There’s a moment in the first half of Snowpiercer — Bong Joon-ho’s English-language debut named after the train constantly hurtling through a frozen apocalypse — that reveals the big twist without our characters realizing it. Led by Curtis (Chris Evans), the underclass segregated to the tail section of the train has rebelled against their authoritarian elites, and has just released two captive specialists, Namgoong Minsoo (Song Kang-ho) and his daughter Yona (Go Ah-sung), who will help stop the train’s security features.
