Small-screen sci-fi takes on big issues

Netflix's Snowpiercer adaptation digs into tough topics such as class conflict and climate change

Actors Jennifer Connelly (left) and Daveed Diggs (in green) are the leads of Netflix series Snowpiercer.
Actors Jennifer Connelly (left) and Daveed Diggs (in green) are the leads of Netflix series Snowpiercer. PHOTO: NETFLIX
Alison de Souza In Los Angeles
Updated
Jun 02, 2020, 09:36 AM
Published
Jun 02, 2020, 05:00 AM
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Director Bong Joon-ho's biggest success before his Oscar-winning drama Parasite (2019) was the science-fiction epic Snowpiercer (2013).

The post-apocalyptic tale is about a train perpetually circling the globe. Its passengers are the last survivors of the human race, who were forced on board when a climate catastrophe sparked an ice age.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on June 02, 2020, with the headline Small-screen sci-fi takes on big issues. Subscribe

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