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AdventureScience Fiction

Mortal Engines

- Some scars never heal

Many thousands of years in the future, Earth’s cities roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources. On one of these massive traction cities, the old London, Tom Natsworthy has an unexpected encounter with a mysterious young woman from the wastelands who will change the course of his life forever.

Release Date : 2018-11-27

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Scholastic ProductionsSilvertongue FilmsUniversal PicturesWingNut FilmsMRC

Production Country : New ZealandUnited States of America

Alternative Titles : Mortal Engines

Cast

Hera Hilmar

Character Name : Hester Shaw

Original Name : Hera Hilmar

Gender : Female

Robert Sheehan

Character Name : Tom Natsworthy

Original Name : Robert Sheehan

Gender : Male

Hugo Weaving

Character Name : Thaddeus Valentine

Original Name : Hugo Weaving

Gender : Male

Jihae

Character Name : Anna Fang

Original Name : Jihae

Gender : Female

Ronan Raftery

Character Name : Bevis Pod

Original Name : Ronan Raftery

Gender : Male

Leila George

Character Name : Katherine Valentine

Original Name : Leila George

Gender : Female

Patrick Malahide

Character Name : Magnus Crome

Original Name : Patrick Malahide

Gender : Male

Stephen Lang

Character Name : Shrike

Original Name : Stephen Lang

Gender : Male

Colin Salmon

Character Name : Chudleigh Pomeroy

Original Name : Colin Salmon

Gender : Male

Mark Mitchinson

Character Name : Vambrace

Original Name : Mark Mitchinson

Gender : Male

Regé-Jean Page

Character Name : Captain Khora

Original Name : Regé-Jean Page

Gender : Male

Menik Gooneratne

Character Name : Sathya

Original Name : Menik Gooneratne

Gender : Female

Frankie Adams

Character Name : Yasmina Rashid

Original Name : Frankie Adams

Gender : Female

Leifur Sigurdarson

Character Name : Nils Lindstrom

Original Name : Leifur Sigurdarson

Gender : Male

Kahn West

Character Name : Toa Heke

Original Name : Kahn West

Gender : Male

Andrew Lees

Character Name : Herbert Melliphant

Original Name : Andrew Lees

Gender : Male

Sophie Cox

Character Name : Clytie Potts

Original Name : Sophie Cox

Gender : Female

Kee Chan

Character Name : Governor Kwan

Original Name : Kee Chan

Gender : Male

Sarah Peirse

Character Name : Dr. Twix

Original Name : Sarah Peirse

Gender : Female

Mark Hadlow

Character Name : Stigwood

Original Name : Mark Hadlow

Gender : Male

Caren Pistorius

Character Name : Pandora Shaw

Original Name : Caren Pistorius

Gender : Female

Poppy Macleod

Character Name : Young Hester

Original Name : Poppy Macleod

Gender : Female

Joel Tobeck

Character Name : Bürgermeister

Original Name : Joel Tobeck

Gender : Male

Terry Norris

Character Name : Professor Arkengarth

Original Name : Terry Norris

Gender : Male

Calum Gittins

Character Name : Chief Navigator

Original Name : Calum Gittins

Gender : Male

Megan Edwards

Character Name : Mrs. Wreyland

Original Name : Megan Edwards

Gender : Female

Peter Rowley

Character Name : Mr. Wreyland

Original Name : Peter Rowley

Gender : Male

Aaron Jackson

Character Name : Gench

Original Name : Aaron Jackson

Gender : Male

Stephen Ure

Character Name : Pewsey

Original Name : Stephen Ure

Gender : Male

Nathaniel Lees

Character Name : Pierrepoint

Original Name : Nathaniel Lees

Gender : Male

Paul Yates

Character Name : Dietrich

Original Name : Paul Yates

Gender : Male

Nick Blake

Character Name : Waving Aviator

Original Name : Nick Blake

Gender : Male

Beatrice Joblin

Character Name : Young Mother

Original Name : Beatrice Joblin

Gender : Female

Thomas Lahood

Character Name : Lookout

Original Name : Thomas Lahood

Gender : Male

Simbarashe Matshe

Character Name : Water Hawker

Original Name : Simbarashe Matshe

Gender : Male

Lee Tuson

Character Name : Salzhakener

Original Name : Lee Tuson

Gender : Male

Jason Whyte

Character Name : Food Hawker

Original Name : Jason Whyte

Gender : Male

Michael Homick

Character Name : De Groot

Original Name : Michael Homick

Gender : Male

Royden Davys

Character Name : Salvage Man #1

Original Name : Royden Davys

Gender : Male

Richard Mills

Character Name : Salvage Man #2

Original Name : Richard Mills

Gender : Male

Shane Rangi

Character Name : Burly Salvageman

Original Name : Shane Rangi

Gender : Male

Yoson An

Character Name : Major Chen

Original Name : Yoson An

Gender : Male

Nicholas Quirke

Character Name : Himself

Original Name : Nicholas Quirke

Gender : Male

Lynda Lester

Character Name : Medusa (voice)

Original Name : Lynda Lester

Gender : Male

Rick Baker

Character Name : Tube Tannoy (voice)

Original Name : Rick Baker

Gender : Male

Katie Jackson

Character Name : Londoner with Book

Original Name : Katie Jackson

Gender : Female

Billy Jackson

Character Name : Londoner with Headphones

Original Name : Billy Jackson

Gender : Male

Carter Nixon

Character Name : Scav Trader Carter

Original Name : Carter Nixon

Gender : Male

Philip Reeve

Character Name : Shan Guo Man

Original Name : Philip Reeve

Gender : Male

Sam Reeve

Character Name : Shan Guo Teenager

Original Name : Sam Reeve

Gender : Male

Nicholas Quirke

Character Name : Nicholas Quirke

Original Name : Nicholas Quirke

Gender : Male

Martin Kwok

Character Name : Shan Guo Control

Original Name : Martin Kwok

Gender : Male

Seth F. Miller

Character Name : Airhaven Control

Original Name : Seth F. Miller

Gender : Male

Rodney Cook

Character Name : Scuttlebug Thug (uncredited)

Original Name : Rodney Cook

Gender : Male

Stephen Grey

Character Name : Salzhaken Refugee (uncredited)

Original Name : Stephen Grey

Gender : Male

Peter Jackson

Character Name : Sooty Pete (uncredited)

Original Name : Peter Jackson

Gender : Male

Reviews

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Gimly

@Ruuz

2021-06-23

Shocking nobody, _Mortal Engines_ was not very good. Trying to jam way too much into two hours than is reasonable, it instead delivers on zero things. I guess I was **kind of** interested in the character of Shrike, but that was really the whole of my positive experience with _Mortal Engines_. Maybe if this thing had come out about eight years ago in the **height** of the bizarre Steam Punk obsession that gripped the globe (even if it was a weird sort of obsession where everybody called everything they like, and themselves Steam Punk but it really wasn't required to have any relation to actual Steam Punk) then the movie could have at least done well financially, but there's no world wherein this version of _Mortal Engines_ is a consumate film. _Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product._

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TalisBriedis

@TalisBriedis

2021-06-23

Good attempt. Different, unique, and the sets are great. Yeah, it has some weak points, and some of the writing/editing could have been better. But this is a refreshing change in the usual sci-fi stuff that has been coming out. Marvel and DC are flooding the market with their super heroes (not all bad, just too much) I detest all these vampire/werewolf/zombie crap (all of it) This is a nice change, and I enjoyed it! I did not know what to expect when I started to watch this, but I was pleasantly surprised. Ignore the negative reviews. Those are probably written by zombies/vampires/werewolves....

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Per Gunnar Jonsson

@Dark Jedi

2024-05-16

I have to say that I liked this movie a lot. It is kind of fantasy, science fiction (emphasis on fiction here) and steam punk (or perhaps I should say diesel punk) mixed together. The world is a fairly dark post apocalyptic world where moving predator cities prays on each other. The entire concept is really quite ridiculous of course but it makes for some really fantastic and spectacular special effects and I am a sucker for spectacular special effects. In addition the overall story holds together fairly well. That is, in the context of the ludicrous world that is the background of this story in the first place of course. It is quite straightforward without too much annoying social or green preaching that plagues so many movies nowadays. Somewhat predictable but overall a good vehicle for the plentiful action. I also liked most of the characters. Both the bad guy and the good guys had decent charisma with the exception of Tom who was a bit of a naive whiner although he got it together towards the end. There where few flaws. Nothing really major except that, in one scene at the end, the city of London was shown against the wall and it was bloody tiny compared to the wall. The main bad guy’s last resort was to pummel London against the wall and was expected to break it down. Before in the movie London was depicted as really huge. That scene really screwed that and made him delusional. Apart from that, end Tom’s whining and naivety, I really liked this movie. It was the kind of over the top, fantasy/fiction movie with a big budget that you do not see every day. Of course the dickwads, a.ka “critics”) at Rotten Tomatoes and other mainstream media assholes did their best to tell everyone how bad it was. As usual that’s just the stuff that comes out of the south end of a north bound bull.

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-04-26

From the team that brought us everything from Middle Earth comes this great to look at, but highly derivative fantasy adventure that regurgitates a hybrid of stories and spits them out pretty unremarkably. To be fair, there is charisma between the two leads - both attractive, young, and ballsy - Hera Hilmar ("Hester)' and Robert Sheehan ("Tom") as they try to thwart the maniacal ambitions of "Thaddeus Valentine" (a suitably dramatic, "Elrond" like, Hugo Weaving) who is charged with providing an uninterruptible power source for the marauding mechanical city of London. The visual effects are super, as you might expect, and the score certainly has something of the Howard Shore about it, but the relentlessness of the out of the frying pan into the fire scenarios against impossible odds just recycle themselves once too often and the ending, though impressive to appreciate creatively, has all the jeopardy of night following day. Money has clearly been spent on this, but not on the script nor the plot. It's fine, but nothing more...