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Mortal Engines

  • 20182018
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 2h 8m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
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Hera Hilmar in Mortal Engines (2018)
A mysterious young woman named Hester Shaw joins forces with Anna Fang, a dangerous outlaw with a bounty on her head, and Tom Natsworthy, an outcast from London, to lead a rebellion against a giant predator city on wheels.
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In a post-apocalyptic world where cities ride on wheels and consume each other to survive, two people meet in London and try to stop a conspiracy.In a post-apocalyptic world where cities ride on wheels and consume each other to survive, two people meet in London and try to stop a conspiracy.In a post-apocalyptic world where cities ride on wheels and consume each other to survive, two people meet in London and try to stop a conspiracy.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
125K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
967
309
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    • Director
      • Christian Rivers
    • Writers
      • Fran Walsh(screenplay by)
      • Philippa Boyens(screenplay by)
      • Peter Jackson(screenplay by)
    • Stars
      • Hera Hilmar
      • Robert Sheehan
      • Hugo Weaving
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    • Director
      • Christian Rivers
    • Writers
      • Fran Walsh(screenplay by)
      • Philippa Boyens(screenplay by)
      • Peter Jackson(screenplay by)
    • Stars
      • Hera Hilmar
      • Robert Sheehan
      • Hugo Weaving
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    • 1.1KUser reviews
    • 229Critic reviews
    • 44Metascore
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 2 nominations

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    Robert Sheehan and Hera Hilmar in Mortal Engines (2018)
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    Hera Hilmar
    Hera Hilmar
    • Hester Shaw
    Robert Sheehan
    Robert Sheehan
    • Tom Natsworthy
    Hugo Weaving
    Hugo Weaving
    • Thaddeus Valentine
    Jihae
    Jihae
    • Anna Fang
    • (as Jihae Kim)
    Ronan Raftery
    Ronan Raftery
    • Bevis Pod
    Leila George
    Leila George
    • Katherine Valentine
    Patrick Malahide
    Patrick Malahide
    • Magnus Crome
    Stephen Lang
    Stephen Lang
    • Shrike
    Colin Salmon
    Colin Salmon
    • Chudleigh Pomeroy
    Mark Mitchinson
    Mark Mitchinson
    • Vambrace
    Regé-Jean Page
    Regé-Jean Page
    • Captain Khora
    Menik Gooneratne
    Menik Gooneratne
    • Sathya
    Frankie Adams
    Frankie Adams
    • Yasmina Rashid
    Leifur Sigurðarson
    Leifur Sigurðarson
    • Nils Lindstrom
    • (as Leifur Sigurdarson)
    Kahn West
    • Toa Heke
    Andrew Lees
    Andrew Lees
    • Herbert Melliphant
    Sophie Cox
    Sophie Cox
    • Clytie Potts
    Kee Chan
    Kee Chan
    • Governor Kwan
    • Director
      • Christian Rivers
    • Writers
      • Fran Walsh(screenplay by)
      • Philippa Boyens(screenplay by)
      • Peter Jackson(screenplay by)
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    • Trivia
      The original novel mentioned plastic idols of Walt Disney's Mickey and Pluto, "the animal-headed gods of lost America" in the London History Museum. This film, being made by Universal, instead has plastic idols of Despicable Me (2010)'s Minions.
    • Goofs
      When Hester and Tom are rescued by the old couple in the centipede-like craft, they share a small room. Hester, while lying on her back, shares her sad life story. A tear rolls down her cheek, but, given the horizontal position she's in, this would be impossible. The tear should roll pass the side of her face.
    • Quotes

      Shrike: I can remake you, just as I was remade.

      Hester Shaw: You're going to kill me?

      Shrike: For a little while.

    • Crazy credits
      The Universal logo shows the Sixty Minute War occurring across the Earth.
    • Connections
      Featured in Midnight Screenings: Mortal Engines (2018)

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    7/10
    Overwhelming and breathtaking film set in a post-apocalyptic world where cities ride on wheels
    An apocalyptic and thrilling story set in the furthest reaches of our planet with lots of action , chases , enormous machines and violence . There cities move on wheels and consume each other to survive , then two people meet in London and attempt to stop a world conspiracy . They are the following ones : a mysterious young woman named Hester Shaw (Hera Hilmar) , as feral, and fiercely driven by the memory of her mother , Hester teams up with Tom Natsworthy (Robert Sheehan) , a lonely young from London , along with Anna Fang (Jihae) , a valiant outlaw who's wanted dead or alive and with a bounty on her head ; as the noisy city advertisement publicizes : Wanted ! The anti-tractionist Anna Fang , Enemy of London, Capture or Kill , Reward Q50.000 . All of them to confront a predator city on wheels devouring everything in its path . At the same time , they must stop the extremely villainous Valentine (Hugo Weaving) who's planning an unfolding plot to destroy the world . Some scars never heal !.

    Based on the estselling book by Philip Reeve, Mortal Engines tells the story of a dystopian future , where cities move on wheels across a barren earth . This non-stop action movie in comic-strip style is packed with state-of-art special effects , unbelievable stunts , thrills , chills and noisy scenes . Top-notch movie and well set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland with a valient group who will have to fight against cruel enemies ; this nail-biting picture packs kinetic action , violent events , adventures and a lot of massive destruction . Spectacular stunt-work with plenty of groundbreaking CGI , moving pursuits , impressive fights and a large number of explosions . Awesome Hera Hilmar stars as a revenger angel , a young, scarred girl named Hester Shaw , who emerges as the only one who can stop a giant destructive city and at one of the chief scenes she embarks on a perilous escape against a vicious murderous . Along the way , she joins forces with a boy named Tom Natsworthy well played by Robert Sheehan , an outcast from London , he is a young of action and a man of few words , and being finely accompanied by a good support cast such as : Jihae as the brave and dangerous Anti-Traction League leader , Ronan Raftery and Leila George . Alongside veterans as Stephen Lang , Colin Salmon , Patrick Malahide and special mention for Hugo Weaving as the main villainous , Thaddeus Valentine.

    Rumbling and attractive musical score fitting to action by Junkie XL who also composed ¨Mad Max : Road Fury¨ in similar style . Special and weird futuristic atmosphere , colorfully created by cameraman Simon Raby who reflects splendidly the barren outdoors and post-apocaliptic landscapes . According to this cameraman the cinematography would be as colorful as possible in order to differentiate the film from other post-apocalyptic movies , which typically have bleak de-saturated colors . And grandiloquent , impressive production design, the art direction is as beautiful as posible ; that's why the filmmaker Christian Rivers reasoned that people living in the post-apocalypse would try to find whatever scraps of beauty they could in their meager environment . Being shot in several locations from New Zealand such as : Wellington, and Stone Street Studios, Wellington.

    This is Christian Rivers' first full feature movie as a filmmaker. He previously directed a short and a section of an anthology, and was storyboard artist//visual special effects/art department/special effects designer on Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films who is also the producer of Mortal Engines ; as well as working in other films : The Lovely Bones , Diagnosis: Death , The Warrior's Way, The Water Horse , King King , Heavenly Creatures , The Frighteners . Mortal Engines (2018) Rating : 6.5/10. Better than average.
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    • Is this movie at all related to Mortal Instruments: City of Bones? I only ask cause the bad guy has the same name: "Valentine" and the title has "Mortal" in it.

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    • Release date
      • December 14, 2018 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • New Zealand
      • Japan
      • China
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official Site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Cỗ Máy Tử Thần
    • Filming locations
      • New Zealand
    • Production companies
      • Media Rights Capital (MRC)
      • Scholastic Productions
      • Silvertongue Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $100,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $15,951,040
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $7,559,850
      • Dec 16, 2018
    • Gross worldwide
      • $83,869,818
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 8 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • Dolby Atmos
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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