Snowpiercer

Original IP Post-Apocalyptia as well as the 21st century can possibly dish it out.

Final rating: - Very strong appeal. A personal favourite.

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Snowpiercer is getting a TV adaptation soon, so now it's the best moment to rewatch one of the best movies in 2014. At the time, Bong Joon-ho wasn't exactly a famous director that everyone knew about. Therefore, the cast led by Captain America himself, Chris Evans, and the intriguing premise did all the work in creating the cult following it got. Ironically, I haven't watched this film since its release, so this is only my second time boarding its train. I'm going to start with the best thing that this movie possesses: its screenplay.

This is one of the most shocking films I've seen when it comes to delivering jaw-dropping twists, one aft...

I was really quite disappointed in this. Its set aboard a non-stop train that travels the world once a year and that is compartmentalised into sections that equate to classes on an ocean liner. Its the arrival of Gilliam (John Hurt) that inspires Curtis (Chris Evans) to try to lead the abused occupants of the prison carriage to greater things further up the train. Now the doors are hermetically sealed and only opened for the rather menacing minister Mason (Tilda Swinton) to address the unworthy and so its this opportunity that starts their rebellion. The first twenty minutes are actually quite decent as they try to break out of their squalor, but once they start to make progress this just assumes all the traits of a video game. As they make...

'Snowpiercer' kept my interest all the way through, though it didn't ever quite get to the stage of me absolutely loving it. I don't really hold any negatives, it's more so that I didn't overly like any particularly element - it's simply a very good movie, without being spectacular imo.

Chris Evans is a sturdy fit for the main part, I enjoyed him. Song Kang-ho is the one who impresses most of the rest. I had no idea until this very moment that Namgoong was played by he of 'Parasite' fame, not sure how I didn't clock that; hair is a powerful thing!

The story is a bit of a strange one, kinda had to keep reminding myself in a few scenes that it all supposedly takes place on a moving train. In that sense, I'm not convinced I ever truly bo...