Snowpiercer

Interesting.  I haven't heard of this yet!  But you are right.... a bit of a weird concept.  But hey, at least it's original!

Here is a link to an earlier discussion of this movie. I'm going to see it but I love trashy summer movies.

 

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/t...r-sci-fi-train-movie

Here's another train movie...

 

It appears this movie was released a year ago but its just now making its way to the United States!  Wow!

00:30 - "the sacred engine"   WOW....talk about foamers!

If it's a hit, perhaps we'll see it in the Lionel Christmas catalog (to be released in 20??).  

I hear it is a valid candidate for the worst movie ever made.  A real stinker, good actors notwithstanding. 

 

But Bob is right - it could still be in the Christmas catalog.  Took a year after making the movie before they released it.  Usually takes a year after the catalog before the new items show up.  Coincidence?  Maybe not! 

Story behind the movie.  

 

Harvey Weinstein and the saga of ‘Snowpiercer’

 

"One of the very best films of 2014 opens in the Boston area Friday, and you almost didn’t get a chance to see it in a movie theater"

Not sure where you saw that, but many of the reviews I have seen said it's very good, however it seems to be a movie you have to be in tune with

Rotten Tomatoes.

       
       

Thanks for the Link!

Yet another movie where the good guy needs to work/fight his way from the Caboose to the Engine…LOL
This one really sounds interesting with the Remnants of Humanity being on board the “Snowpiercer” Bullet Train…..
I wonder if Al Gore plays the Engineer?…LOL

Thanks for Posting..
K.C.

"Yet another movie where the good guy needs to work/fight his way from the Caboose to the Engine…"

So many life analogies there......I'll bite my tongue

Dave

Michael Medved reviewed this on his radio show today.... Hi described it as "utterly repulsive" (I'm paraphrasing here) & gave it ZERO stars.  He said its full of human mutilation, amputations, etc.  Polar Express it is not.  Who wants to see that crap?

I wouldn't expect any less from Medved, he gets uptight at PG movies

I have the un-cut region 3 (Asia) version I purchased from a DVD store in Thailand.  US distribution delayed because the U.S. distributor wanted to cut 25 minutes to get more showings per day.

 

Basically big industry decided to chemically change the atmosphere to cool the earth so they could stop global warming and continue business as usual. The train owner and builder (Ed Harris) knew it wouldn't work so the train was an attempt to save some people. The train has been running 17 years over a totally frozen planet.  The first class ticket holders live in luxury, second class OK and the back of the train, many stow aways, live in misery. The movie is about the back of the train folks trying to get to the engine. What happened?  No spoilers here, go see the movie.

 

No sex, so OK to take kids? WRONG, way too bloody. 

Thanks for the heads up as I've not heard about it. Have just ordered a region free DVD from Thailand.

Hadn't heard of this movie but as the Boston article makes clear, there are so many like that.  I'll be looking for it at the indie theaters and "on demand".  Can anyone provide a link to the Asian vendors of gems like this?

It's available on Amazon (Example link) 

i watched this movie on my computer last night.  Very interesting plot and 99.9% of the film takes place on the train!

 

Recommend highly.