Snowpiercer - "Take this ride and have Once in a life time experience"
Movie was damn fascinating and riveting with such a intriguing unique plot . We have only handful of movies revolving around Dystopian era and this would sure stay among top five best in my list. End of world due to actions taken against global warming and the only or the last hope for mankind is this fully equipped Train called " Snow-piercer " and about the life of people inside this train . They are divided as upper class people in front section and lower class people in tail section. A revolution sparks among both these classes and what follows after that makes a pitch perfect story for such a classy movie.
The first thing which would capture our eyes immediately is its stunning visuals and damn charismatic. Its this cinematography which stands upfront where the lead characters like Chris Evans, Ed Harris are all overshadowed by this dazzling visuals . As revolution begins and they start to move from one compartment to the other from tail section , we might start to feel the nostalgia , the joy as if we are playing xbox moving one level after the after. Actions were cool ,stylish and highly charged but yet was insightful to see what each compartment holds keep our expectation high all the time like water compartment , aquarium , meat storage , school , pool , sushi counter , discotheque and so on which were just comical giving us a fantasy feel.....Its a whole world out there in one single train at a stretch. Though that said i am not completely satisfied with the ending as i expected somewhat more intense one or say a bit logical one but was too cliche ridden. Fusing the train and killing the only survivors remaining in earth is sad and kind of unacceptable. Yet that said it was a different ending and Gillion-Wilford partnership was a surprise , a unexpected twist for sure.
I been a fan of Joon-ho Bong from the day i started to watch his films like memories of murder , mother , host etc..and being his first movie in English i must say he didn't let down this time too proving his talent yet again. Entire film in just a train is cool and amazing. I do wait for Noah movie too which relates to doomsday and this is sure a virtual treat for fans who like such kind of Dystopian movies or Doomsday movies. This movie is pure fun and not to be missed. Just take the ride and enjoy the show while this super fast killer pierce the snow mercilessly. Have fun watching.
Trivia : This is based on the French graphic novel "Le Transperceneige". Director Joon-ho Bong discovered the comic in late 2004 during pre-production of The Host (2006), and was fascinated by the concept of people struggling on the train for survival. The drawings in the tail section of Snowpiercer were illustrated by Jean-Marc Rochette, the original comic artist of the graphic novel Le Transperceneige.
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