Of all the movies that I haven’t watched yet but I might have some interest in watching, strangely I decided to watch Snowpiercer. It’s not even really famous or a blockbuster. In fact, I just heard about it on a whim on the internet. It’s about a dystopian future where the world is completely frozen over and the remenants of humanity survive on a perpetually moving train. It’s kind of a strange situation which begs the question, why does humanity have to survive on a train? Couldn’t they just settle in a cave/facility near the equator instead of constantly moving around the world?

In any case, the tail section people go on their mission to take the engine, fight some battles & overcomes some challenges. I supposed I wasn’t so interested in the plot as I was the setting. Beyond the superficial, I don’t think it makes a lot of sense how the train could be self sustaining. That is kind of disappointing to me because the sci-fi element of the film is that humanity is locked in this train, so if that is not rational, then the premise is kind of broken.

I think there are a lot, or could be a lot of themes in this movie that talk about how our current society keeps some individuals down and they have to go through their own battles to reach the engine of their train. But the message is kind of muddled in amidst the action. Stylistically, the movie is pretty good. However, I just didn’t enjoy it as well as I thought I might. Grudgingly, I’ll give Snowpiercer 3 out of 5 stars.

Oh by the way, the director of Snowpiercer, Bong Joon-ho also directed The Host which I watched in 2007

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