Train to Busan (2016)


Train to Busan is a Korean zombie horror film about a zombie outbreak on a train. No, this is not Snakes on a Plane, it's zombies on a train! (Someone really ought to make a picture book about this). The main character, Seok-woo, is a self-absorbed business man who does not spend enough time with his young daughter. Feeling resentful and angry at her father, Soo-an requests that she visit her mother for her birthday. To please her, Seok-woo agrees to accompany his daughter on the train ride. As their train takes off, a rickety, bloody woman stumbles onto the train, and all hell breaks loose! Like many zombie movies, there is a cast of great side characters that Seok-woo and Soo-an meet. My favorite character was the burly husband, Sang-hwa, trying to keep his pregnant wife safe and alive. He is the smartest and most kick-ass from the bunch.

I loved the creature concept of these zombies. A person whose infected transforms rather quickly, with dark veins covering their body and glossed over eyes. These zombies are like feral animals- they can hear well and move quite fast. They also move in clusters, though not as over the top as World War Z where they are climbing 20 foot walls. There was one aspect about the creatures that was new to the zombie genre- they were sensitive to light. When the train went through a tunnel, and there was no natural lighting, the zombies became still and unaware of their victims; in a vegetative state. Sort of like the trick the The Walking Dead survivors use with covering themselves in zombie blood and guts so the walkers won't smell them and can safely move past them, the survivors on the train to Busan must move quickly through the cars while the train is dark. This scene is intense and nail-biting to watch!

The ending of the movie is brilliant and heart wrenching. It's done very well, and I couldn't have thought of a more perfect ending. I haven't felt this amount of sadness and dread since the ending of The Night of the Living Dead. It is definitely one for the books, and be ready to get your Kleenex out!

Overall: 10/10. This film is exhilarating, gory, claustrophobic, and has a great plot. This is a movie I would definitely watch again. Also, it's available to view on Netflix stream!

Source: moviesfilmsandflix.com

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