The film stars Chris Evans, Song Kang - ho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Go Ah - sung, John Hurt, and Ed Harris. The movie takes place aboard the globe - spanning Snowpiercer train which holds the last remnants of humanity after an attempt at climate engineering in order to stop global warming has unintentionally created a new Snowball Earth. Evans stars as Curtis Everett, a member of the lower - class tail section passengers as they lead a revolution against the elite of the front of the train. Filming was done on train car sets mounted on gimbals at Barrandov Studios in Prague to simulate the motion of the train.
movie about a train going around the world
Snowpiercer