Mortal Engines

Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Thousands of years after civilization was destroyed by a cataclysmic event, humankind has adapted and a new way of living has evolved. Gigantic moving cities now roam the Earth, ruthlessly preying upon smaller traction towns.

Tom Natsworthy (Robert Sheehan) - who hails from a Lower Tier of the great traction city of London - finds himself fighting for his own survival after he encounters the dangerous fugitive Hester Shaw (Hera Hilmar). Two opposites, whose paths should never have crossed, forge an unlikely alliance that is destined to change the course of the future.

Directed by: Christian Rivers
Starring: Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving, Jihae, Ronan Raftery, Leila George, Patrick Malahide, Stephen Lang
Produced by: Zane Weiner, Amanda Walker, Deborah Forte, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson
Screenplay by: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson
Based on: Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve

Music by: Tom Holkenborg
Cinematography: Simon Raby
Edited by: Jonno Woodford-Robinson

Production company: Universal Pictures, Media Rights Capital, WingNut Films
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Release date: November 27, 2018 (London), December 7, 2018 (New Zealand), December 14, 2018 (United States)

Running time: 128 minutes
Country: New Zealand, United States
Language: English

Cast

Hera Hilmar as Hester Shaw, Pandora's 28-year-old daughter and a disfigured, mask-wearing fugitive assassin with a personal vendetta against Thaddeus. She was raised by cyborg Shrike.
Poppy MacLeod as Young Hester Shaw.
Robert Sheehan as Tom Natsworthy, a low-class twentysomething Apprentice Historian of London thrown out of the city and forced to ally himself with Hester and the resistance as an aviator.
Hugo Weaving as Thaddeus Valentine, Deputy Lord Mayor, the insane archeologist and power-hungry Head of the Guild of Historians.
Jihae as Anna Fang, a pilot, warrior, and leader of the Anti-Traction League, a resistance group banding against the moving cities devouring Earth's resources.
Ronan Raftery as Bevis Pod, an Apprentice Engineer whom Katherine befriends.
Leila George as Katherine Valentine, daughter of Thaddeus Valentine and one of London's elite.
Patrick Malahide as Magnus Crome, the Lord Mayor of London.
Stephen Lang as Shrike, a cyborg (the last of an undead battalion of soldiers known as Stalkers, who were war casualties re-animated with machine parts), and Hester's guardian.
Colin Salmon as Chudleigh Pomeroy, Tom's historian boss.
Mark Mitchinson as Vambrace, Valentine's henchman.
Regé-Jean Page as Captain Madzimoyo Khora, a Ruh-Shan member and Anti-Traction League aviator.
Menik Gooneratne as Sathya Kuranath, a Ruh-Shan member and Anti-Traction League aviator.
Frankie Adams as Yasmina Rashid, a Ruh-Shan member and Anti-Traction League aviator.
Leifur Sigurdarson as Nils Lindstrom, a Ruh-Shan member and Anti-Traction League aviator.
Kahn West as Toa Heke, a Ruh-Shan member and Anti-Traction League aviator.
Andrew Lees as Herbert Melliphant, an Apprentice Historian and Tom's rival.
Sophie Cox as Clytie Potts, another key Historian.

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