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Blu-ray & DVD release: ‘Snowpiercer’
By Phil Mills | Apr 20, 2020
Lionsgate are bringing the 2013 South Korean-Czech science fiction action film ‘Snowpiercer’ (설국열차) to UK Blu-ray and DVD on May 25, 2020.
Directed by Bong Joon-Ho, the film is set in 2031 and follows the world’s only survivors who live aboard a train that’s been hurtling around the globe for the past seventeen years. The cast includes Chris Evans, Song Kang-Ho, Ed Harris, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, and Ko Ah-Sung.
Synopsis: Set in 2031, the entire world is frozen except for those aboard the Snowpiercer. For seventeen years, the world’s survivors are on a train hurtling around the globe creating their own economy and class system. Led by Curtis (Chris Evans), a group of lower-class citizens living in squalor at the back of the train are determined to get to the front of the train and spread the wealth around. Each section of the train holds new surprises for the group who have to battle their way through. A revolution is underway.
Special Features (Blu-ray only):
• Transperceniege: From the Blank Page to the Blank Screen
• Chris Evans and Tilda Swinton on Snowpiercer
• The Birth of Snowpiercer
• The End of the World, and the New Beginning (animated prologue)
• Characters
• Region: B/2
‘Snowpiercer’ is available for pre-order now from Amazon.co.uk.
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