SNOWPIERCER (2013)

Just watched SNOWPIERCER last night with a theater packed kind of making me wonder how a movie that came out in 2013 is finally hitting just a limited number of theaters in 2014. It is not like this movie wasn’t freaking JAMMED with huge stars (Chris Evans, Ed Harris, Alison Pill, Tilda Swinton and freakin John Hurt). This movie is set just 17 years into the future and like in a lot of great sci-fi movies (based on a graphic novel), science has jacked something up trying to make it better. The world as we know it has frozen over and the only thing remaining is a train that is going around the world over and over. Each trip around the world take 1 year and the train is basically like the last stand for humanity and it’s doom at the same time. Exploring some deep society and class separations the story focuses on a group of people lead by Captain America (not really it’s a really grunge-band-ish looking Chris Evans) trying to get to the front of the train so they can take over the engine.

We are given one unsettling view of the society after another but the most disturbing thing of all about this film is that in real life these things a actually happening in one form or another. More than just a movie this film is a superbly honest, sick, sad, hopeful and even sometimes funny look at ourselves as a species. These elements make this movie a MUST watch. There is a TON of violence, but a lot of it is guarded in such a way that it is not going to gore you to death. Swinton should get some kind of award for her performance and Evans is at the top of his game (only maybe the circumstances in the film seem to omit his ability to cry on set). Having said that this film is loaded with brilliance and outstanding performances are flying all over the place. Because this movie came out in 2013 but wasn’t out in American theaters until now, I will have to say it is one of the top 10 films of the year so far. One warning, this movie is NOT predictable by any stretch of the imagination. One minute you might be cracking up and the next minute, people will be freaking the freak out. I give this one a 7 out of 7 for it’s very disturbing yet real and honest view of the desperation all too familiar in today’s world.

Rating Definition : SPECTACULAR GENIUS THAT MAKES OTHER GENIUS’s THINK THEY ARE UN-CREATIVE, this is a movie that if you skip it will actually lessen your lifespan and make your skin dry out. Yeah, I am serious. These films end up on the scale of epic-ness that even giving it a 7 out of 7 seems like a small number. It should be more like an 8 out of 7 sending it straight into the arena of mathematical impossibilities!!!!!!