![]() One of the most disturbing aspects is how the skeksies would suck the "essence" (soul) out of podlings, drink it to prolong their own youth, and then make the podlings into slaves. That aside, it's definitely worth a watch.Mortal Engines Has Enough Horsepower to Move an Entire City … and Your Heart As an adult I can look past the scary parts to recognize how well the film is made and written, but I still find it difficult to enjoy. I will forever be a Mortal Engines apologist, praising a surprising and totally weird sci-fi/fantasy flick with the faintest hint of Peter Jackson’s influence that everybody else seems to hate. Mortal Engines is a steampunk wet dream, a dystopia of the far-flung future where, for some ridiculous reason, people thought the best way to deal with resource scarcity was to transform towns and cities into giant mobile vehicles that can devour one another. You’ve got Hugo Weaving as a villainous aristocrat in London, the biggest and meanest city on wheels. You’ve got cool airships that look like they flew right out of Avatar: The Last Airbender. You’ve got a Terminator robot guy that looks like a Ghoul from the Fallout video games. How are you not watching this movie already? You’ve got a bumbling nerdy dude and a secretive girl with a dark past and a wicked scar. ![]() Get Pumped for Simu Liu’s Shang-Chi by Watching the Saddest Short Film Ever Watch cities fight in Mortal Engines on HBO August 24.Just maybe have a few drinks first? - Corey Plante Granted, so much of Mortal Engines’s plot is derivative, most of the acting is mediocre, and the writing can be a bit bland - which is why Mortal Engines sits at an abominable 27 percent on Rotten Tomatoes - but if you rid yourself of the harsh 2019 critical lens, you can have so much fun on this wild ride. Simu Liu isn’t exactly a household name, but he will be in February 2021 after the Canadian actor stars in Marvel’s first Asian-led movie, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. ![]() ![]() That’s a long time to wait, but in the meantime, there’s plenty of Simu Liu content to enjoy right now on YouTube. Skip that cringy Chinese news video where random people judge Liu’s looks and instead check out this hilarious viral video featuring the Shang-Chi actor as a high-energy “boyfriend coach” tasked with teaching a group of hapless men how to take photos of their girlfriends for Instagram. ![]()
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