Snowpiercer (2014)
84%RT Audience Score: 72%
Awards & Nominations: NA
Snowpiercer offers an audaciously ambitious action spectacular for filmgoers numb to effects-driven blockbusters
Snowpiercer is the kind of movie that makes you want to stand up and cheer for the underdogs, even if they’re fighting on a train that’s hurtling through a frozen wasteland. Director Bong Joon-ho has created a wild ride that’s part action movie, part social commentary, and all awesome. The cast is fantastic, the visuals are stunning, and the story will keep you on the edge of your seat. Plus, who doesn’t love a good rebellion against the ruling class? All aboard the Snowpiercer, folks!
Production Company(ies)
Svensk Filmindustri
Distributor
Radius TWC
Release Type
Filming Location(s)
MPAA / Certificate
TV-MA
Year of Release
2014
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:NA
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Runtime:2h 5m
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Language(s):
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jun 27, 2014 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 21, 2014
Genre(s)
Action
Keyword(s)
Snowpiercer, Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, John Hurt, Bong Joon Ho, Jeong Tae-seong, Steven Nam, Park Chan-wook, Lee Taeheon, Kelly Masterson, action, post-apocalyptic, ice age, supertrain, revolt, R rating, English, directed by Bong Joon Ho, produced by Jeong Tae-seong, Steven Nam, Park Chan-wook, Lee Taeheon, written by Bong Joon Ho, Kelly Masterson, $4.6M box office, reviewed by J Hoberman, David Sims, Jim Slotek, Inkoo Kang, Scott Marks, Kristy Puchko, Daisy Leigh-Phippard, Robert Sims, Michael J Casey, Kip Mooney, George Fenwick, sci-fi, class system, climate change, social commentary, Chris Evans as Curtis, Song Kang-ho as Namgoong Minsu, Tilda Swinton as Mason, Jamie Bell as Edgar, Octavia Spencer as Tanya, John Hurt as Gilliam, Radius TWC
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Budget and Earnings Details
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Song Kang-ho – Namgoong Minsu
Tilda Swinton – Mason
Jamie Bell – Edgar
Octavia Spencer – Tanya
John Hurt – Gilliam
Director(s)
Bong Joon Ho
Writer(s)
Bong Joon Ho, Kelly Masterson
Producer(s)
Jeong Tae-seong, Steven Nam, Park Chan-wook, Lee Taeheon
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (261) | Top Critics (58) | Fresh (245) | Rotten (16)
A madcap addition to the comic-book-derived movies that have dominated cinematic summer fare.
March 28, 2017
J. Hoberman
The New York Review of Books
TOP CRITIC
That rare experience you don’t get to have much in the summer anymore, a loud, clanging, original action flick that’s grabbing you by the lapels and yelling in your ears.
September 22, 2016
David Sims
The Atlantic
TOP CRITIC
It’s a wicked, violent parable, and one of the only movies of the summer worth talking about after the credits roll.
January 2, 2015 | Rating: 4.5/5
Jim Slotek
Toronto Sun
TOP CRITIC
“Snowpiercer” warms the heart, but doesn’t penetrate it.
January 2, 2015
Inkoo Kang
TheWrap
TOP CRITIC
Fueled by implausibility, and for a good portion of the ride much better for it, Bong-Joon Ho’s Snowpiercer posits a nonstop, Earth-encircling train containing the microcosmic survivors of a society killed off by a global warming-induced deep freeze.
January 2, 2015 | Rating: 2/5
Scott Marks
San Diego Reader
TOP CRITIC
This is a dark, but deeply beautiful movie, punctuated by edge-of-your-seat thrills and unexpected laughs.
January 2, 2015 | Rating: 4.5/5
Kristy Puchko
CinemaBlend
TOP CRITIC
If you needed any more convincing of Bongs versatility as a director, credit should be given to the fact that this is an English-language film from a Korean director, that uses language and cultural perspective as a tool in the movies very storytelling.
February 21, 2022
Daisy Leigh-Phippard
Screen Queens
Snowpiercer examines a class system that refuses to die no matter the circumstances. Director Bong Joon-ho constantly asks whether a person must accept their preordained place in society for the sake of balance and harmony.
January 22, 2022
Robert Sims
Lights Camera Austin
Part allegory, part Hero’s Journey, Snowpiercer makes no concessions about its religious and political metaphors, and it is all the stronger for it.
November 30, 2021 | Rating: 4.5/5
Michael J. Casey
Michael J. Cinema
Its satire of actual class warfare is as cutting as the axes the rebels and guards use.
August 31, 2021 | Rating: A-
Kip Mooney
College Movie Review
An extraordinary work of climate-change fiction, with bold visuals, gripping action, shocking violence and a brutally clear allegory for the class system.
August 27, 2021
George Fenwick
Stuff.co.nz
It’s just as interested in examining topics like climate change, class, and cultural disparity as it is in revealing just how the film’s core team navigates a never-stopping hell train to take on the bad guys.
July 28, 2021
Nathan Mattise
Ars Technica…
Plot
In a post-apocalyptic world, the last survivors of humanity live on a train that circles the globe, but when one man leads a revolt for control of the engine, the future of the world is at stake in Snowpiercer.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
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