Post-apocalyptic movies hit very differently ever since the pandemic started.
I knew it was rated R, and I knew it was directed by Bong Joon-ho, so I should have figured it would be a dark movie. But I had no idea to what specific depth of darkness it went.
My friend described this movie to me as "The Hunger Games, but on a train", which I can now say is a pretty inaccurate description. It's only like The Hunger Games in that there's a clear hierarchy in the class system of the train, but it's no game. It's a brutal fight for survival, and for revenge. Chris Evans brings a tremendous performance, as does everyone else, and the worldbuilding is very well done, for the most part (I'll overlook the one-off lines of dialogue that were obviously dubbed in later for exposition purposes).
It's heartbreaking to see what the poor people of the back end of the train have gone through, and their struggles are painted in an even more grim light as the movie reveals more to us.
Snowpiercer is not a fun movie, but it certainly is a good movie.
Shout by JonTheMantisBlockedParent2021-09-12T19:51:04Z
Post-apocalyptic movies hit very differently ever since the pandemic started.
I knew it was rated R, and I knew it was directed by Bong Joon-ho, so I should have figured it would be a dark movie. But I had no idea to what specific depth of darkness it went.
My friend described this movie to me as "The Hunger Games, but on a train", which I can now say is a pretty inaccurate description. It's only like The Hunger Games in that there's a clear hierarchy in the class system of the train, but it's no game. It's a brutal fight for survival, and for revenge. Chris Evans brings a tremendous performance, as does everyone else, and the worldbuilding is very well done, for the most part (I'll overlook the one-off lines of dialogue that were obviously dubbed in later for exposition purposes).
It's heartbreaking to see what the poor people of the back end of the train have gone through, and their struggles are painted in an even more grim light as the movie reveals more to us.
Snowpiercer is not a fun movie, but it certainly is a good movie.