hemzyy "Snowpiercer" is a great effort at a dystopian classic, based on a graphic novel and directed by Bong Joon-ho, with a prominent American and British cast. Interestingly, the story spins off from the dooms day effect of global warming and humanity's self-destructive effort to curb it, resulting in a frozen planet with a speeding "Ark" on rails - Snowpiercer. The tail of the train is populated by the poor, downtrodden; under the mercy of the richer class up in the front, led by Wilford (Ed Harris), the owner of the train who "governs" the train with his make-shift ministers and henchmen. Scarcity of food, water and space to dwell holds the tail down under the iron hand rule of Wilford. Rebels from the tail, led by an old veteran Gilliam (John Hurt) and his second-in-command Curtis (Chris Evans) break out in defiance with a plan to overpower the tyranny and bring order and fairness into Snowpiercer, leading to an epic battle of wits, strategy and sheer numbers between Curtis and Wilford. The film boasts of a supporting cast with the likes of Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Tilda Swinton and Song Kang-Ho, but Chris Evans steals the show as the gritty Curtis Everett in one of his many underrated performances that are constantly overshadowed by his role as the star spangled leader of the Avengers. The movie is consistently engrossing, though the climactic scenes rise up in some sort of crescendo, particularly in terms of the narrative and the characters' back stories. The film also has its fair share of violence, given it revolves around a battle, but shot in the most finished and aesthetic manner - one of the trademarks of South Korean film-making.

smoothgoal On first look, this Snowpiercer is a complete mess. Full of all kinds of plot holes and very questionable behaviours of the characters.I was hoping until the very end that some things might get explained, somehow, but the movie ended in even more illogical way by blowing the entire train. I stood for a good couple of minutes in complete disappointment.But rewinding all the illogical moments of the movie, it started to make sense. My perception was that this movie was telling a story. It was not. If one abstracts himself, this movie actually describes a picture, not a story. Two pictures to be more precise.The train is not a train at all, its a description of the human engine that we all ride in each day of our lives. Going very fast, on a bumpy ride, yet going nowhere. At its back are the lowest classes, hungry and suffering, oppressed by rules that they don't fully understand, fighting to get a better life, not knowing what that means. Its a pure description of the jihad movements, and not only. After them are the outcasts, people, like Snowden, who rebelled against the engine. The disgusting food production factories. For a reason there is a vegan movement. The trump card, water section, that is not a trump card at all. The empty 'battlefield' section, that has no reason to exist on a train like this. The night vision, superior technology, should have ended the battle in an instant. Yet in real life, battles are fought over large periods of time and there are ways to counteract higher technologies. The few ones that pass the 'battlefield' face the hidden 'weapons and agencies'. The twisted education system, the oblivious casual workers and even more oblivious 'rest or party' sections. The inhuman locomotive that barely works. The 'people who are to be blamed', I.E. politicians and higher ups, who actually do more or less what is necessary to sustain the locomotive, losing parts of their humanity in the process. If one pictures all this, its a complete picture of the human engine that is our lives.The second picture is after crash. Not everyone will die when the engine breaks. And no matter how much humanity has screwed up nature, life will go on. We'll be the ones that might not continue to live.I think that this is brilliant, but the movie is not clear about it. Many, as it can be seen in the reviews, did not realise the purpose of the 'story'.Another movie with brilliant idea, but bad execution. Worth the watch, but nothing more.

TheBigSick Set in a near future, this spectacular Sci-Fi thriller keeps the interests of the audiences from the start to the end, and nobody can really predict what will happen in the next scene. It also offers a series of thought-provoking dialogues and an in-depth discussion about humanity. The visual effects are simple yet effective. Chris Evans gives perhaps his best performances to date.

supersarz Savage, dytopian, traumatic. Humans being awful to other humans. I would avoid.