Chris Evans is riding high on his Winter Soldier mojo, but he's looking decidedly less all-American in Bong Joon-Ho's upcoming sci-fi movie, Snowpiercer.

Based on the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige, the film shows us a dystopian future ruined by global warming, where the survivors ride a massive supertrain and revolutionaries plot to take over from the 1% who live in the front cars. The look is quasi-steampunk—Wes Anderson meets the Matrix.

Snowpiercer was picked up for English-language distribution by the Weinstein Company, but the director's refusal to cut a shorter version for US audiences put it in limbo. A June 27 release has been floated, but only in a limited number of theaters.

The year's biggest action star in a sc-fi movie that's already gotten rave reviews and major box office overseas? One that costars Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer and Tilda Swinton (as one of the best villains in recent memory)? Why isn't this getting a major studio push? Probably because it doesn't insult the audience's intelligence

Here's Den of Geeks' take on Evan's performance in the film:

He may be best known for playing the earnest superhero Captain America these days, but Chris Evans has repeatedly proven his worth as a dramatic actor in a range of smaller films. Snowpiercer is the perfect showcase for his talent, and he's on magnificent form here. He plays Curtis Everett, who becomes the reluctant leader of the lower classes when plans for a revolution begin to formulate.

Where Marvel movies commonly require Evans to put on a larger-than-life persona, Snowpiercer allows him to head in the opposite direction: his hero is quiet and self-contained, and many of the film's most effective moments involve him watching the movements of his captors, waiting and calculating.

A last-act monologue from Evans is a particularly powerful scene, and explains so much about his character's attitude and motivation. If there's any justice, other directors will take note of just how magnetic the actor is in this sequence alone.

We're sold on the this movie already. But check out the trailer (and some publicity stills) below, anyway.