Stars: Yoo Gong, Soo-an Kim, Yu-mi Jung, Dong-seok Ma, Woo-sik Choi, Ahn Sohee, Eui-sung Kim | Written by Sang-ho Yeon, Joo-Suk Park | Directed by Sang-ho Yeon
While this review of Train to Busan come after the initial hype of its release, it is one of those movies that just has to be raved about. In a horror industry that sometimes feels a little drowned in zombie movies, Train to Busan proves there is still some life left in the rotting corpses of the dead.
When overworked Seok-woo (Yoo Gong) decides to take his daughter Soo-an (Soo-an Kim) back to her mother’s to celebrate her birthday, they take the train from Seoul to Busan. With outbursts of violence and riots breaking out though, it seems that the train trip may not be as peaceful as he would have hoped.
While there are many familiar tropes in Train to Busan, the main...
While this review of Train to Busan come after the initial hype of its release, it is one of those movies that just has to be raved about. In a horror industry that sometimes feels a little drowned in zombie movies, Train to Busan proves there is still some life left in the rotting corpses of the dead.
When overworked Seok-woo (Yoo Gong) decides to take his daughter Soo-an (Soo-an Kim) back to her mother’s to celebrate her birthday, they take the train from Seoul to Busan. With outbursts of violence and riots breaking out though, it seems that the train trip may not be as peaceful as he would have hoped.
While there are many familiar tropes in Train to Busan, the main...
- 4/14/2017
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
This South Korean hit is an oozy doozy of a horror-thriller; confidently spins out its own unique — and breathless — take on familiar genre tropes. I’m “biast” (pro): always up for a good zombie movie
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Just as a high-speed intercity train is about to pull out of the station in Seoul, a young woman — moaning, in pain, bitten — hops aboard. Before long, a “violent riot” has broken out, just like the ones the news channel is reporting are erupting in cities across the country. Social media sites on the passengers’ smartphones are popping up one trending keyword: “zombie.” Train to Busan, the live-action debut of animation director Sang-ho Yeon, with a script by Joo-Suk Park, broke box-office records when it opened in South Korea last week, and with good reason. This is an oozy doozy of a horror-thriller,...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Just as a high-speed intercity train is about to pull out of the station in Seoul, a young woman — moaning, in pain, bitten — hops aboard. Before long, a “violent riot” has broken out, just like the ones the news channel is reporting are erupting in cities across the country. Social media sites on the passengers’ smartphones are popping up one trending keyword: “zombie.” Train to Busan, the live-action debut of animation director Sang-ho Yeon, with a script by Joo-Suk Park, broke box-office records when it opened in South Korea last week, and with good reason. This is an oozy doozy of a horror-thriller,...
- 7/23/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
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