Full of action spectacle and plenty of biting social commentary, the star-studded dystopian thriller arrives on 25 May. (You can see images from the movie in the slider at the bottom of the page.)
Set in 2031, it envisions a frozen planet where the only survivors live aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that’s been hurtling around the globe for the past seventeen years.
Within the carriages the remnants of the human race have formed their own divisive economic and class system.
This is all set to change when Curtis (Chris Evans) leads a group of lower-class citizens, who live in squalor at the back of the train, on a fight to the front of the Snowpiercer to share the food and wealth equally among the inhabitants.
The A-list cast includes Chris Evans (Captain America: Civil War), Song Kang Ho (Parasite), Tilda Swinton (Dr. Strange), Ed Harris (Apollo 13), Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures), Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot), Ewen Bremner (Trainspotting) and the late John Hurt (Alien).
Blu-ray special features:
- Transperceniege: From the Blank Page to the Blank Screen
- Chris Evans and Tilda Swinton on Snowpiercer
- The Birth of Snowpiercer
- The End of the World, and the New Beginning (animated prologue)
- Characters
The film is certificate 15 and has a 126 minute runtime.
First released in 2013, the film is directed by Parasite‘s Bong Joon-ho and co-written by Bong and Kelly Masterson.
A Netflix series based on the film and the original graphic novel is due for release in May 2020.
Snowpiercer: images
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