Title: Snowpiercer /
Authors: Pong, Chun-ho, 1969-; Evans, Chris, 1981-; Swinton, Tilda; Bell, Jamie, 1986-; Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc.
Year: 2014
Subjects: Railroad trains Drama.; Social classes Drama; Disasters Drama.
Abstract: The film is set in the future (AD 2031) where, after a failed experiment to stop global warming, an ice age kills off all life on the planet except for the inhabitants of the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe and is powered by a sacred perpetual-motion engine. Its inhabitants are divided by class; the lower-class passengers in one of the last cars stage an uprising, moving car by car up to the front of the train, where the oppressive rich and powerful ride.