Mortal Engines

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Mortal Engines

PG-13

Released Dec 14, 2018

2h 8m

Sci-Fi

Fantasy

Adventure

Action

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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. Feral and fiercely driven by the memory of her mother, Hester joins forces with Tom Natsworthy, an outcast from London, and Anna Fang, a dangerous outlaw with a bounty on her head.

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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 (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

It's got an interesting look, but it's a bloated story.

Sep 12, 2019

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David Fear

Rolling Stone

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.

Rated: 2.5/5

Dec 24, 2018

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Chris Stuckmann

ChrisStuckmann.com

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.

Rated: C-

Dec 21, 2018

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Calum Cooper

Source (Scotland)

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.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 14, 2024

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Nyle Coleman

InSession Film

As much as I wanted to enjoy Mortal Engines, it did very little to move me and keep me captivated.

Rated: D+

May 9, 2024

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Lonita Cook

KCTV5 News at 9

It's actually a little bit more soulful than it lets on.

Jun 16, 2021

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Julian Rex M

Mortal Engines shoulders through an incoherent miasma of thin characters, tropes, and positively dazzling visual effects in order to honor its reach to become a sweeping epic... only to find that its many efforts have culminated into nothing.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/22/24

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Audience Member

Good dystopian film, have watched it a few times. Will likely fall into cult classic in the future.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/22/24

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Blues J

I think it is a decent movie. Nobody expects a deep story here, it is fairytale with nice special effects. Action is good, lead roles are good and convincing, views are spectacular. Screenplay is not bad, different details that appear throughout the movie appear later (the poster of the wanted woman, the eye-artefact). I am writing this in late 2024, perhaps in 2018 critics still remembered Mad Max from 2015? Or maybe there was another similar movie in 2018? Anyway, I cannot understand why this one is getting 25% from critics while the new Top Gun, a cliche-Himalaya, is getting 96%. A little paradox.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/18/24

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Vol W

I have no idea why this movie flopped with the critics! Maybe it's because it isn't a reboot or a superhero movie! I thought it was a thoroughly enjoyable action romp from start to finish. The concepts were fantastic, in a good way. The acting was great, the CG was great, the storyline was great. I have watched Mortal Engines three times and will continue to enjoy future watches!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/16/24

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Edward G

When a movie is so wrapped up in the source material (and the source material sucks), that it can't hold the world it built together long nor spend any time on characters enough to actually tell a story. Waste of the crew's time making this.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

12/13/24

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Alan R

Mortal Engines is a visually entertaining ride through a post apocalyptic landscape, encapsulating humanity's fight for survival. Interesting characters and a wonderful blend of science fiction and fantasy. A welcome break from the usual fodder coming out of Hollywood these days.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/07/24

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Christian Rivers

Director

Hera Hilmar

Hester Shaw

Robert Sheehan

Tom Natsworthy

Hugo Weaving

Thaddeus Valentine

Jihae

Anna Fang

Ronan Raftery

Bevis Pod

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Mortal Engines: Official Clip - Eating a City

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Mortal Engines: Official Clip - Cannibal Auction FIght

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Mortal Engines: Official Clip - Destroying London's Engines

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Mortal Engines: Official Clip - Airship Fight

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Mortal Engines: Official Clip - Zombie Cyborg Attack

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Mortal Engines: Official Clip - Sword Fight

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Mortal Engines: Official Clip - Escape from the City

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Mortal Engines: Official Clip - Land Pirates

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Mortal Engines: Official Clip - Air Assault on London

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Mortal Engines: Official Clip - Shrike's Story

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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. Feral and fiercely driven by the memory of her mother, Hester joins forces with Tom Natsworthy, an outcast from London, and Anna Fang, a dangerous outlaw with a bounty on her head.

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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