Review of Mortal Engines (2018) by Dirk A — 24 Dec 2018

Excellent movie! Beautiful visuals, solid story, and great characters!

This review of Mortal Engines (2018) was written by Dirk A on 24 Dec 2018.

Mortal Engines has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Syund (1) on 24 Mar 2019

Awful movie,there were so many holes in the story and o course was too predictable…

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By Dominarsen (81) on 27 Oct 2019

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By Violett (59) on 03 Nov 2019

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By Schroederrock (77) on 13 Mar 2019

Visually awesome with all kinds of creativity and epic settings that are a blast to watch characters explore but Mortal Engines lacks a lot…

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By Orionsapper (1) on 08 Feb 2021

Enjoyed it a lot for what it is. Slightly different than most of what we’ve seen…

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By Bullish (24) on 21 Apr 2019

The first book has a good story, I just don't think it translates well to film…

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By Mrgfisher (1) on 14 Apr 2019

Enjoyable, non-stop, loud, huge 'world'. Makes me want to read the books. Will watch it again…

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By Fckyou1 (1) on 29 Apr 2022

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By Tremault (28) on 06 Jun 2020

Started off really well, with some incredibly interesting concepts and a rich back story, and slowly descended into utter anarchy with no discernable…

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By Happy-K (18) on 08 Jun 2019

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

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