Snowpiercer is a
post-apocalyptic science fiction movie starring Chris Evans and Ed Harris. It’s
set in the future where an attack has frozen the planet and a small group
of survivors are stuck on a train that has been traveling in a large loop for
the past 17 years.
A caste system exists on the train where the people in the
back live like prisoners of war while those toward the front live in veritable
luxury. Evans lives in the rear of the train and raises up a resistance
movement to fight their way to the front and take over. As you might imagine,
the people in power take measures to stop them.
There’s a good bit of action in this one since the group has
to punch, kick, and shoot their way from train car to car. Each one is
decorated differently and serves a different purpose, since the whole train is
one ecosystem designed to sustain life for a prolonged period.
This is the kind of movie that you can take at face value
and enjoy the weirdness of it, or you can look at all the symbolism and
underlying themes to really get something more from watching. I liked this one
quite a lot.
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