Snowpiercer
2020 · 4 Seasons · TNT / AMC · Sci-Fi / Drama
Snowpiercer expands the world of its source material into a sprawling class-war thriller aboard a perpetually moving train, and at its best it delivers compelling world-building, satisfying plot twists, and strong ensemble performances. The show never quite matches the visceral impact of Bong Joon-ho's film, but it carves out enough of its own identity to justify its existence across four seasons. Production design and visual ambition carry the show through patches where the writing loses its edge, and the central metaphor of a rigidly stratified society barreling through a frozen wasteland remains potent throughout. It's a solid genre show that occasionally rises above its limitations without ever fully transcending them.