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Mortal Engines | Some scars never heal

Published:Tuesday | December 11, 2018 | 12:00 AM
Hera Hilmar as Hester Shaw, a disfigured fugitive assassin in ‘Mortal Engines’.

Thousands of years after civilisation 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. A mysterious young woman, Hester Shaw (Hera Hilmar), emerges as the only one who can stop London - now a giant, predator city on wheels from devouring everything in its path. Feral, and fiercely driven by the memory of her mother, Hester joins forces with Tom Natsworthy (Robert Sheehan), an outcast from London, along with Anna Fang (Jihae), a dangerous outlaw with a bounty on her head.

Mortal Engines is directed by Academy Award-winning visual- effects artist Christian Rivers (King Kong). The Universal and MRC adaptation is from the award-winning book series by Philip Reeve.