Dernier train pour Busan

We're leaving (leaving) on that Zombie Train to Busan (leaving on the undead train).

Use to seeing Korean horror films about ghost, but Zombies!? This was refreshing.

So this neglectful dad tries to make amends with his daughter by riding with her on the train (which she wanted to go by herself) to take her back to his ex-wife. Lucky for both of them as a zombie outbreak happens while their on the train. Now, their only hope for survival is to make it to the Busan stop.

You really can't go wrong with a Zombie movie. It's rare that I've have seen one that I did not like. Train to Busan is definitely a good one too. Its filled with interesting characters. Other than the father daughter team, the train is also occupied by a pregnant women and her Macho and humorous husband, a school girl and her baseball playing boyfriend and some homeless wonderer who saw the outbreak first hand, just to name a few.

The social commentary speaks on what you are made of as an individual and as a society with the best and the worse coming out of everyone during this crisis.

I loved how relentless and aggressive the Zombies were. More like 28 days later than Romero. The special effects do get a little cartoony with zombies that seem to come form nowhere piling over one another like poring cereal into a bowl or something, but it does give you that man, these guys are screwed feel. Train to Busan focus on the idea that the walking dead sense you through sight and sound. If they can not see you or hear you they have no way of knowing your living flesh is a foot away from their hunger. It made for some cleaver obstacles when a group of passengers have to maneuver through train cars filled with zombie passengers (Sounds like the next game in the Resident Evil franchise).

Also found it interesting that no zombies were shot in this picture. I don't know how Korean gun control laws work, but I can assume it's strict enough that the story would make no sense if someone on the train just happen to have one for zombie killing (unlike an American movie in which the unborn child having a gun would be fine so long as it moved along the story). Definitely a rarity in a Zombie picture and it worked.

It's Action packed, it's humorless, with incredible looking zombies and a cast of characters so lively you give a crap what happens to them in the end.

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This lively South Korean zombie flick arrives in Oz with a limited release, which is a pity as it's a riotous adventure filled to the brim with action, gore and damn interesting story beats. Like all good films within this subgenre, the narrative is rife with metaphors about modern day issues (parent-child connections, corporate greed, human interaction, etc) but it also provides a compelling survival plot when taken at face value. The core relationship between Yoo Gong's self-centred businessman and his quiet, emotionally-neglected 9-year-old daughter (Soo-an Kim – a tour de force) is riveting as it gets put through the wringer, never feeling anything less than authentic. There are spurts of melodrama, however, that induce the odd unintentional chuckle, whilst a select few from the supporting cast play up their stereotypes – love-struck school girl, despicable scaremonger, muttering homeless man – a little too much. Sang-ho Yeon directs with unabashed gusto, pumping up tension and thrills though a string of adrenaline-pumping set pieces, an amazing train-station sequence that turns from hopeful to deadly being a particular high point. The undead are suitably grotesque and enjoyably expendable, their physical movements a mix between the 28 Days Later mode of rapid flesh-eaters and the herky-jerky twitches of J-horror ghosts, although the rules for how quickly someone becomes "infected" seems to vary depending on plot requirement. It doesn't necessarily bring anything new to the zombie genre, but with a bunch of exhilarating set pieces and a willingness to kill off anyone at anytime, Train to Busan certainly adds a whole lot of spark.

Making zombie blockbuster movies outside of Hollywood is not an easy task. Money is the biggest problem, of course. Since it takes a lot of money, success should be guaranteed before making a movie is decided. However, because there are no other precedents, you can't tell whether it's going to succeed or not. This bad cycle kept Korean directors from making zombie blockbusters. This tells how bold movement it was to make 'Train to Busan'. This movie was destined to be 'hit' or 'flop' and it turns out to be 'hit'. Then, this gives a food for thought. What made this Korean zombie blockbuster movie which is definitely unfamiliar to Korean people successful? Ironically, the secret lies in familiarity. Let's take a look at this movie. Yes, it has zombies, but is this movie all about them? No. Unlike 28 days later or resident evil, this movie actually doesn't care about zombies that much. Zombies are not explained much. Their origin, their ability, cure for zombies…These are the things that are not being handled well in the movie. In this movie, zombies are just tools to represent 'threats'. The main theme of this movie is about how people react to threats. Selfishness, altruism, violence, love and much more are being depicted in this movie. And Korean people are quite accustomed to these elements. When directors mix these elements well, then the movie becomes a hit, just like this one. However, this movie still has some downsides too. Acting of Jin-hee is quite unbearably bad and the character Yong-suk (who keeps trying to sacrifice others to save himself) had gone way too far. Yes, I can get mad at bad guys but I don't want to get annoyed at them. Also, getting annoyed gets worse when it is not properly resolved as this movie does. Overall, this is a quite well-made movie, though it still has some bad moments. I believe this movie will be a new beginning for Korean blockbusters. And I recommend you to watch this movie to stay alert for rise of Korean movies.

Top-notch Zombie movie includes hectic action , thrills , chills , gutsy scenes and loads of gore , regarding several passengers attempting to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan . It is a harrowing zombie horror-thriller that follows a group of terrified passengers fighting their way through a countrywide viral outbreak while trapped on a suspicion-filled, blood-drenched bullet train ride to Busan, a southern resort city that has managed to hold off the zombie hordes... or so everyone hopes . This thrilling film results to one of the highest earning horror movies of the last years , full of eerie scenes with zombies and moving events . It tells the story of the happenings that follow after a zombie apocalypse . While a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea, passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan . As a divorced father, Seok-woo , along with his daughter Su-an, heads for Busan to meet her mother , then he discovers that the world has been taken over by zombies. Shortly after , the father and other passengers struggle to fend off the zombie hordes . It follows a group of survivors on a train , who travel in search of a safe and secure home. The movie goes on to explore the challenges of the passengers on a train and in a station overrun by zombies who take a toll on the survivors, taking on the greatest dangers to their continuing survival when the zombies roam surround . As the characters are changed by the constant exposure to death and some grow willing to do anything to survive. Escape from the zombies! Get on board to stay alive! Life-or-death survival begins

This excellent picture packs noisy action , chills , violence , lots of blood and gore , dealing with life-or-death survival in train bound to Busan . It's a solid film , a terror story plenty of suspense , restless horror, and in cinematographic style . It deals with a merciless fight for survival in which some survivors struggle to fend off the zombie hordes ; as well as competing with other passangers who are prepared to do whatever it takes to survive . The main premise is the following : A divorced daddy spares time with his daughter , as he offers to take her on the train to see her mother in Busan , as the train departs, an abnormal virus spreads from a girl who is infected, and people start to transform to zombies. Will Seok-woo and Su-an make it out alive? .The flesh-eating zombies appearance deliver the goods plenty of screams, shocks and tension . The horror moments are compactly made and fast moving . This movie is the sequel of his animated film Seoul Station, and both releasing in 2016, the movie gained a lot of attention from South Korea, and internationally, because he choose the genre that not a lot of South Korean director choose which is the zombie flick. The movie was screened at the Midnight Screening at Cannes Festival, the movie was rumored to be remake with by the Hollywood production . Train to Busan is the first South Korean movie that gained 10 millions theatergoers in South Korea, and the number is still counting. It achieved a big success thanks to the interesting plot and the Zombies are vey well carried out , excellent make-up and acting , in fact actors who played zombies had to go through zombie school to learn how to walk and move like zombies .

¨Train to Busan¨ has got several Awards and nominations such as : Nominated for a 2016 Blue Dragon Film Award in the Best New Director category , Won the Yu Hyun-mok Film Arts Award a the 2016 Buil Film Awards and Won the Best New Director Award at the 2017 Baeksang Arts Awards . The motion picture was magnificently made by director Yeon Sang-ho , being his debut feature . This filmmaker is very loved by Cannes thanks to his edgy animation. He is a good director, and a fine screen writer . At the beginning he made few short films , then set up his own production house Studio Dadashow in 2004. Yeon Sang Ho known for directing a animated film such as The King of Pigs, The Window, The Fake, and his latest animated film is in 2016 called Seoul Station. Yeon Sang-Ho sometimes created his movie based on his own personal life as well. For example the The King of Pigs, he said that he was inspired by his own life experience, and he cried during the writing time of the script, The Window is based on his life during his mandatory . Train to Busan rating : 8/10 . Above average movie . Well worth warching . The picture will appeal to Zombie-sub-genre fans .

If I have not watched the trailer, I will give it a score of 10 for its entertainment value but having seen the trailer, a little is lost. I don't remember having watched any movie that is so damn engaging, so easy to follow, and so exciting right from the first few minutes all the way to the end. All the exciting moments end with a climax that's fit for a movie. The few minutes during each break for audience to catch their breath is not boring or wasted, perfectly used for characters development. I don't understand why someone commented the last 30 minutes is not as good. I find each climax better in the next. If they make a sequel to show some happenings elsewhere with the same plot and concept, I will still watch it.