Taking the Snowpiercer Train to Gaza, Syria and Iraq in the Company of Niccolo Machiavelli, Thomas Hobbes and Karl Marx

Because this article is written in response to the spate of mainstream media reviews accompanying the release of Snowpiercer, first on the Internet and then in theatrical distribution, rather than present a synopsis and review of the film, the author instead considers both the critical responses to the film and ruminates philosophically on the political, cultural and historical influences on Bong Joon-ho. The reader who has not yet seen Snowpiercer may enjoy reading Charles Karel Bouley's Huffin...