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Snowpiercer

Bong Joon-ho2013

Rotten Tomatoes

94%

Box Office

$87M

Budget

$40M

Director

Bong Joon-ho

Chris EvansSong Kang-hoTilda Swinton
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Why It Ranks

Snowpiercer introduced Western audiences to Bong Joon-ho's genius years before Parasite. The train-as-society metaphor is the most effective class allegory in modern sci-fi. Every car is a revelation.

The Film

Bong Joon-ho's Snowpiercer is a class-war allegory set on a perpetually moving train carrying humanity's last survivors through a frozen apocalypse. The poor live in squalor at the tail, the rich in opulence at the front, and Chris Evans leads a revolution car by car through increasingly surreal environments. Tilda Swinton's Minister Mason is a grotesque comic creation. The film's structure — each car revealing a new layer of the social hierarchy — is brilliant design.

Fun Facts

Harvey Weinstein wanted to cut 20 minutes and add narration for the US release — Bong refused.

Chris Evans has called Curtis the role he is most proud of.

The film is based on a French graphic novel, Le Transperceneige.

Bong designed each car as a self-contained world with its own color palette.

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