Snowpiercer

Title from container.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2013.
Special features: Critics' commentary hosted by Scott Weinbert; The birth of Snowpiercer; The characters; animated prologue; Concept art galleries; Chris Evans & Tilda Swinton on Snowpiercer; The train brought to life: behind the scenes of a special screening; Transper ceneige: from the blank page to the black screen.
Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, John Hurt, Ed Harris.
The film is set in the future (AD 2031) where, after a failed experiment to stop global warming, an ice age kills off all life on the planet except for the inhabitants of the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe and is powered by a sacred perpetual-motion engine. Its inhabitants are divided by class; the lower-class passengers in one of the last cars stage an uprising, moving car by car up to the front of the train, where the oppressive rich and powerful ride.
DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Awful submitted by rickmktg on January 23, 2015, 9:11pm What were Ed Harris, Tilda Swinson, and Chris Evans thinking?

Awesome submitted by kelleyc on July 20, 2016, 7:30am For once, Hollywood made a movie with a completely unique plot. It was gripping and intense.

Dark and depressing submitted by mandevil on December 31, 2021, 12:07pm Life at the moment is depressing enough

Snowjob submitted by tarascon on July 28, 2023, 6:55pm Ok… but kind of derivative. I really wanted to like this more because of Bong Joon-ho but…
The best I’ll say is that it’s not awful.

As usual Tilda Swinton is her usual fun, geeky self.