Review of Mortal Engines (2018) by Zak F — 19 Dec 2018
The first hour and a half is great. A real fantastically realised/visualised adventure film.
But the film is a clunker character wise and narratively, the script is full of age old cliched lines pinched from the hundred thousand that proceeds it, it just is cringeworthy; featuring a detrimental turgid end finale that felt like a mix between A New Hopes final space battle against the death star fused with steam punk designs and every other aero based fight sequence.
When it focuses on Hester Shaws relationship with her surrogate role model Shrike- an undead bounty hunter, one of the last of a battalion known as Stalker, it excels on a thematic and story driven level. Real juice to the rustic cogs and pistons. Sadly a light dab isnï¿ 1/2 1/2(TM)t enough.
Its sprawling, its something weï¿ 1/2 1/2(TM)ve never seen. But thats all it is, visual lustre and thats all.
This review of Mortal Engines (2018) was written by Zak F on 19 Dec 2018.
Mortal Engines has generally received mixed reviews.
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