Sci-fi can be a harsh mirror.
It doesn’t just expose the human condition.
The project was a catastrophic failure that caused a second ice age, and killed most of humanity.
The last of our species is on a train powered by a perpetual motion engine.
They stay huddled in the back and do no work.
The level of detail running throughout the movie is remarkable.
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The filmmaker sees the intersection of how geography defines culture and vice-versa.
Additionally, a news service would inform the wealthier cars about the coming revolution.
Snowpiercerisn’t a tirade or agitprop.
It’s entertaining, and features some thrilling action scenes that are both grand and intimate.
These aren’t just people looking for a better life.
And their deaths have meaning.
There’s no turning the revolution back, but whom will be left to move forward?
ExceptSnowpiercerisn’t just a critique of the uber-rich.
Snowpierceris a challenge in a movie landscape where sci-fi action rarely challenges us.
As we’ve seen in films such asPrometheusandTranscendence, sci-fi in modern films usually amounts to Icarus stories.
