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Snowpiercer

Snowpiercer

2014
Drama, Sci-fi
2h 6m
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine. (imdb)
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Snowpiercer

2014
Drama, Sci-fi
2h 6m
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Avg Percentile 52.89% from 5627 total ratings

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Rated 30 Mar 2014
11
9th
The train is, like, a metaphor for society, bro...
Rated 19 Apr 2014
5
69th
(Spoiler) The ending should have had the polar bear bringing them a Coca Cola.
Rated 24 Nov 2015
25
7th
A man discovers that to be a leader one must learn to sacrifice...and to kill: an unoriginal and uninteresting theme. Some disastrously poor pauses for moments of significance, and one-dimensional characters, mean that it is really impossible to care about any of the events depicted. Ending seems intended to be hopeful in some way that is incomprehensible to this viewer. Revolutionary class politics is today no more than a narrative trope by which to profit from the stupidity of the resentful.
Rated 26 Oct 2014
60
43rd
Chris Evans has tasted baby flesh and prefers it to the flesh of grown humans.
Rated 12 Feb 2020
75
72nd
A rather odd but very enjoyable sci-fi. It crams a lot in, and the tone changes as often as the setting, I was getting flavours of The Hunger Games, Mad Max, Roald Dahl and The Raid as it went on, and those weird 80s sci-fi efforts that I can't really remember. Brazil, probably. The cast was great, but felt a bit underused somehow. Mind you, ol' Tilda was a riot here. A film full of imagination and invention and madness. I must see Parasite.
Rated 05 Oct 2017
82
81st
As an action movie and a science fiction movie "Snowpiercer" excels, the action sequences are pretty idiosyncratic to Korean cinema, which is a good thing, there's some great fighting sequences. The story was explained well enough to make sense, but about every minute and a half you end up tripping on a plot hole, which is not surprising for a Korean movie in English, loosely based on a French graphic novel. Turn off your head, enjoy the action, try to ignore Tilda Swinton's irritating dentures.
Rated 31 Jan 2014
70
54th
Snowpiercer asks difficult questions about class hierarchy and social Darwinism and forces us to face such truths in the form of a thrilling, startlingly bleak, darkly comical, and often unpredictable sci-fi dystopia. But the film has a much fainter emotional heartbeat and its high-minded pursuit of socially-charged issues tends to outstrip its execution, which just doesn't flow as fluidly as I would have hoped. Tilda Swinton is a standout as a deviously comical villain.
Rated 17 Jul 2014
4
70th
Probably the closest thing we'll get to a Bioshock movie: revolutionary uprising within a closed dystopian ecosystem with a severely delineated caste system, run by a mysterious Galtian übermensch. It requires more than a little suspension of disbelief (that train really doesn't make any sense), but damn if it doesn't strike a great balance between pulpy sci-fi action and satirical class warfare, embodied in particular by that bizarre, Gilliam-esque classroom scene.
Rated 22 Nov 2014
92
70th
Really really well-made movie overall. Snowpiercer shows off it's skills with it's production, directing, and good story. Chris Evans is maturing as an actor. Never gets boring and the entertainment levels are almost off the charts here. Intriguing movie, and you can really tell it's directed by Joon-ho Bong.
Rated 22 Mar 2014
71
76th
this is no plain sci-fi action movie, even if it carries some distinct characteristics. among some ecological criticism, it's mostly an analogy on the medieval principles of tyranny and uprising, some of which still apply in select countries. the peasants at the rear (or bottom), in between the knights, shielding nobility and royalty in the front. there are nods to religion and human nature, but not all of them worked equally good for me. nevertheless an interesting, if somewhat unbalanced work.
Rated 01 Jan 2018
80
77th
Take the action & grimy feel of Matrix's Zion, the crazy side-scrolling violence - and twists - of Oldboy, the dash of black comedy (Gilliam comparisons) and you have yourself Snowpiercer. Plays with the idea of social engineering to keep humanity "on track", only to seemingly conclude that blowing the whole shit up is basically a better way out than to continually smash castes against each other in perpetuity. Enjoyable.
Rated 28 Mar 2014
85
87th
A highly entertaining and visceral ride that, despite its linear approach, manages to boast plenty of twists and turns. The film not only succeeds in providing an interesting back story to an unusual premise, but also reinvents the poor VS rich-conflict, effectively setting the stage for an array of beautifully shot action sequences. The ending is great as well and should provoke interesting discussions. Hollywood needs to be transferred to Korea.
Rated 14 Feb 2015
62
32nd
Sort of a mix between an art film and a blockbuster, while unfortunately picking up the more annoying aspects of both. We get a bit of the stilted dialogue and maddeningly obvious message of an art film, with the shakey-cam action sequences and poorly fleshed-out characters of a blockbuster. The emotional disconnect is too large, and the shifts in tone too drastic, to make for a cohesive whole. The climax is also way too similar to a certain scene in The Matrix Reloaded for comfort.
Rated 29 Dec 2015
40
32nd
Dialog, Music, SFX & other technical aspects were really quite good. Some excellent performances. But, the illogical plot completely ruins it. Nothing was believable or made sense. I intensely disliked the ridiculous premise & every aspect of explaining it. A few characters stood out, but none were convincing. It plays like a collection of nightmares. Far too much spoken Japanese without translations. Idiotic story & stupid ending. A high budget failure due to the abysmal plot.
Rated 03 Aug 2014
78
60th
Sunshine meets Bioshock, follows a dark, gritty uprising through capitalism: the train. Some of the more Korean stylings of almost non-existent third act and surprise character twists take some getting used to, but gives it a teensy bit of Oldboy flavor.
Rated 23 Apr 2014
65
26th
This one is all over the place. My initial thoughts about the movie were that it felt forced and was disconnected from reality. That sounds strange seeing as it's a scifi dystopia set on a train ran by a perpetual motion machine. I couldn't connect on any emotional level and the characters just didn't seem human. I got the metaphors for society, but wasn't totally sold. Not until I read it as a comedy, using the over-the-top violence and Tilda Swinton's eclectic behavior did I get it.
Rated 20 Apr 2014
78
74th
Has some undeveloped ideas and there are a few scenes/characters that don't quite work, but once the plot really gets going you're along for the ride. That wasn't meant as a pun, I swear.
Rated 04 Oct 2014
75
57th
The worst you can say of this film is that its predictable and the best you can say is that it's different. Yes it does fall into sci-fi dystopian future tropes, but as a action film it serves up ambiguous scenes that all lead to the conclusion. By that, I mean with other action films you could just give a couple sentences of description that would service the plot and we're are only shown that scene for the action, where with this film every scene (unbeknownst to us) services the conclusion.
Rated 06 Jul 2014
88
87th
Gory batshit dystopian steampunk satire pulp. As a class allegory, it's limited, but it -- like Brazil's social allegory -- is in service to such a hysterically batshit vision of society, that it is just utterly enjoyable. At the point a brutal, claustrophobic axe fight segued into a darkly comic classroom scene, I was completely hooked. Nobody does the postapocalypse -- and weary, cynical hopefulness, embodied in the blow-it-all-up-let-the-kids-sort-it-out ending -- quite like the South Koreans
Rated 23 Mar 2014
4
12th
Lots of great ideas thrown around and rather exciting, but it's so full of plot-holes and inconsistencies, and so badly edited, that it ends up being disastrously stupid. It does take some risks and for that I give it some credit, but that doesn't save this movie.
Rated 02 Jul 2014
10
11th
I won't presume to be any kind of expert on Bong, having only seen two of his movies, those being the most hyped ones: MoM and The Host, both of which I found decidedly underwhelming. Now, I've ceased to be surprised at the poor taste of my fellow man. After all, I know people- good, solid citizens with warmth and compassion in their hearts- who genuinely loved Gravity! So when I saw this turd of a film floating on a wave of hype I wasn't angry. It all makes sense. This is hell.
Rated 13 Apr 2014
2
59th
If Terry Gilliam and Asylum productions had a love child this would probably be it. This is of course crudely put. Granted, it definitely could have been much better as the premise is quite profound. I read about this movie about two years ago when Bong wasn't even finished with the script and was instantly intrigued. It's an OK film, but it just doesn't fully 'work' for it to be great. Evans is no lead. Song together with Pasqualino would have been bad ass and more fitting. Missed chance.
Rated 19 Jul 2014
85
78th
A breather off from Hollywood. Very refreshing. Not to deep one, in fact, as it's actually a mixture of eastern and western influences. It serves steampunk in the vein of Jeunet's movies mixed with solid dystopian motif narrated with the Asian touch for detail and action. An apt endeavor all around.
Rated 09 Jul 2014
65
41st
The story is skillfully told, with worldbuilding, memorable characters, comic relief, and some decent action. And it makes some interesting points about heroism and leadership.
Rated 29 May 2014
75
42nd
Pretty conflicted on this. While it was enjoyable and never boring, it was also kinda clunky and disjointed. The dialogue was pretty weird at times and I didn't feel emotionally engaged through most of it.
Rated 26 Mar 2014
80
80th
Full throttle trainwreck - in a very good and literal way - this is a visceral and icy sci-fi flick. Its crazy-ass vision of a dystopian, frozen future on a moving train is original, memorable and with thought-provoking zingers to current world balance problems - represented in the oppressed in the tail section and the oppressors running the shit in the front. Breathtaking stuff.
Rated 21 Jul 2014
83
35th
Some neat action sequences but it reminded me of Elysium in that the political overtones felt awfully weak after being hyped up as "deep." I guess the point is that poor people are good and rich are bad? That's all I got out of it. So sprach Zarathustra: "I have often laughed at the weaklings, who think themselves good because they have crippled paws!"
Rated 17 Apr 2014
85
92nd
It looks surprisingly as funny and crude as any Joon-ho film, with the benefit that here, with a larger budget, this talented director manages to expand his imagery to unprecedent levels of insanity and fantasy set-pieces -- every section seems brutally carved out as a closed universe with no escape. Look of a blockbuster, work of a master of genre cinema.
Rated 02 Aug 2014
80
62nd
Intriguing sci-fi parable is beautifully filmed and staged by Bong, and performed to a tee by a terrific cast (Swinton's odious administrator steals the show, but Harris' deluded captain, and Pill's gun-toting nod to the ultra-conservative are a lot of fun), however the fixation on grotesque characterisations, as well as an unremittingly bleak and ugly world view, makes this cautionary tale difficult to digest. Still endlessly fascinating and destined for cult status.
Rated 26 Jul 2014
66
48th
Although the bits of over-the-top eccentricities (esp. anything Tilda Swinton did or said - brilliant!) make the heavy-handedness of it all more palatable, some plot points are just too hard to swallow. I can't deny the inventiveness of it - it's a high-concept that I'd sooner expect from an anime than a feature film - but it just didn't ground me into its world.
Rated 16 Nov 2015
61
69th
An awesome sci-fi set-up, awesome fight scenes, and an awesome microcosm. Has the same weird B-movie feel and flaws that Joon-ho Bong brought to The Host. I think it needs some work, and lacks a satisfying punch, but it's a cool approach that's a welcome addition to the genre.
Rated 03 Mar 2015
55
50th
I realize that everything is a metaphor, but I don't care. A film still needs to make some kind of sense within its own boundaries. And Snowpiercer feels more than a sketch show than a coherent story.
Rated 23 Mar 2014
75
41st
At least we saved the polar bears....
Rated 23 May 2014
64
13th
I don't really know what to make of this. It had so much potential, but what is it trying to do or say? Yes, human nature exists, a class system exists, but what of it? Not a bad film per se, but I was left unsatisfied. - 5/23/14
Rated 10 Oct 2015
18
18th
Not unlike a Samsung smartphone, Snowpiercer is chock-full of nifty-looking components inspired by superior products, wrapped up in a pretty package, and sold to unwitting customers who think they're about to get something awesome. But when the afterglow fades, we ultimately realize we should have bought an iphone.
Rated 28 Jul 2014
60
30th
Obsessed with it's own conceit, which is certainly worthy, but makes for a boring and inconsistent piece of cinema. Decent design and visual direction, but not nearly as good as most critics would claim. Over-hyped.
Rated 30 Mar 2014
75
66th
A weirdly coherent frankenstein of a movie. the goofy excess gets to be a bit much at times, but the inventiveness and entertainment make up for it
Rated 07 Aug 2014
85
86th
(Spoilers) The Train is the machine of Capitalism, running, literally, like clockwork. Evans is the classical Marxist hero, convinced that liberation is seizing control of the means of production, only to find out that The Man has co-opted his revolt the whole time to serve his own means. The lesson is that Capitalism will always find a way to assimilate resistance movements to keep it's control. How does the Oppression finally end? By blowing the entire thing up. Bong does not fuck around.
Rated 03 May 2014
100
90th
Great concept dystopian sci-fi action, which sticks to its guns completely throughout. Cathartic and engaging South Korean cinema with a satiric tone that is absolutely spot on. Certain scenes serve as spiritual successors to the legendary Oldboy hammer scene. This is a film that follows its own logic completely to its natural conclusion, and seemingly neither it nor I cared that certain parts of its concept make little sense. Great cast, Evans and Swinton in particular.
Rated 29 Nov 2014
3
18th
They have a perpetual motion engine, but haven't figured out how to build a warm building. I've noticed the stupidest films in the world are almost always about global warming: The Chaos Experiment used to be the dumbest now Snowpiercer is really giving it a run for it's money.
Rated 25 Mar 2014
75
75th
All over the place. Alternately brilliant and scattershot. For a few minutes, it's wildly original and exhilarating, then for stretches it'll seem amateurish and just another in a long line of futuristic haves vs. have-nots tales. Then it'll be original and exhilarating again. It throws a lot of crazy crap at us, to be sure; some of it sticks, some of it doesn't, but you've gotta admire this movie for its dizzying scope and ambition. Cult status undoubtedly awaits.
Rated 01 Apr 2017
85
81st
Pretty quickly we get to the film's tonal whiplash, from a strange premise to a dark reality to some violence and bizarre humour. It's a precarious thing, but the balance here is really good, not just between the different elements, but in how it slowly and methodically, over the course of two hours, expands them all in different directions. Quite rewarding both for its fun action and for it's class and social structure commentary. Not the deepest or most complex, but it's cohesive and it works
Rated 03 Nov 2014
89
68th
bechdel test 2/3 main character a bit boring, but overall very entertaining and original.
Rated 20 Jul 2014
3
11th
Annoyingly bad. It really makes you pissed of about the characters, their actions, the setting etc
Rated 25 Apr 2014
60
15th
It's a very pretty ride through class war that ends in an somewhat interesting way but I found it hard to care about what was happening on screen. All the characters felt extremely flat and everything moved in a very 300/video game way of moving through levels (train cars) and fighting waves of enemies (train security).
Rated 07 Jul 2014
91
92nd
Everything about this movie just works. I adore the pacing. Bong knows when to shift from tense action to comic relief, from a dark third-act confession to a slow-building final climax. Even the selective use of saturation and the rolling 7/4 score work in the service of the film. The emotionality of the social stratification serves as a facile but uncannily effective microcosm of the real world. In many places I found myself getting as angry as the characters. This film just delivers.
Rated 27 Jan 2015
75
74th
A sudden ice age reduces humanity to a small number of people aboard a high tech super train, endlessly circling the dead planet. This film takes a ludicrous premise and commits to it completely with an insane abandon that immediately brings Terry Gilliam to mind. The plot twist is an obvious one and the ending is senseless, but it serves up more than enough visual surprises and bloody action to satisfy. Tilda Swinton steals the first half of the movie with a hilarious performance.
Rated 28 Oct 2014
80
70th
I don't tire of movies with dystopian and class warfare elements, especially in Sci-Fi, and ESPECIALLY when filmed with style and flair. This accomplishes all of these. Do I think it's a great movie? Not to the extent of others, no. But where the movie really succeeds for me is in its freshness, and its sense of tongue-in-cheek, self-aware, ridiculous fun, underneath its hopeless setting. The screenplay continually improves as the movie moves along. Good performances, bizarre, and worth seeing.
Rated 20 Nov 2014
83
43rd
This is a real revolutionary film, with a story I absolutely love, but unfortunately it's style doesn't hold up. I love recent Korean films, and so I was happy to see some familiar faces and themes, but ultimately this seems toned down and overly simple compared to others in the genre. The end was inspired, and evoked a similar post-apocalyptic revolution seen in Jooh-ho Bong's other film, The Host. All in all, very good, but I think it could have gone further than it did.
Rated 08 May 2014
50
3rd
The last survivors of some climate experiment share a never-ending train ride ... until it ends.
Rated 06 Nov 2014
70
41st
Has its obvious plot holes but who cares, not a bad film.
Rated 15 Nov 2014
5
91st
If there's one thing Bong proved he can do is surrealism. Throughout Snowpiercer there's that heightened sense of reality that edges on incredulity without veering into it. Among the class warfare, the despotic speeches, whose ridiculousness could match any real life fanatical diatribe, Snowpiercer's biggest strength is motion. This is a movie all about moving forward, and the amazing composition along with editing create a flow that quickly ramps up intensity until the inevitable ending.
Rated 03 Jun 2014
63
46th
"I don't know with what weapons WWIII will be fought, but WWIV will be fought with sticks and stones." Implausible but very stylish dystopian saga that (like all modern dystopias) plays off the newly reawakened idea of class more than it actually says anything, but gets a little too busy and messy after a while. Gilliam light, which is still better than no Gilliam at all.
Rated 08 Nov 2014
90
90th
For such a limited and confined setting, the content and characters are endlessly interesting. While some of the characters can be a little underdeveloped, that doesnt bring the film down all that much. The acting is good, as well as the direction and story, yet definitely the characters are the most interesting part.
Rated 18 Jul 2014
6
54th
Sudden shifts in mood and tone make this silly and strange steam-punk-like movie a bit jarring, but like in Bong's film The Host, there are several great moments, even if it doesn't really add up.
Rated 09 Aug 2014
10
1st
This had some visually striking moments and was definitely suspenseful, but the the characters were completely flat and the plot required way more suspension of disbelief than I was willing to offer up. The allegory was so on the nose that it was painful and the world-building quickly fell apart if you used your brain for even a second.
Rated 04 Jul 2014
50
14th
The train was cool but the story was lame--all over the place. The polar bear ending was totally off the wall. HUH? I think the writers were smokin' that LSD/explosive they wrote into the script. Waste of a good cast.
Rated 09 Nov 2014
65
64th
A strictly better blockbuster, essentially. Features a lot of themes and aesthetics present in modern mainstream movies but injected with a bit of intelligence and plenty of style. Though some reviews (particularly the top rated one) seem to deride this as a dumb class metaphor, it's really just window dressing for a fun genre piece reminiscent of early John Carpenter. Chris Evans is excellent, for the record. Can we get this guy in more movies where he actually gets to act?
Rated 20 Apr 2014
55
23rd
For some reason, it just doesn't hold itself together. Really bad sound mix in the first half, mediocre editing and just a train that doesn't make sense (I know I shouldn't look for too much logic but it just didn't make sense) it just couldn't live up to its potential. Swinton was amazingly good as always but other than that, mediocre.
Rated 17 Jul 2014
75
79th
Be honest with yourself. Does it really have more to say about the world and how it works than Under Siege 2: Dark Territory?
Rated 23 Jul 2014
42
69th
Has many hallmarks of sci-fi blockbusters but with far more intelligence and technical skill behind the camera.
Rated 05 Apr 2014
75
27th
There are a few interesting ideas here, but it mostly felt quite ridiculous. Maybe another lead actor could push this a few tiers up, Evans is just so bland and boring.
Rated 18 Jul 2014
80
59th
Definitely not for everyone, but I do love how unpredictable South Korean cinema can be.
Rated 22 Mar 2014
75
71st
A predictably cynical Joon-Ho Bong film but comedically over the top in its violent depiction of human depravity. The claustrophobic sci-fi train environment is something that only a few directors could do justice. The rave train, aquarium, sauna, and ball room are bizarre and wonderful to look at. The chipper elementary school teacher and her brainwashed students are the best thing ever and reminiscent of the humor in games like Fallout or Bioshock. Also Ed Harris delivers a monologue.
Rated 13 Aug 2014
72
45th
It felt very much like a blockbuster action film for the somewhat educated public. It may be best to take it at face value and not think about it too much throughout and after the movie.
Rated 21 Dec 2014
49
5th
I cannot understand the positive reviews of this film. It had some good elements, but it was so candy. The acting was marginal, the action was fun sometimes, but got pretty monotonous. The ending tries to be thoughtful, but feels like an abrupt shift to a mostly faultless plot development.
Rated 22 Jul 2014
100
99th
Bioshock meets Captain America killing a bunch of white rich dudes. Good flick. Watch.
Rated 23 Jul 2014
91
84th
Really enjoyable and really silly. Reminds me alot of early Jeunet back when he was more dark than quirky but was still pretty quirky.
Rated 31 Aug 2014
80
79th
A movie that continues to surprise and is just so exciting and fun and dark and bloody and brutal. Really caught me by surprise at really how good it was. The ending is a little lackluster, but what can you do.....
Rated 04 Nov 2015
40
22nd
Yeah, no. It has good scenes, even a few great ones, but the overall movie didn't work for me. The allegory was too hamfisted, the setting was too weird, but most of all I kept getting distracted by constantly thinking "yeah, that doesn't work like that" and "nope, that wouldn't do either" and "neither would that" and "OMG FFS what made you think that that would ever work!?".
Rated 11 Nov 2014
6
60th
Well I sure didn't expect a train to be able to jump so many sharks. This movie is just plain crazy, the train on which it takes place can't derail but the plot sure can. The ending tries to make sense of it all, but it only raises more questions than it answers. I don't regret the experience of watching this movie though, due to how unique it was in its craziness.
Rated 17 Nov 2014
60
52nd
Entertainment: 4/4. Spirituality: 0.5/3. Sustainability: 1.5/3.
Rated 10 Apr 2014
85
89th
A bit tonally inconsistent in the first act, but by the latter part of the second it becomes a gripping, dirty morality play about the evils of a caste-based society and the levels to which those with power will twist and engineer reality in order to keep it. Here we have a film that stands firmly by its moral but doesn't pretend that it is one without flaws. Taken to its logical conclusion, this film is advocating violent revolution not to change the system, but to dismantle it entirely. Cool.
Rated 19 Jul 2014
95
97th
I love this. The action was awesome, story was right up my alley, and the cinematography was gorgeous. I have so few complaints. Final act falters a bit, but I was on board enough so it didn't bother me too much.
Rated 21 Mar 2014
60
57th
Besides the obvious flaws, it has quite a novel premise. It may be a bit flawed from the start, but it more than makes up for it with the remainder.
Rated 25 Mar 2014
3
68th
Not bad. Yet I'm disappointed that among all technology invented by that time, they had simple problems such as population balance. Like contraception never existed. It is more efficient, fun and reliable to secretly plan riots and slaughter people. Clearly there was no politicians nor engineers on this train. Or someone with working brain. Plus points for school class scene.
Rated 27 Jun 2014
29
11th
It's the geek movie of the year, and there is nothing you or I can do about it.
Rated 13 Mar 2014
8
78th
(2nd viewing) A genuinely great film packed with unexpected turns, Snowpiercer wrenches viewers out of their comfort zone and into a visceral trip as memorable for its thrills as for its provocative vision. Joon-ho Bong can do no wrong; Unless you know, Harvey Weinstein fucks up your movie...
Rated 16 May 2014
86
69th
"Showpiercer" has some flaws and the "big reveal" has been done before, but I enjoyed it quite a lot. By the end, I found myself staring at the screen with a stupid, half-crazed grin spreading across my face like a person who ordered a meal 18 years prior and probably forgot about it but then one day looked up and noticed that the delivery has finally arrived.
Rated 14 Aug 2014
8
38th
I love the reviews by fellow Critickers, the metaphorical and analytical breakdowns that is. That being said however, I felt it to be like a giant video game filled with over-the-top action and nauseating camera-shake. Dialogue bored the hell out of me and the main character fell flat. Neat concept, but not my cup of tea!
Rated 28 Feb 2015
50
29th
Not very good. But really weird.
Rated 29 Jul 2014
79
65th
Great premise, but several weaker points in the actual script. Also Evans wasn't quite up to the task in the lead.
Rated 02 Apr 2014
3
65th
Very intriguing, but very unsatisfying. - Good
Rated 03 Aug 2014
75
59th
As an examination of railroad-based systems of morality, this is far superior to Atlas Shrugged.
Rated 02 Apr 2014
65
42nd
kapitalist sisteme ihtilalin, devrimin entegresini islemek istemis ama derinlik yok filmde. surukleyici, aksiyonu yuksek ve teknik anlaminda basarili yine de.
Rated 18 Aug 2014
80
66th
good bad dream
Rated 05 Dec 2014
55
11th
A flimsy premise that barely rises above a series of blood thirsty fights on train cars. There is a long section where people hack into each other with axes during slow motion montages and grandstanding. How can you come back from that? Aside from the fights, the progression through the class-based train is nonsensical. The cutesy ending is the frosted icing on a putrid cake.
Rated 03 Dec 2014
65
67th
The story collapses into absurdity if examined too closely, but you tend not to notice as the film propels you from one engrossing scene to another. Also, Tilda Swinton is hysterical.
Rated 11 Nov 2014
77
47th
I never know how to feel about movies like this. There's a lot of implausibility around the plot and characters that make it feel very unrealistic, but the social commentary is incredibly strong and relevant. Emotionally it really does take you for a ride, but when it goes over the top and gets heavy handed, you wish they'd hit the breaks.
Rated 05 Jul 2014
81
62nd
Admittedly above-average, w/ some of the early scenes capturing the kind of visceral desperation & feral energy that made Road Warrior so compelling, the film slows down significantly as it trots out new, but all-too-familiar, variations on dystopian metaphors for the haves and have-nots. What all the critics r crowing about I have no idea. The film reinforces the idea that evil is overt, fat & unattractive, while its last shot is 95% commercial against climate change, 5% plausible sign of hope.
Rated 29 Jul 2014
41
13th
An apocalyptical sci-fi thriller set on some kind of a futuristic ark. It's an imaginative tale of social structure and class warfare but is very unsatisfying in the end, so bizarre and ridiculous it's hard to stay engaged for long. "The Great Curtis Revolution" although brings some good fighting scenes and a good production design that creates a rigid and claustrophobic feeling.
Rated 04 Nov 2014
90
59th
One of the more thought-provoking films I've seen this year. Packs the punch of a blockbuster action movie and also has meaning and heart - something sci-fi movies have been lacking lately. Very interesting symbolism and a nice critique of the class system - Snowpiercer comes highly recommended from me!
Rated 10 Nov 2014
25
3rd
What a disappointment. Cartoon characters, awful writing, completely unbelievable. And my favorite - the bad guy who won't die! That character always makes a movie great! Was this supposed to be a comedy?
Rated 15 Jul 2014
74
56th
Fantastic world building but you'll get whiplash from the shifts in tone. Worth it for several great scenes and every second of Tilda Swinton. Ultimately doesn't hold together for me... but extra points for originality.
Rated 04 Aug 2014
79
57th
More stylish genre work from Bong, this time exploring a dingy dystopia (a character is named "Gilliam" in obvious homage to someone who's done this very well before) set on board a perpetually moving train. The premise itself is neat; the allegories are super obvious but the production design and the claustrophobic atmosphere work wonders. Bong again is not afraid to veer wildly between tones, grim moodiness alternating with moments of dark comedy (Swinton in particular).
Rated 04 Jun 2016
7
57th
Snowpiercer is one of the most surprising films in recent years and it's a shame that it only got a limited release. This is a meticulously shot piece of filmmaking from Bong Joon-ho and the cinematography, score & lighting is all very impressive. And this may feature the best performance I've seen yet from Chris Evans. This is however an odd film that gets increasingly ridiculous and doesn't quite know how to end. But technically and in terms of originality I appreciate and admire this film.
Rated 09 Aug 2014
70
81st
Snowpiercer is a perfect metaphor for a capitalist society. No-one knows how it really keeps going and most agree the thing's shit, but the pervasive propaganda prevents anyone of even thinking about getting out. The movie's no Das Boot but still adequately captures the feel of a tight setting. The "twist" fed to you by Wilford in the end is laughably unnecessary and clearly a twist for a twist's sake.
Rated 11 Mar 2023
35
23rd
Bong joon ho senin ben gelmişini geçmişini sikeyim. Bir de senin her filmine yeşil yakanlara sesleniyorum. ARTIK ŞU ANASINI KARISINI SİKTİĞİM GERÇEK HAYATINA DÖNÜN. BÖYLE BİR DÜNYA YOK. BU TREN NASIL 4 YIL GİDİYOR AMK SALAKLARI. YAKIT NERDEN GELİYOR ? HER YER BUZ TUTMUŞ TREN NASIL BUZ TUTMUYOR ? RAYLAR NİYE AÇIK ? YILLARDIR BÖCEKLE BESLENİYORLAR BE AQ DIŞARI ÇIKILMIYOR BÖCEK NERDEN TOPLANIYORRRRR. YETER AMK YETER ÇILDIRICAM ARTIK
Rated 06 Jan 2015
70
28th
A strange premise which ends up not working very well: too predictable, and lacking character development.
Rated 14 Jan 2015
94
97th
Stumbles near the finish line (Evans' soliloquy in particular), but dammit if it isn't a riot when in motion.

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