Snowpiercer
First screened in July 2014
Director: Bong Joon-ho. Cast: Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Ko Ah-sung, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, John Hurt, Octavia Spencer, Jamie Bell, Ed Harris, Ewen Bremner, Luke Pasqualino, Vlad Ivanov, Adnan Haskovic, Emma Levie, Alison Pill, Marcanthonee Reis, Clark Middleton. Screenplay: Bong Joon-ho and Kelly Masterson (based on the graphic novel Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob & Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette). Twitter Capsule:
Both nonsensical and crushingly obvious in sense. Points for brio but internal logic flouted all over. Visually uneven.
VOR:④
Blunt notion of Haves and Have Nots: no originality points there. But has courage of conviction, pursuing outré concept and furious message with equal vehemence. Something to behold.
