Review of Mortal Engines (2018) by Jack W — 17 Dec 2018

Starts off entertaining but quickly noses dives into mediocrity.

This review of Mortal Engines (2018) was written by Jack W on 17 December 2018.

Mortal Engines has generally received mixed reviews.

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Going into viewing this I had not much idea about it besides a loose plot description and that it was Peter Jackson's work…

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This film is a disgrace and I cannot bear to watch it, In fact I walked out of the cinema early because I needed to take a break for the…

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By Syund (1) on 24 Mar 2019

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By Karmazyn83 (12) on 22 Feb 2019

I really liked it. Nice, easy watch. Wonderful CGI and good acting. Movie was set in a very interesting Steam punk world…

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Steampunk atmosphere, quality CGI, a lot of logic errors, an ordinary script…

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By Thefrog (13) on 31 Aug 2020

I loved this movie in terms of environment: its production values are through the roof and the steampunk aesthetics are all but perfect…

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By Currer_Bell (12) on 29 Feb 2020

Can't help but to feel bad for all the people who did the amazing special effects for this non-sensical, poorly written and directed movie…

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Mortal Engines, the movie's got a very interesting look, either that being the costume designs for the characters or it being some of the…

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By Ronsaidit (11) on 05 Mar 2019

This could have been so much more than it was, just felt like there was something missing, the acting was good but something just wasn't…

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