![]() Curtis stops them, as he wants to meet Wilford Curtis explains that in the early days of the train, 17 years before, the tail section had resorted to cannibalism, and he had been ready to eat the infant Edgar but Gilliam offered him his arm instead. In the last car before the engine, Namgoong reveals that the reason he collected the drug Kronole was to use it as an explosive to escape the train with Yona, believing they can survive. The two, along with Yona, continue onward. Franco is then seemingly killed by Curtis and Namgoong. Curtis's group moves on, but Franco catches up with them, killing Grey and Tanya. Franco broadcasts to the classroom his execution of Gilliam, which prompts Curtis to kill Mason. The teacher, who received a gun from the bald man, kills Andrew before Grey kills her. The captured guards are freed, as is Mason's henchman Franco. The bald man goes to the tail army and shoots them with loaded automatic guns hidden under the eggs, revealing that bullets still exist. A bald man brings eggs for the children to open to celebrate the eighteenth circumnavigation of the Earth. The group reaches a schoolroom, where a teacher is indoctrinating the children on Wilford's greatness. Namgoong and Yona recognize a landmark outside and consider that the ice may be thawing. The tail army stays back, holding the guards captive, while Curtis takes Mason, Namgoong, Yona, skilled fighter Grey, and Tanya and Andrew (two parents who have had their children taken from them) toward the front of the train.Ĭurtis's group travels through several opulent cars. Edgar is held hostage, but Curtis abandons him to capture Mason, forcing her to order the remaining guards to surrender while Edgar is fatally stabbed. However, the tail-sectioners launch a counterattack with torches and push the guards back. The guard force, who have night vision, begin picking off the blind rebels. During the battle, the train goes into a tunnel, causing total darkness. Namgoong helps the tail mob progress forward, but they find themselves facing guards with melee weapons, overseen by Minister Mason. ![]() Namgoong insists that his clairvoyant daughter, Yona, be freed as well. They free Namgoong Minsoo, a captive security specialist, and use a drug known as Kronole made from industrial waste as bribery in exchange for his assistance. Urged by his mentor, Gilliam, Curtis Everett and his second-in-command, Edgar, lead the tail passengers in a revolt after they realize the guards' weapons have no ammunition bullets are believed to be "extinct" due to a previous revolt. The passengers on the train are segregated, with the elite in the extravagant front cars and the poor crammed into squalid tail compartments overseen by armed guards. The remnants of humanity have taken to a self-sustaining circumnavigational train, the Snowpiercer, run by reclusive transportation magnate Wilford. It is 2031, 17 years after an attempt to stop climate change via stratospheric aerosol injection catastrophically backfired and created a new ice age and caused ecocide. With a budget of $40 million, it remains one of the most expensive South Korean productions ever. In the United States, the film was initially planned for a limited-screen showing but the critical response prompted The Weinstein Company to expand the showing to more theaters and to digital streaming services. Snowpiercer received critical acclaim, and appeared on many film critics' top ten lists of 2014 after its international release, with praise for its vision, direction, and performances, particularly by Evans and Swinton. Filming took place at Barrandov Studios in Prague, using train car sets mounted on gimbals to simulate the train's motion. Evans stars as Curtis Everett, leader of the lower-class tail-section passengers, as they rebel against the elite of the front of the train. ![]() It takes place aboard the Snowpiercer train as it travels a globe-encircling track, carrying the last remnants of humanity after a failed attempt at climate engineering to stop global warming has created a new Snowball Earth. The film stars Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Go Ah-sung, John Hurt, and Ed Harris. A South Korean-Czech co-production, the film marks Bong's English-language debut almost 85% of the film's dialogue is in English. The film was directed by Bong Joon-ho and written by Bong and Kelly Masterson. Snowpiercer ( Korean: 설국열차 Hanja: 雪國列車 RR: Seolgungnyeolcha) is a 2013 post-apocalyptic science fiction action film based on the French climate fiction graphic novel Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette. ![]()
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