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Overall Rank: 19567

Average Rating: 2.1/4

# of Ratings: 21

Theatrical Release Date: 12/14/2018

Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 03/12/2019

Language: English

Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi

MPAA Rating: PG-13

Director: Christian Rivers

Actors: Hugo Weaving, Hera Hilmar, Stephen Lang, Caren Pistorius, Robert Sheehan, Frankie Adams

Plot: The "Sixty Minute War" decimated the Earth. The survivors now move about on massive mobile cities that traverse the desolate planet and, in order to gather the resources needed to continue on, larger cities overtake and consume smaller ones. -- Chris Kavan

Matthew Brady - wrote on 07/15/2023

Mortal Engines is not a bad film because the visuals, production, and costume design were on point. Although it is funny how the character Hester Shaw wears a red scarf to hide her horrific scars; however, from what I learned from the novel (that it is based on), Shaw is described as missing one eye and lost most of her nose, but in the movie, she has a little scar on her face. It's another Ready Player One situation where the actress is supposed to be horrible looking to everyone, but she is still beautiful and can easily be a model. Also, the Minions showed up in this movie. If that sounded random and out of nowhere, you now know how I felt when it happened.

Chris Kavan - wrote on 09/02/2019

An overly-ambitious, would-be blockbuster that has a fascinating premise and amazing effects, but is hampered by its dense plot mechanics and uninteresting casting. Both Robert Sheehan and Hera Hilmar are out of their league in trying to navigate this meandering epic. Hugo Weaving does better as the villain, as does Stephen Lang as terminator-esque zombie-bot and I really liked Jihae as the rebellious Anna Fang - but a few pieces cannot make a whole and Mortal Engines runs out of gas long before it ends.

Bulldog - wrote on 12/18/2018

Okay so I got a free screeing for this movie and I still left after 40 minutes the movie was beautiful no doubt but oh my God it was so slow moving it was torture and it didn't seem to be going along anywhere soon so I just gave up maybe I gave up too soon but I just didn't really see the need to stay and get tortured even longer.

Indyfreak
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Pricy steampunk epic curiously running on fumes.

Indyfreak - wrote on 04/10/2019

Visually ambitious but hampered by clunky narration, MORTAL ENGINES is one of the few Y/A fantasy movies that seems to have too much plot going on for once. There's rebellions, reanimated zombie soldiers, nifty airships, floating cities, and yes the colossal mobile metropolises. The visual effects are incredible. The acting? A mixed bag.
Hugo Weaving is delightfully hammy as the villain and Stephen Lang is most memorable as the distinctive undead soldier Shrike. The two leads unfortunately are mediocre. Robert Sheehan at least on paper seems like an interesting casting choice as this gawky bookworm who learns how to be brave. But Hera Hilmar is too wooden to lead a $100 million blockbuster.
The action set pieces are suitably grand and massive in scale. The central conflict boils down …