1034 cars long

 This is the phrase used in the beginning of each episode of sci-fi post-apocalyptic Netflix series Snowpiercer.

Because of climate change, the earth has become very hot. The experiment of scientists to cool down the earth, freezes it instead. To save the humanity, a team of scientists and an industrialist Wilford design a train with a perpetual engine. I think it draws its power from its motion. So it will be moving as long as it is moving. And as long as it is moving, the select people inside its cars will be saved from death by freezing.

Melanie is the voice of Wilford and de-facto head of the train. She is careful enough to have a well designed class system in the train. The first class travellers have paid for their tickets and live in all luxury. The second and third class travellers are the crew and do not have many facilities. The tail of the train - is where people live in dark slum like conditions and so revolt multiple times and fail as many times. 

Layton is the leaders of these tailies who wants to bring democracy and equal rights for them. Kind of Martin Luther King. He gets his chance to visit the first class quarters when one traveller is killed brutally. Melanie requests him to solve the murder as he was a detective in his previous life. 

There are so many twists and turns in the story. There are spoilt brats, and entitled first class citizens, tailies whose arms are chopped for trying to revolt. And there are so many people in drawers - cold storage drawers who are kept in semi-comatose state. 

First season was quite violent. In the second season, there is democratic rule and things are running smoother. Then enters Wilfred, the original villian who comes with smaller train big alice and Melanie's daughter as main engineer. He wants his train back. Which seems not so improbable as he has many supporters in Snow-piercer - most first class citizens who feel they deserve better rights as paid travellers. 

A good story I can say, for a sci-fi thriller. 

Now looking at cloud filled sky most of the days, and rains which is unwilling to quit, may be we are heading for the Freeze and some one needs to develop the Snow-piercer - 1034 cars long.