Sometime this year, nations will decide to artificially seed the atmosphere with a cooling agent to combat global climate change. This global experiment will go awry and cause a massive ice age. A technocrat named Wilford has created a train that moves constantly around the globe and all of surviving humanity is on this train, surviving the freeze in a closed environment. Flash forward 17 years to 2031 and the members of the back end of the train are fed up with their squalor. They plan a revolution, fighting to take over the engine one car at a time. This is a brilliant story, based on a French graphic novel, where a closed ecosystem of humans must remain balanced. The prevailing theory is that in order for there to be balance, there must be disparity. Perhaps my favorite line of the film is in response to a "This is the natural order" comment. Curtis (from the back) says to Mason (from the front), "Thats what people from the front always say to people from the back". Yes, this little train is a microcosm of the world. So why can't someone envision sustainability with parity. Both are required for justice. The fact is, this film (in spite of its massive violence) makes me think again of justice and sustainability and the possibilities for our 2014 world. Love it.
4 stars (out of 5)
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