Snowpiercer (2013) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Snowpiercer (2013) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Bong Joon-ho

Written by: Bong Joon-ho, Kelly Masterson

Starring: Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Go Ah-sung, John Hurt, Ed Harris

Runtime: 126 min

Synopsis: In this sci-fi epic from director Bong Joon-ho (Parasite), a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet. The final survivors board the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine. When cryptic messages incite the passengers to revolt, the train thrusts full-throttle towards disaster.

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Parasite (2019) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Parasite (2019) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Bong Joon-ho

Written by: Bong Joon-ho, Han Jin-won

Starring: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam

Runtime: 132 min

Synopsis: Meet the Park Family: the picture of aspirational wealth. And the Kim Family, rich in street smarts but not much else. Be it chance or fate, these two houses are brought together and the Kims sense a golden opportunity. Masterminded by college-aged Ki-woo (Choi Woo-shik), the Kim children expediently install themselves as tutor and art therapist, to the Parks. Soon, a symbiotic relationship forms between the two families. The Kims provide "indispensable" luxury services while the Parks obliviously bankroll their entire household. When a parasitic interloper threatens the Kims' newfound comfort, a savage, underhanded battle for dominance breaks out, threatening to destroy the fragile ecosystem between the Kims and the Parks.

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