Review of Snowpiercer (2013) by Leon B — 06 Sep 2016

Review:

I quite enjoyed this movie, mainly because of its originality and intensity throughout, and the different characters made it interesting. I liked the Chinese couple, Kang-ho Song (Namgoong Minsoo) and Ah-sung Ko (Yona), who played a big part in there escape, and the other big names, like Chris Evans (Curtis), Jamie Bell (Edgar), Tilda Swinton (Mason), John Hurt (Gilliam) and Ed Harris (Wilford), all pulled together, to make this weird storyline, actually work. I didn't quite understand why they called it Snowpiercer, because the whole film is based on a train, and the only time that you really get to see snow is right at the very end. Anyway, the action scenes were pretty graphic but impressive, and the difference of each section of the train, was put together well but I didn't quite get the ending. I think the director left it up to the audience to make up there own conclusions but it would have been good to see if there was any other survivors. I still liked the pace of the film and Chris Evans was a great choice as the hero of the impossible situation. Tilda Swinton's played her role extremely well and those false teeth cracked me up but on the downside, it's not the type of film that you can watch time and time again. Enjoyable!

Round-Up:

With such a great cast, and a decent storyline, Joon-ho Bong, 46, put together a decent movie which deserved to make a profit at the box office. His previous projects, have mostly been for an Oriental market, so this is his first movie for a worldwide market. I must admit, I didn't hear about this movie 3 years ago, so I don't think that it had a big distribution campaign but with Chris Evans starring in the Avengers and the Captain America movies, I'm sure that this film will eventually get a wider audience.

Budget: $40million.

Worldwide Gross: $87million.

I recommend this movie to people who are into their action/sci-fi/dramas/thrillers, starring Chris Evans, Jamie Bell, John Hurt, Ed Harris, Tilda Swinton, Octavia Spencer and Ewen Bremner. 6/10.