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mortal engines (2018)

mortal engines
Mortal Engines
PG-13
Sci-Fi
Release Date
November 27, 2018
Director
Christian Rivers
Cast
Robert Sheehan , Ronan Raftery , Hera Hilmar , Stephen Lang , Hugo Weaving
Runtime
128
Main Genre
Sci-Fi
Studio
Universal Pictures
Writers
Peter Jackson , Fran Walsh , Philippa Boyens
Tagline
Some Scars Never Heal

Summary

Mortal Engines is set in a world many thousands of years in the future. Earth’s cities now roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources. On one of these massive Traction Cities, Tom Natsworthy has an unexpected encounter with a mysterious young woman from the Outlands who will change the course of his life forever.

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