Cult Classics: Snowpiercer

After a failed global warming experiment, a post-apocalyptic Ice Age has killed off nearly all life on the planet. All that remains of humanity are the lucky few survivors that boarded the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe, powered by a sacred perpetual motion engine. A class system has evolved aboard the train, fiercely dividing its population – but a revolution is brewing. The lower-class passengers in the tail section stage an uprising, moving car by car up toward the front of the train, where the train’s creator and absolute authority resides in splendor. But unexpected circumstances lie in wait for humanity’s tenacious survivors.

Visionary director Bong Joon Ho’s “enormously ambitious and visually stunning” (Scott Foundas, Variety) film has been widely praised as “a superb masterpiece of science fiction” (MTV). Starring Chris Evans, Song Kang Ho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Ewen Bremner, John Hurt, and Ed Harris.

Part of our Cult Classic series—introduced by Programming Associate, Eliana Choi.