Train to Busan is a Korean zombie film, or 'infected film' if
you're a zombie purist, in a similar vein to 28 days Later. I noticed an advert
for it last week on the internet, and it has already been showered with praise
from the film industry, so I decided to check it out and see if it lives up to
the hype.
Korea, well the South anyway,
has released many awesome movies over the last few years and this one is no
exception. The story is about a divorced fund manager and his relationship with
his daughter. He's a workaholic and spends little time with her. Eventually, he agrees to
take her to Busan to see her mother after much persuading. During the train journey, a form of zombie
outbreak has occurred across the country and one of the infected people is on
the train. A number of other characters are introduced at the start of the
train journey, and the story is about their attempt at survival together. I
won't write anymore about the story to avoid spoilers, but take my word that
this movie is absolutely awesome.
Train to Busan is very well written, and all of the main characters
are continually developed throughout. It doesn't rely on 'jump scares' or
excessive gore, but has a sense of realism and maintains an intense drama right
until the end. As with the hugely successful The Walking Dead, the story is more about the people than the
zombies, and how human beings would have their values challenged and would change
their behaviour given extreme circumstances, for better or for worse.
The actors are superb and the
special effects are breathtaking. The scene where they try to stop at an
earlier train station, as seen in the below trailer, is an absolute masterpiece
of Horror cinematography and one of the many scenes that makes Train to Busan an instant classic.
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