Since
the dawn of fear by several theories that stands a chance in ending our civilization
for good and advanced CG to bring them to life on the screen, apocalyptic
science fiction are the kind of movies that seeing so often. But the
Snowpiercer stands at a unique position among many of those mundane films for
several good reasons. And it’s worth watching.
This
movie is based on the French graphic novel "Le Transperceneige". While being a thought provoking piece of
concept for a graphic novel when it’s presented as a movie the plot seems
utterly impractical to begin with. Basically Snowpiercer is a train with a
perpetual engine that creates never ending energy that’s running through many
continents on the frozen earth for the last 17 years continuously. That’s right
the earth has entered an ice age and the all known living beings are now almost
extinct. The only survivors are on the Snowpiercer but it has a major issue on
board. That’s the class system that divides the passengers in to front section
privileged to almost ghetto conditioned tail section. An uprising is brewing
and no one has ever succeeded in hi jacking Snowpiercer. And it’s going to be
different this time.
The first
question that comes to any sensible mind is that who maintains this rail road
and how come the train is running for so long without any stops. But then the
movie does not provide you any answers for that so the best is to keep that aside
and move on with the plot. When you ignore that elephant in the room you start
to witness a story that is so creative and brilliant. And it all boil downs to
humans and their spirits that’s warm and courageous even in the most harsh of
conditions they are forced to live in.
You will start to witness struggles, sacrifices, leaderships, betrayals
and above all that hope for survival. And the story flows without hesitation
with the cast moving from carriage to carriage of the train unfolding never
seeing environments and challenges to face. And steadily it arrives at its
destination where there are surprises wait. By the time the movie ends it
provides many satisfactory answers to some burning questions but open doors for
many more. However the ending is fulfilling.
You will witness
solid performances by many and amongst them Chris Evans and Tilda Swinton are
the best. Good cinematography and score yet the CG seems a bit poor comparing
to the big budget Hollywood movies nowadays. But that does not harm to enjoy
this far as I see. Because Snowpiercer does not depend on CG to make a mark.
And there are some fine set creations also can be witnessed as from carriage to
carriage of the train it’s a whole different mood and atmosphere.
Snowpiercer
delivers something beyond scientific representation of a possible future
disaster and action filled blood stains on the walls. Therefore I would say it
is a successful movie.
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