“Snowpiercer” is a South Korean sci-fi movie that was released in America in 2014. The plot of the movie revolves around a post-apocalyptic Earth that is covered in snow and ice due to a failed experiment to end climate change. The rest of humanity is confined to a train traveling the world. They are separated into different cars of the train by their social class.
Chris Evans stars as Curtis, a member of the lowest class on the train. Curtis comes up with a plan to revolt and move to the front of the train to take control of it. Tilda Swinton plays Minister Mason, one of the antagonists of the movie who tries to stop this revolution.
What follows is an expertly acted and incredibly shot sci-fi movie. Evans and Swinton are in their acting prime in this movie. The way the two interact shows how tense the relationships between the social classes are. The cinematography is my favorite part of the movie. The camera’s movement is longer and more drawn out when it shows the expanse of the frozen outside world. In the quicker paced action scenes, the camera moves around chaotically to mirror the chaos and speed of the scenes. These action scenes can also get very brutal, very quickly. The plot itself also has incredibly dark low points. Overall, I thought it was an amazing movie but it is definitely not for the faint of heart.
