Review of Mortal Engines (2018) by Hellholehorror — 16 Feb 2022
Possibly the best visual effects I’ve ever seen wrapped up in a disappointing film. Even better than Avatar (2009) I think. The action is exciting. The technical aspects are immaculate. The first problem that I noticed was the poor introduction to the cities.
These things are enormous but the film does not introduce this scale well at all. You see one giant moving city but no scale compared to the trees it is crushing or the people on it and seconds later an even bigger city is introduced but again there’s no build-up or suspense, it’s just big from the start.
The characters are annoying and obnoxious, except the main girl. The details of the story are muddled but the overall story is interesting. The parallels of the real world are painfully unsubtle. I very much found myself wanting the bad guys to succeed.
Reminiscent of The Matrix (1999) in tone and style but without the memorable characters.
This review of Mortal Engines (2018) was written by Hellholehorror on 16 February 2022.
Mortal Engines has generally received mixed reviews.
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