Mortal Engines

About Mortal Engines

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.

Mortal Engines is a 2018 science fiction film directed by Christian Rivers. Its themes are post-apocalyptic future, based on young adult novel, steampunk, and wasteland.

Hera Hilmar takes the lead as Hester Shaw, Robert Sheehan as Tom Natsworthy, Hugo Weaving as Thaddeus Valentine, and Jihae as Anna Fang. It runs 128 minutes and was released in November 2018.

The screenplay is by Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson. It comes from MRC and WingNut Films. The film began as a novel.

The Maze Runner, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, and Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials make useful companions to Mortal Engines, all filed under dystopia. TMDB voters put it at 6.3 out of 10 across 5,355 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.