Snowpiercer - Netflix Series Review

Name - Snowpiercer TV Series
Released - 2020
Creators - Graeme Manson & Josh Friedman

It was a couple of months back since my review of the Snowpiercer film that I absolutely loved and I have now finished the 3rd series of the netflix TV series of the same name.

I love the idea of there being some extinction level event and boarding a train sounds pretty feasible in an old fashioned sort of way. If you have been on the Shinkansen in Japan, you can imagine what could be possible on a futuristically built train.

I am watching quite a few post-apocalyptic films these days and this is one of the good ones, however, it started off very slow and looked like a badly scripted BBC series in the beginning, mostly because of some poor acting and storylines.

The bad acting is mostly from Daveed Diggs who is just awful in the role of Andre Layton and just cannot carry this role. He looks most of the time ridiculous and out of sorts for the situations he finds himself in. Not only that, he is very cringe and even though you should like him as the hero, you just can't, which is a shame.

Many of the men in the series are just made weird or act strange or beta to some of the series alpha women, which is the current trend in Hollywood. This doesn't help in the first series to catch onto some characters that you like. The strong acting from Jennifer Connelly as Melanie Cavill and Alison Wright who is brilliant as Ruth, still can't keep you glued on their own.

However, that all changes when the brilliant Sean Bean joins the fray and then the real fun begins and we see some awesome storylines and acting. I am a huge Sean Bean fan and love his on-screen presence. Who better to lead the charge on Snowpiercer than the King o-the North himself, Eddard Stark.

We don't see the kind and wise king of the north this time, we get to see him as the smart engineer Mr Wilford, who has a pretty mean and cruel side. It is a side that Sean Bean pulls off, but you still can't help but like him with his swagger and inner knowledge that he should be king and unite the 7 kingdoms. Only the Kingslayer would be a match for Sean.

Together with the northern lass Alison Wright, you can't help enjoy seeing them on screen. The action and storylines are a little up and down, but mostly ok. You need to set your imagination aside for quite a few things, but it doesn't detract too much from the show.

My favorite scenes are usually when Sean is on and giving quips and jibes to the rest of the cast. He appears as the king of the castle and it is pleasant to watch most of the time. My only detraction from the show was the need to be so graphic and show the horrible cutting scenes and it was almost some weird sort of blood fetish ritual thing. I would recommend to skip that scene. I was surprised Sean agreed to film it.

The most annoying character goes to the daughter of Melanie Cavill who just gets on your nerves with her moody emotional baggage and chatting with her mum, it somehow doesn't resonate and you want her to get on with whatever she is doing, usually related to repairing the train or finding out whats wrong with it.

Although there are some things to moan about, mostly the series is enjoyable to watch and I can recommend it, if not only to see Sean and Ruth in action.

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