---
title: 'Mortal Engines (2018)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Christian Rivers'
released: '2018-12-13'
runtime_minutes: 128
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'New Zealand'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mortal-engines-2018'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1571234/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mortal Engines (2018)

2018 · PG-13 · 128 min · Adventure · New Zealand, United States


## Synopsis

Mortal Engines is a 2018 post-apocalyptic steampunk film, based on Philip Reeve's 2001 novel. Directed by Christian Rivers and written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson, it stars Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving, Jihae, Ronan Raftery, Leila George, Patrick Malahide, and Stephen Lang. An American–New Zealand co-production, the film is set in a post-apocalyptic world where entire cities have been mounted on wheels and motorised, and hunt smaller cities.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Christian Rivers](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-rivers)
- **Screenplay:** [Peter Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-jackson), [Philippa Boyens](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippa-boyens), [Fran Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/fran-walsh)
- **Producer:** [Peter Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-jackson), [Deborah Forte](https://cinepixo.com/people/deborah-forte)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Junkie XL](https://cinepixo.com/people/junkie-xl)
- **Director of Photography:** [Simon Raby](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-raby)
- **Editor:** [Jonno Woodford-Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonno-woodford-robinson)

## Cast

- [Patrick Malahide](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-malahide)
- [Stephen Lang](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-lang)
- [Hugo Weaving](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugo-weaving)
- [Aaron Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/aaron-jackson)
- [Hera Hilmar](https://cinepixo.com/people/hera-hilmar) as Hester Shaw
- [Joel Tobeck](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-tobeck)
- [Robert Sheehan](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-sheehan) as Tom Natsworthy
- [Colin Salmon](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-salmon)
- [Regé-Jean Page](https://cinepixo.com/people/rege-jean-page)
- [Caren Pistorius](https://cinepixo.com/people/caren-pistorius)

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