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Release Date: June 27th, 2014

DVD Release Date: October 21st, 2014

R|2 hr 5 min

Plot Summary
A post-apocalyptic ice age forces humanity's last survivors aboard a globe-spanning supertrain. One man (Chris Evans) will risk everything to lead a revolt for control of the engine and the future of the world.

Cast: Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, John Hurt, Ed Harris, Ewen Bremner

Director: Joon-ho Bong

Genres: Science fiction, Action

Production Co: Opus, Stillking Films, Moho Film, CJ Entertainment

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  • 80
    Clarence TsuiThe Hollywood Reporter

    Snowpiercer is an ambitious piece with a universally comprehensible theme and accessible aesthetics. show more

  • 88
    Tirdad DerakhshaniPhiladelphia Inquirer

    Swinton is delightful in a twisted turn as Wilford's enforcer, a Margaret Thatcherian dragon lady who adores watching her men torture miscreants who have defied the train's No. 1 rule: Know your place. show more

  • 50
    Inkoo KangTheWrap

    In superlative previous films like “The Host” and “Mother,” Bong elevated, then transcended, the humble genres of the monster movie and the murder mystery by refashioning them into exquisitely heart-wrenching human drama. Disappointingly, then, his alchemical touch is absent here. Snowpiercer warms the heart, but doesn't penetrate it. show more

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