Train To Busan
People on a passenger train struggle to survive when a zombie outbreak occurs, and the infected make their way on board. That is the basic premise of this big budget 2016 South Korean movie that packs a punch right from the get-go, and keeps the momentum all the way to the end. The story revolves primarily around Seok-woo (Yoo Gong), a business man who spends little time with his daughter, Soo-an (Su-an Kim), but we also get to know many side characters as well--this is notable because the filmmakers pull off something quite difficult by making the viewer care about all of them. Trust me, loyal readers, when I say the human-interest story in this movie is just as effective as the zombies. Speaking of the zed word, they are of the fast-moving variety in this film, turn almost immediately, and are terrifying.
Things are about to get scary
The movements of the infected are as creepy as the look, and some scenes of them crawling and jumping on each other may remind you of World War Z, which is always a good thing. Some of the green screen shots are pretty rough, however--you can tell a good bit of money was spent on this movie (8.5 million dollars, in fact...thanks Google), so you wonder why some of these shots look so bad, but there is more than enough awesomeness to make up for it. Though some scenes are bloody, there's not a ton of gore with this one, which is fine, as the balance seems more than fair. I'll also throw out the same warning I do for all foreign films that are not dubbed--this one has subtitles, so if you have a hard time both watching the action and reading the words on the screen, you may want to avoid this movie--this point is doubled when considering just how good the dialogue is. The chaos all leads to an ending that is as good as the 110 minutes leading up to it--my girlfriend, who, after picking a series of less than impressive movies for us to watch, redeemed herself with this selection, was fighting back the tears. Train To Busan is, unquestionably, one of the better horror movies to come out in the past few years, and certainly ranks among the elite zombie films.
On A Scale Of One To Ten: 8
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