Snowpiercer
2013South KoreaLanguage: KoreanDirected by Bong Joon-ho★ 6.9
Available in English: subtitled
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer; a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
Themes and style
Tone
bleakbrutaldark comedytensehaunting
Pacing
relentlessescalatingslow build to explosion
Story
rebellionsurvivalescapeunravelingwarjourney
Emotion
injusticesacrificeloss of innocenceragefiguring out who you areguiltredemption
Themes
class and moneylife under oppressioncorrupt institutionspovertyfamily wounds passed down
Feel
exhaustingcatharticgut punchdiscussion startercerebralrewatchable
Violence
graphic