Snowpiercer

— “Snowpiercer” is a solid sci-fi film in a summer of superhero and robot films. Chemical efforts to cool the globally warmed earth have turned it into a global wasteland and everyone who’s survived is on a train that constantly circles the earth. A class system exists with luxury cars where everyone’s pampered at the front of the train while the riffraff in the rear cars live in squalor. We join the train 18 years into the trip, and another coup attempt is about to take place. This is a ride worth taking, with action and quirkiness and social conscience. Chris Evans proves he can be more than Captain America and Tilda Swinton is perfectly cast. It’s Joon-ho Bong’s first English feature but if you saw either “Mother” or “The Host”, you know he’s more than competent. If you like science fiction films, see it.

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[2013. 126 min. Directed by Joon-ho Bong. Starring Chris Evans, Kang-ho Song, Ed Harris, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, and Jamie Bell.]
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