[Trailer 2] Snowpiercer
http://youtu.be/fyhjuCH9zWQ
The second trailer for Bong Joon-ho's Snowpiercer was released last week. Much like the first trailer, this new look at the film gives a bare bones summary of the film in which the rich and privileged survivors of a future Ice Age live in the posh front of a train while the lower-class citizens are relegated to the poor living conditions of the back. However, when one of them (Chris Evans) decides to revolt and take the train from the rich, as is always the case with stories involving unfair class infrastructures.
Snowpiercer looks a little generic, but I have faith in Bong Joon-ho, considering that his Shaking Tokyo segment in Tokyo! was my favorite of the three. We'll find out how his English-language debut goes as it runs through the second-half of the festival circuits this year.
[Trailer] Snowpiercer
http://youtu.be/KPBQ-dGbO8I
In a future where an attempt to stop global warming resulted in an artificial Ice Age, the majority of life on Earth has died. The survivors are forced to live on a train, the titular Snowpiercer, that simply runs across the planet, driven by an engine that is always in perpetual-motion. Over the years since the initial experiment failed, the train has been split into various classes where the rich live in the front while the poor live in the back of the train. You see where I'm going with this, right?
Snowpiercer is Bong Joon-ho's English-language debut, following in the steps of other famed Asian director, Takashi Miike. The director of The Host is joined by Chris Evans (The Avengers), Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk about Kevin), and Jamie Bell (Jumper) in the sci-fi thriller. There's no release date set for Snowpiercer, but with its South Korean release slated for August 1st, I assume North American distributers will be able to get it stateside by the end of the year.