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Mortal Engines

2018

Christian Rivers

Hugo Weaving, Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Jihae ...

4.8

8,712

Sci-Fi. Action. Adventure Many years after the "Sixty Minute War," cities survive a now desolate Earth by moving around on giant wheels attacking and devouring smaller towns to replenish their resources.

	Media	Author	Review
		Andrew Barker Variety	"The movie devolves from promising to unwieldy, then baffling, then exhausting, then finally unintentionally hysterical."
		Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"It's combat-heavy, but not in an especially enthralling way (...) While there's plenty to look at on the screen, there's little to excite the senses or stimulate the imagination"
		Helen O'Hara Empire	"[The plot] remains a little predictable, and hits some distinctly 'Star Wars' beats as it trundles towards its end. But there are moments of real grace along the way (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Tim Robey Telegraph	"A mechanical, soulless dystopian theme park ride to nowhere (...) Here lies the rub – lift-off, personality, and plainly put, direction, aren’t there (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"There are some lively things about 'Mortal Engines', and the performances are game enough (...) [It] isn’t a film which is particularly exciting or funny (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Brian Truitt USA Today	"There are some seriously high stakes involved, yet it's all for naught when you're rooting for Hester and ambivalent about everyone else (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		David Ehrlich IndieWire	"The film is too busy to stand still (...) 'Mortal Engines' might be scavenged together from the bones of a zillion better fantasy epics, but the film’s derivative nature is almost part of its charm."
		William Bibbiani The Wrap	"The only rational response to 'Mortal Engines' is 'Wow' (...) It’s impossible to complain that parts of 'Mortal Engines' seem familiar when so much of the movie is new and astounding"
		Chris Nashawaty Entertainment Weekly	"[The actors] don’t add much screen presence to their hand-me-down roles (...) It never quite sweeps you out of your seat and transports you someplace new."
		Sarah Ward Screendaily	"[The] adventure is rendered with intricate, eye-catching detail. Yet although the craft is coupled with a scenario featuring ample initial intrigue, the New Zealand-shot film remains frustratingly generic."

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