More than 10 years after it was first released, Snowpiercer is getting its very first 4K Blu-ray release. This new edition features a collectible steelbook case with all-new cover art. Preorders are live at Amazon ahead of its release on January 14, 2025, and you can secure your copy for just $35.
$35 | Releases January 14, 2025
Along with the steelbook case, this new edition of Snowpiercer includes the movie in 4K, standard Blu-ray, and digital formats, along with the following special features:
- The Birth of Snowpiercer
- The characters
- Animated prologue
- Concept art galleries
- Chris Evans and Tilda Swinton on Snowpiercer
- The Train Brought To Life: Behind the scenes of a special screening
- Le Transperceniage: From the blank page to the blank screen
Directed by Bong Joon-Ho and also starring Tilda Swinton, Ed Harris, Song Kang-Ho, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Go Ah-Sung, and John Hurt, the film was critically acclaimed when it was first released. Adapted from the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob, the film would eventually go on to inspire a TV series in 2020 that ran for several seasons. If you want to experience the source material, you can pick up the original Snowpiercer graphic novels in a bundle that includes all three books in hardcover format and three unique art cards for $60.22 (was $80) at Amazon.
Snowpiercer was Bong’s English language debut, and the South Korean filmmaker has since gone on to make several more critically acclaimed movies, including the dark comedy Parasite, which won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2020, making the first non-English language film to win that category. Some of his other films include the crime thrillers Memories of Murder and Mother, the 2006 monster movie The Host, and the sci-fi adventure film Okja. Despite the variety of genres he’s explored, all of Bong’s films feature similar themes of environmentalism and class conflict. If you’re interested in diving into his work, several of his movies are available at Amazon, including multiple Criterion Collection editions.
More Bong Joon-Ho films
Several more films are getting limited-edition 4K Blu-ray releases in celebration of major anniversary milestones, including Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar for its 10th anniversary and David Fincher’s Seven for its 30th, both of which are available to preorder now. Fans of occult-tinged action flicks can also preorder 4K steelbook editions of Constantine and The Last Witch Hunter.