Snowpiercer (2013)

Action, General Film, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Director: Joon-ho Bong

Writer(s): Joon-ho Bong (screenplay & screen story), Kelly Masterson (screenplay)

Starring: Chris Evans, Kang-ho Song, Ed Harris, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Ewen Bremner, Ko Asung, Alison Pill, Luke Pasqualino, Vlad Ivanov, Adnan Haskovic, Emma Levie, Steve Park, Clark Middleton, Marcanthonee Reis, Paul Lazar, Tómas Lemarquis, Kenny Doughty, Robert Russell, Magda Weigertová, Jim High, Peter Hallin, Haruna Honcoop, Ana Braun, Griffin Seymour, Tyler John Williams, Luna Sophia Bar-Cohen, Sean Connor Renwick, Karel Veselý, Sung-taek Park, Brian Colin Foley, Kendrick Roger Ong, Seisuke Tsukahara, Tomás Dianiska, Mirek Navratil, Hun Chang, Lucie Burianová, Dana Green, Jonny Loquasto, Parry Shen, Joseph Bertót, Eun-kyung Song, Igor Juric, Phil Mallon

Synopsis: The film is set in the future (AD 2031) where, after a failed experiment to stop global warming, an Ice Age kills off all life on the planet except for the inhabitants of the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe and is powered by a sacred perpetual-motion engine. Its inhabitants are divided by class; the lower-class passengers in one of the last cars stage an uprising, moving car by car up to the front of the train, where the oppressive rich and powerful ride.

Release Date: July 11, 2014 (USA) | Length: 126 min | Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | MPAA Rating: Rated R for violence, language and drug content.

Note: based on Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand, and Jean-Marc Rochette.