Imagine the
worst train journey ever and you’ve got Snowpiercer.
This 2013 film has generated new interest lately partly due to director
Bong Joon-ho winning a handful of Oscars
for his latest feature Parasite and
also because a tv series is in the works. Somehow the original release of the
film passed me by and I can’t remember it getting a massive publicity drive at
the time. In some respects it is a typical post- apocalyptic movie- grim,
unrelenting and painted in muted tones. In fact it is one of those films you
start watching and then think- am I really going to stick with this for two
hours? Well do stick with it because, while not perfect, Snowpiercer is an imaginatively presented thrill ride packed with
claustrophobic action and not without strands of thoughtfulness.
