enough magic and wonder to suspend our disbelief entirely. Read full review

Bill Goodykoontz

Jul 2, 2014

There are surprises and plenty of action. What's good about Snowpiercer is how they all blend together; each element informs the other. Read full review

Claudia Puig

Jun 26, 2014

A rare hybrid that perfectly blends the dazzle of a futuristic action thriller with the intellectual substance of an art film. Read full review

David Denby

Jul 5, 2014

If you don't mind the gore, you can enjoy Snowpiercer as a brutal and imaginative piece of science-fiction filmmaking. [7 & 14 July 2014, p.94]

Clarence Tsui

Jun 22, 2014

Snowpiercer is an ambitious piece with a universally comprehensible theme and accessible aesthetics. Read full review

Stephanie Zacharek

Jun 24, 2014

Even as dystopian dramas go, the picture is arid and lusterless in its more serious moments and unpleasantly kitschy when it tries to soar over the top. Read full review

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Pazzo7

Jun 27, 2014

This is the best movie I've seen this year.The fact is that I didnt see the movie in theaters but on my PC and I loved it means a lot.This sci-fi,action movie is put together with thought.It has a soul,a purpose,a style,good characters and AWESOME action.One of the best of this year.I'd likeThis is the best movie I've seen this year.The fact is that I didnt see the movie in theaters but on my PC and I loved it means a lot.This sci-fi,action movie is put together with thought.It has a soul,a purpose,a style,good characters and AWESOME action.One of the best of this year.I'd like to quote what Peter Travers said in his review for this movie " Snowpiercer is everything Transformers: Age of Extinction wishes it could be: a slam-bam sci-fi thriller with a brain, a heart and an artful sense of purpose".I really hope this movie is gonna slam AOE at the box office because its entertaining and doesnt give you headache and doesnt make you dumber watching it.Snowpiercer diserves to be a succes.Go see it in theaters people.… Expand

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talhalafci

Dec 22, 2014

Snowpiercer is an extraordinary post-apocalyptic film by a visionary South Korean director Joon-ho Bong. The films has everything, an excellent production design, fascinating storytelling, supreme cinematography and a spectacular cast.Tilda Swinton was mind-blowing and Chris Evans did theSnowpiercer is an extraordinary post-apocalyptic film by a visionary South Korean director Joon-ho Bong. The films has everything, an excellent production design, fascinating storytelling, supreme cinematography and a spectacular cast.Tilda Swinton was mind-blowing and Chris Evans did the best work of his career.Definitely one of the best films of the year.… Expand

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Mahmus

Aug 22, 2019

Fantastic action scenes, an amazing lead performance from Chris Evans and and amazingly south korean tone and stlye.

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Fairbottom

May 23, 2018

I am only half way in to this documentary about Americans aboard an Amtrak train but it seems to be a perfectly decent and informative film.

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MariaKo

Dec 28, 2015

''Snowpiercer'': a movie that covers the specifications of what we call a ''Sci-Fi'' movie. A film, which undoubtedly reminds us ''The Day after Tomorrow''. It is understandable since the very beginning that the film covers the environmental realm, as well as the political, too. All these''Snowpiercer'': a movie that covers the specifications of what we call a ''Sci-Fi'' movie. A film, which undoubtedly reminds us ''The Day after Tomorrow''. It is understandable since the very beginning that the film covers the environmental realm, as well as the political, too. All these combined with the struggle of survival, which battle of survival has definitely ''borrowed'' fighting elements from the ''Hunger Games''.

Moving on, the direction is such that directly emphasizes an otherworldly feeling. ''Snowpiercer'' is another film that strikes the audience with its ''bizzare'' cast, referring to the supporting roles. A cast that reminds the cast of ''Cloud Atlas''.

Regarding the plot, it is unique in the fact that while the central axis remains the same, the wagons in which the action unfolds, in reality ''cuts'' the plot in pieces; in different pieces. The plot can be considered as a puzzle. As the wagons have a different and unpredictable content, and due to the fact that they can be connected or disconnected each other, the plot is written in exact the same way.… Expand

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Vercoda

Jul 7, 2014

Without doubt, one of the worst films of 2014, as well as of recent years, Snowpiercer was a massive disappointment. Collectively, I'm a fan of several of the actors and behind-the-scenes talent involved with this film, as well as its kind of dystopian setting, so although I knew littleWithout doubt, one of the worst films of 2014, as well as of recent years, Snowpiercer was a massive disappointment. Collectively, I'm a fan of several of the actors and behind-the-scenes talent involved with this film, as well as its kind of dystopian setting, so although I knew little about the film I had high hopesfor it - sadly, they were soon dashed. Where to begin?

There were just too many things wrong with it - for a train that's perpetually rocketing around the world, half the film featured zero sense of inertia or speed (even Star Trek's hams could wobble in their seats sometimes), as utterly stationary cast and equipment appeared stage-bound - apart from a few token sequences. We had a rocketing train that conveniently slowed wayyyy down at key expositional points (the Plane Below, the Frozen Exiles), as well as utterly bizarre casting decisions that were never explained (Jamie Bell's bizarre and somewhat patronising "Shoite!" 'Oirish' accent - why?!), while Hurt and Evans regularly over-emoted as though they going for an Academy award. (Just wait til the seemingly endless speech about what Evans used to eat...)

Then, once the story started rolling along into the front, better-off section of the train, it absolutely rocketed into utter silliness. Yes, we get that they're all decadent, parasitic snobs living it up at the front - but did we need slo-mo Eurodisco shots to underline this? (Send in the gimps!) Derivative and dull to sit through, ticking one clichéd box after another, this was the point where I started considering what I could be doing instead of staying on board to the ending.

The film's one - and only - saving grace is Tilda Swinton, who stole every scene with her perfidious Mason character. Half Gollum, half Northern English trade unionist, and half vintage Deirdre Barlow (Irish/British TV audiences will get that reference), her cowardly, sniping, mocking and treacherous ways were an absolute hoot to watch, with her hateful character proving unexpectedly entertaining in each and every scene she was in, while John Hurt was also a reliably engaging presence on screen.

Unfortunately, one brilliant character and an okay-ish set-up do not an entertaining film make, and the initially interesting dystopian set-up soon derails into a cheap - and dare one say, almost grubby-feeling - Eurofilmesque tale, populated with flashes of jarring, stylised uber-violence, an inconsistent narrative, lazy editing, generally cheap-looking CGI/effects and a crashing bore of an ending.

As such, it's 3 points for Tildy's turn, but a big, fat Zero for anything else...… Expand

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ANTIPC

May 17, 2020

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.

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