Mortal Engines
Mortal Engines had one good idea: put cities on wheels. From there, it’s cliché after cliché
Mortal Engines has one good idea: put cities on wheels. The rest of the movie is a succession of clichés.
Humanity has nearly destroyed itself in the equivalent of a global nuclear war. What remains of Western civilization are bandits and imperialists. In the East, peace-loving people thrive behind the protection of an enormous wall. Angry girl Hester Shaw (Hera Hilmar) eventually mellows…