Movie review: 'Mortal Engines' isn’t something you savor so much as swallow whole

[The Patriot]

Movie review: 'Mortal Engines' isn’t something you savor so much as swallow whole

12-14-2018 08:19 AM

The 23rd-century world of "Mortal Engines" looks great: a fabulous and richly textured steampunk dystopia of haves and have-nots straight out of H.G. Wells. Populated, on the one side, by people in frock coats festooned with gold braid, and, on the other, begrimed laborers in goggles and grease-smeared coveralls or thrift-store chic, it’s a pleasure to watch -- with the sound off.


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