Saw Mortal Engines, a fairly fun film with too much going on. It takes place post- some kind of apocalypse where cities in Europe have become giant mechanical vehicles, consuming each other like animals to harvest fuel and people. It's a strong concept but after about the first 30 minutes, it's played out. They also introduce air pirates and a lengthy sequence with a zombie robot. There's political shenanigans going on and gobs of world building, but honestly just kill it after the first half. They're great, but you're not missing anything by jumping off at that point.
Apparently this is another one of those movies based on a YA dystopia series. It came out in 2018, somewhat missing the peak days of the early 2010 with Hunger Games and such, but also does lots of world building and quirky character introduction. It's all a little overwhelming.
Like I say, the best thing in this movie is the beginning sequence which I think is featured in the trailer of fucking London bearing down on some small town-truck. That sequence is amazing, imaginative, high camp, perfect! Everything after that is just a slow descent into less interesting imagery and inter-character struggles that are just not that interesting to me.
Not a very good movie, but with an amazing first half hour or so.
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