An epic portrayal of human weakness, love and loss in its realest form amidst a fictional setting.
This is truly a full on horror, suspense and action movie that makes you anticipate what happens next. Just when you thought that your favorite character won’t die, they do. It brings you to a roller coaster of emotions.
Train to Busan: What makes it different?
Sure we see the usual zombie transformation and infestation, it’s a must. This is what makes it a very critical movie just because hollywood movies have set the bar when it comes to visual effects and impact.
What makes “Train to Busan” unique from other zombie movies is how well it depicted situations if it actually happened in real life. It does not focus on the characters as heroes who kill these soulless bodies, but how they survive.
Train to Busan: Relatable Characters
“Train to Busan” did have heroes but it wasn’t an over portrayal. It was more of showing how characters chose the right thing to do at that moment. And as these characters strive to make the best decisions, they had to live with whatever consequence they are faced.
Human weakness is very evident in almost every character and situation. It shows how people make their decisions and where they are coming from. Each character somehow represents people in society and how each would cope with loss and fear.
Seok Woo (Yoo Gong) who is enslaved by his profession, basically learns the value of people and life in stressful situations with his daughter Soo-an (Kim Soo-Ahn). Sang-Hwa (Dong-seok Ma) who defends his wife Sung-Gyeong (Jung Yu-Mi), and unborn child, didn’t mean to be a hero but turns out to be just because of love.Yong-Suk (Kim Eui-Sung), the COO who has influence in the community because of power, loses his life in the end intentionally sacrificing people along his way. And the train attendant who just had to follow majority to survive.
Loss is one thing that is shown as a difficult yet revealing thing to go through. Seok Woo in the end realizes that even in his death he is alive because of the love he and his daughter Soo-an shared even in devastating circumstances.
Truly, it is a must-watch film!
Writer and director Yeon sang-ho must have known what he was doing. “Train to Busan” hit the Philippine theaters on September 1, and according to The Numbers , it has earned around $100 Million at the global box office.