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Mortal Engines

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Hundreds of years after a cataclysmic event destroyed civilization, mysterious young Hester Shaw emerges as the only one who can stop the city of London -- now a giant predator on wheels -- from devouring everything in its path.
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Critics Consensus

Mortal Engines has no shortage of eye-catching special effects, but lacks enough high-octane narrative fuel to give this futuristic fantasy sufficient cinematic combustion.

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Claudia Puig FilmWeek (LAist) 09/12/2019
It's got an interesting look, but it's a bloated story. Go to Full Review
David Fear Rolling Stone 12/24/2018
2.5/5
They want to give you a steampunk-on-steroids Metropocalypse Now! And they're willing to use the spare parts of dozens of other movies to make it happen. Go to Full Review
Chris Stuckmann ChrisStuckmann.com 12/21/2018
C-
This should've been amazing. Even the ending owes itself to another film...it feels like a bunch of movies we've seen before, that are better than this. Go to Full Review
Calum Cooper Source (Scotland) 07/14/2024
2/5
Its concept is too daft to take seriously, and the action and narrative isn’t exciting enough to be a decent shut-your-brain-off experience. Go to Full Review
Nyle Coleman InSession Film 05/09/2024
D+
As much as I wanted to enjoy Mortal Engines, it did very little to move me and keep me captivated. Go to Full Review
Lonita Cook KCTV5 News at 9 06/16/2021
It's actually a little bit more soulful than it lets on. Go to Full Review
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Jacob H. @FIrewizard Nov 13 Very fun movie to watch. I really enjoyed the action sequences See more Kandy A Oct 18 I liked it very much. A dystopian story that was very entertaining. See more Liame N Sep 1 Critics have no sense. They wrote a review about this movie when they have no brains to fathum its emmense story telling. This movie is like no other. Great steampunk movie to watch. Good acting. RT critics need to get a real job. See more Jesus B Aug 12 It's a postapocalyptic world and, in my opinion, a much better movie than that MadMax crap people always hype. I liked the premise of cities built to move around and the way they gathered resources. I also liked the fact there were no Hollywood kisses in here like it is now so usual in movies, and that Shrike character among other aspects I won't delve into as to not write anything that'd be considered a spoiler. That said, this movie could have easily been delivered as two separate movies or even been extended to a trilogy and would have been great. However, due to it being done in a single film, the movie feels rushed and nonsensycal at times, but still a good experience. Can't say I regret watching and would totally recommend it for people who like postapocalyptic stories. See more Hughe J Jul 28 Mortal Engines was released in theatres in 2018 and is based on the novel of the same name. It's set on post apocalyptic Earth 1000 years after a war that is never explained where for some reason big cities drive around and eat smaller cities; yes that's the plot. Hugo Weaving stars in this alongside a cast of diverse and angsty twenty somethings whose names I don't remember. There's a lot of different groups, gangs, people, to learn but basically it's your typical sci-fi tropes of good vs evil, strong vs weak, rich vs poor and so forth. Honestly the plot was silly, the acting was terrible, and the SFX varied from pretty good to pretty bad. Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings) wrote this which was surprising considering how bored I was watching this compared to how much I enjoyed the LOTR trilogy. Overall this was a confusing mess that lost the studio somewhere between $150 to $200 million dollars so it wasn't just me that didn't care for it. Only watch this if you're really into steampunk sci-fi movies. See more Ryan U @pikachueater Jul 27 A devastatingly bad take on one of the greatest stories ever told See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Hundreds of years after a cataclysmic event destroyed civilization, mysterious young Hester Shaw emerges as the only one who can stop the city of London -- now a giant predator on wheels -- from devouring everything in its path.
Director
Christian Rivers
Producer
Zane Weiner, Amanda Walker, Deborah A. Forte, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson
Screenwriter
Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
WingNut Films
Rating
PG-13 (Futuristic Violence and Action)
Genre
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Adventure, Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 14, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 19, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA)
$15.9M
Runtime
2h 8m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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