Snowpiercer (2013) review

Finally, a post-apocalyptic scenario that doesn't make me want to cringe! After a climate-altering test destroys most of humanity by placing it in a perpetual ice age, a single train containing what's left of civilization roars around the world, with the peasants confined to the back end of the train and the wealthy in better living conditions: with the situation for the poor as dire as it is, a revolt is necessary (cough, cough, someone did a cursory reading of Karl Marx), led by Chris Evans, Jamie Bell and John Hurt against the 'ruling' class (Tilda Swinton, train conductor Ed Harris). While it is impossible to take this as a serious analysis of class warfare, it at least tries - which is the important thing - to be a slightly more-intelligent-than-most action movie, never forgetting to throw in some laughs (mostly courtesy of Ms. Tilda, sporting fake teeth) and keeping the action at fever-pitch. The CGI is spotty (at best), though the actors are in fine form ... and the inevitable 'confrontation' with Harris and Evans is a well-done case of the revolutionary meeting the master and both (presumably) dying as a result.