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Thursday, July 10, 2014
Korean Sci-Fi SNOWPIERCER, is a piece of crap
This epic sci-fi piece by Korean dir./screen writer Bong Joon-ho (Host) takes place in the not too distant, apocolyptic future. Scientists in a major blunder (oops) to solve global warming, cause the entire planet to freeze. The earth has become uninhabitable. The only survivors are the fortunate few granted entry onto a life supporting bullet train. The sleek look of this high-speed train & artic landscape is pretty cool. The train is fueled by an all powerful engine, OZ like figurehead & the backbreaking labor of the pre-ordained working class kept in the back of the bus. Up front rides the priviledged upper-class who pamper themselves by day & party all night. The preposterous plot is a jumble from the Wizard of Oz, an Orwellian novel with indigent Dickens' characters tossed in the furnace. A revolt ensues led by an unwilling leader, Curtis (a very handsome & heroic Chris Evans.) His diabolical duo is played by a fiendishly delightful Tilda Swinton. The actors aren't to blame for this lame film. There are too many overblown fight scenes & improbable situations. Once the fighting begins, the movie rides on thin ice.
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