The movie starts in the year 2014. Global warming
is at its height and climate change is about to
end human life once and for all. The common
people are relying on scientists to somehow
save the world while even the scientists are
panicking at the rate of decreasing resources.
When humanity is only a step away from
extinction, a magical coolant called CW-7
is discovered. With the correct
amount of CW-7 in the atmosphere,
the world is said to go back to itsÂ
natural form. Without wasting more time, Â
the authorities in seventy-nine countries
collectively decide to release a certain
amount of CW-7 into the atmosphere. The program
is initiated and completed successfully. However,
the results are something that no one could
have imagined in their wildest dreams.
Instead of battling global warming, CW-7
cools the atmosphere to extreme levels,
so much so that the entire world freezes and the
earth goes back to the ice age. Almost all human
beings freeze to death in less than a week.
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Only a tiny percentage of humans survive Â
by getting on a train called Snowpiercer built by
a railway specialist Wilford. It is powered by a
perpetual motion engine that is able to work even
in extreme temperatures. The train never stops,
moving all twenty-four hours of three hundred
sixty-five days. This is because the heating
system inside only works when it continuously
moves or else even the train would freeze.
The railway track goes to different countries as
it is created by joining every track in the world.
The train takes exactly a year to
make a full circle of its track
which is how the people measure time.
Seventeen years later, in 2031 the train
is still in motion and has never come to halt.
Inside, people are divided into three different
classes. The leader of the entire human
population is the creator of the train,
Wilford. It is said that he lives above the engine
storage and has an entire room to himself.
After him, are the elites who only make
upto one percentage of the population.
They live in the frontal compartments and get
to enjoy all the luxuries in life like bars,
expensive restaurants, saloons, hospitals,
and even schools for their children.
Second, comes the middle compartment
which consists of laborers who work for
the first-class people. They do not receive
as many services but get the opportunity
to work their way up to the first class.
Then, in the last windowless tiny compartment
lives a population of freeloaders who are treated
like cattle. They are not given any resources
other than occasional black bars of gluten.
The group survives by reminding themselves
at least they are alive but they don’t even
have the privilege to look at the sunlight.
For food, the train has a built-in greenhouse
that grows enough vegetables for the first
and second classes. Meanwhile, water is created
by melting ice in front of the train.
One afternoon, two guards go to the last
compartment to distribute food. It is again the
jelly-like substance called the protein bar.
This time, the guards inquire if there is a
violinist onboard since they need one for
the entertainment of the first-class people.
An old couple comes forward but it turns out
that only one can come with them. When the couple
refuses to go without each other, the guards
push the old woman and drag her husband away.
The leaders of the freeloaders are two young
men named Curtis and Edgar. They do as much as
they can for the community but haven’t been able
to make any significant change. Every day, they
receive a single capsule with a message inside one
random protein bar. The messages range from the
blueprint of the train to motivating quotes.
This time, the capsule contains the name of the
designer of the train, Nam. He is currently
held as a prisoner in the prison compartment.
No one knows who sends the capsule messages
but Curtis believes that they are an ally.
In the past seventeen years, freeloaders
have protested twice. They failed both
times and caused many deaths but their spirit
to fight for equal rights hasn’t changed. Curtis
and Edgar are constantly planning their next
move and encouraging people to join them.
One of the passengers among the freeloaders is an
old man named Gilliam. He is missing one arm and
a leg but is determined to improve their living
situation. He is also the spiritual leader of the
group and is the one holding everyone together.
Curtis comes to Gilliam to show him the latest
message. They believe that someone wants Curtis to
meet designer Nam. As they talk, the guards enter
the compartment and start measuring the height of
every kid. At last, they decide to take two kids
named Timi and Andy. Timi’s mother begs and cries
for them to stop but the guards push her away.
A man named Andrew throws his shoe at the
guards, making their blood boil. Then,
we are introduced to a woman named Minister
Mason. She is in charge of maintaining peace
and security on the train and is also the only
first-class person the freeloaders have seen.
As punishment, Mason makes Andrew keep his
hand out of the train for seven minutes.
When he brings the arm inside, it is completely
frozen. The guards then cut it with a hammer,
leaving him bleeding and in pain.
Mason tells the freeloaders to let this
be a lesson because they are like shoes
whose very job is to stay at the bottom.
After everything calms down, the entire freeloader
community fumes in anger. This is not the first
time they have been treated like animals but this
time, they have had enough of the injustice.
That entire night, they make an elaborate plan
to attack the guards. Rumor has it that the
guards ran out of bullets in the last protest
and are carrying empty guns. Curtis takes it
upon himself to see if the rumor is true.
The next day, the compartment door opens,
and in comes the guy who brings food
daily. Curtis walks to him and points
the gun at himself, asking the man to shoot.
Lo and behold, the gun turns out to be empty
which is a sign for the others to attack.
The plan works and they manage to enter the
prison section of the train. There, Curtis meets
designer Nam whose name was written on the last
message. Nam and his little daughter Yona
are addicted to a substance called Kronole.
They only agree to join the group if they are
provided with enough Kronole. Curtis agrees and
welcomes them to the freeloader community.
Using his skills, Nam opens the door to the
next compartment which has a window. The
group can almost not believe how bright
the compartment is as they finally get to
see sunlight after seventeen years.
Following that, they enter the kitchen
area specially made for the poor class.
To their horror, they discover that the
protein bar they have been feeding on
is made up of ground cockroaches.
After a few more compartments, they
will reach the water filtrate. Gilliam advises
that they hold the filtrate in their possession
which will give them a ground for negotiation
with the guards. That way, they can ask for
equal rights in turn for water.
However, they are met with a surprise
when they open the next door and see a
horde of guards with axes waiting for them.
A fight ensues where many people from both sides
lose their lives. Amidst the battle, Nam sees
a point outside the train which he clearly
remembers was not visible last year when he
wasn’t in prison. This means that the ice outside
is surely melting to some extent and humankind
will soon be able to live on the ground.
Suddenly, Mason makes an announcement and asks
the guards to kill seventy percent of the
freeloaders. At the same time, they cross
through a tunnel which gives the guards an upper
hand because they own night vision goggles. Many
of Curtis’s people die in the following fight.
But in the end, the cruel minister is captured
and threatened, so she orders the guards
to stop. The freeloaders want to kill the
woman but they still need her to manipulate
the guards. Upon being asked, she reveals
that the children that were stolen yesterday
are with the captain of the train Wilford.
She doesn’t know what he does with children
but is aware that he orders many of them.
Mason promises to bring the group to Wilford’s
compartment in exchange for her life.
Curtis agrees but only a handful of people led by
him decide to join Mason. The rest stay behind for
their own safety. Before leaving, Andrew makes
a portrait of the group alongside Mason who has
a shoe on her head. It is a slap back for the
time she compared the freeloaders to shoes who
are supposed to be on the bottom.
Following that, they make their way to
the first-class lounges that consist of an
aquarium, a greenhouse with fresh fruits,
and a sushi station. Mason \asks them to sit
down for sushi and shamelessly boasts about
the services. But while the others enjoy fresh
fish, she is made to eat the protein bar.
The next compartment is the school for
children. Starting from an early age,
they are brainwashed about freeloaders and are
taught to look up to Wilford as their king.
Timi’s mother asks them about the missing kids and
a little boy reveals that they were taken through
the front door. At the same time, the train passes
a monumental place. It is the area where the
bodies of seven frozen people are clearly visible.
They were explorers who jumped off the train a
few years ago, hoping to survive on land.
Back in the compartment of the freeloaders,
everyone is impatiently waiting for the group
to return with good news. Surprisingly, they are
approached by a man with a cart full of eggs. They
are shocked because they were under the impression
that all forms of animals on earth are dead.
The man laughs, claiming that it is just a rumor,
just like the story about empty guns
is also a rumor. With that being said,
he brings a gun out and starts firing at them.
Similarly, the teacher in the children’s
classroom also does the same. She manages
to kill Andrew before Curtis kills her. The
classroom also has a monitor where the CCTV
footage of the last compartment is shown.
A guard in the compartment brings Gilliam in
front of the camera and shoots him dead.
Gilliam was very close to Curtis’s heart,
hence, the death crushes his spirit. In anger
and to take revenge, he shoots Mason dead.
Then, the surviving group moves forward and
ends up in a room filled with high-class
people socializing with each other.
They are enjoying luxuries like alcohol, expensive
clothes, saloons, medicines, and doctors. Right
before the group enters the engine room, another
batch of guards attacks them. They fight with all
they have but Timi’s mother dies in the battle.
Now, the only surviving ones are Curtis, Nam, and
his daughter Yona. They cross a club filled with
the high youngsters and finally reach the door
to Wilford’s room. Opening this door is out of
Nam’s expertise so they sit down for a while.
Curtis starts telling the story of the time when
they were new to the train. For the first few
months, the lowest class were provided with
no food whatsoever. When desperation hit,
they resorted to cannibalism. The older people
liked to eat children because their meat was
tender and Curtis also took part in it.
One day, he was so hungry that he wanted to
eat Edgar; Curtis’s late partner who was just a
kid back then. At that time, Gillam stopped him
and offered his hand in exchange for the kid’s
life. That is how he lost one arm and a leg.
Some days later, they were miraculously given the
protein bars and the population survived. However,
the guilt of what Curtis did never left
his mind ever since. This is why he is
so adamant about fighting for his people.
After listening to the story, Nam reveals that
life outside of the train is possible and tells
Curtis about the mountain that is visible now.
He also discloses that he is not an addict
and has been collecting Kronole to make an
explosive. He wants to use it to make a hole in
the train and go outside. Just when he is about
to light it on fire, Wilford’s assistant shoots
him in the leg and brings Curtis inside.
In the following scene, he finally
gets to meet Wilford who has grown old.
Wilford reveals that he was the one who sent
those messages in the capsules and he did so
to start the riot. Every few years, he stirs up
the low class so they protest and a few people are
killed. This is a drastic measure taken to ensure
the population on board remains manageable.
The protesters were supposed to be killed when
the tunnel arrived but Mason being abducted
changed everything. Not just that, but
Gilliam also knew about the plan and was
helping Wilford from the inside. Even though
he did so to keep the human population alive,
Curtis cannot help but be disappointed in him.
Outside, Nam and Yona are still trying to set off
the explosive when the first-class maniacs attack
Nam. Yona panics and runs to Curtis to ask for
help. They suddenly notice a compartment
on the floor where poor Timi is sitting
in between the engines and working. Because
the space is tiny, only kids can repair the
broken parts but instead of the first-class
children, Wilford chose the poor ones.
This is the last straw for Curtis. He attacksÂ
Wilford and knocks him out before trying to help Â
Timi out of the compartment. Outside, Yona
lights the explosive on fire. Everything
goes silent for a few seconds before a loud bang
lights the entire train on fire. It derails and
everyone inside dies of the impact.
In the last scene, we see Yona and
Timi walk out of the wreckage asÂ
the sole survivors of the crash. Â
They notice a polar bear nearby, meaning that life
on earth has returned and they have a chance to
survive.
