Review of Mortal Engines (2018) by Luke Y — 26 Dec 2018

"Cue the epic music, over the top slow motion and poor box office effort." 1/5.

This review of Mortal Engines (2018) was written by Luke Y on 26 Dec 2018.

Mortal Engines has generally received mixed reviews.

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Truly disappointing. The first half was fantastic. The world was really interesting…

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Watched ME with my daughters aged 13 and this is our combined review. We were both underwhelmed as a whole…

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By Tripoloski (1) on 15 Feb 2020

This film is a disgrace and I cannot bear to watch it, In fact I walked out of the cinema early because I needed to take a break for the crap…

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