Train to Busan (2016)

Overrated and overhyped

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

This review is for people like me who have put off watching this film for a while. Zombie movies are not my thing.Luckily I bit the bullet, as this is a excellent character film. It is 2 hours of touching moments or upsetting behaviour. The film shows the best and worst of people, which is often true in crisis.The movie is unfortunately hindered by a few cliches towards the end, perhaps because it was made to be a success at the Box office. Only small directing choices that I feel would be better removed. Character behaving same way three times in around five minutes. A Flashback and what I assume was meant as a 3D moment.So if, you have been putting off watching this, in fear of just another Zombie movie. Or you love Zombie movies. I hope that you give it a chance as it is well worth a watch.

When a diverse group of citizens board a train the moment the apocalypse begins, lines between decency and survival quickly blur beyond recognition. Train to Busan may have all the hallmarks of classic zombie flicks, but its clear execution and vicious monsters keep it entertaining along with a handful of gruesomely memorable scenes.

The highest grossing film in South Korea of all time is a routine, but well made zombie thriller. The story begins at the outset of a zombie outbreak with a father and daughter finding themselves on a train to the town of Busan, hoping to escape the zombie plague around them. Unfortunately, the train has a number of folks who are slowly turning intro zombies, so the survivors aboard the train find themselves having to fight their way through the infected cars to get to the safe ones. This story may sound similar to "Snowpiercer," but "Train to Busan" lacks that film's smart political subtext. "Train to Busan" is simply trying to entertain and it does quiet successfully achieve that with tons of fast zombie action, some interesting set pieces, and solid special effects, which is all fine and good if you're into zombie movies. On the downside, I'm not a fan of fast zombies and prefer the slow lumbering Romero-zombies, just as I also prefer my zombie films to have a Romero-style political subtext. So overall, "Train to Busan" manages to come up with some interesting situations and set pieces and does them well, it's all pretty vapid and you'll forget most of the film an hour after you've watched it.

With a dynamic storyline and multi-dimensional characters, backed by a cast of exemplary actors, its simply myopic to try and place this movie in any one genre.Brimming with elements of Adventure, Romance, Drama, Action, Thriller and ofcourse, from an objective stand point, Horror (of an unprecendented caliber) this movie has scared me, teared me and tore me up all whilst making me overwhelmingly happy.Though admittedly falling victim to a number of banal genre clichés.. like characters freezing at the most irrational, inopportune times and predictable 'zombie-morphings'... this film has done well to redeem itself and atone for shortcomings of zombie movies before.Without revealing too much, i would especially like to commend the screenwriters for such stellar work on scripting the characters and how interactive they were made. The main protoganist took me on a roller coaster ride of emotions... I found my self being inadvertently swept from abhorring everything that he was to adoring everthing that he had become... and his daughter.. my oh my... an adorable charming angel yes.. but an exceptionally gifted actor indeed... THIS MOVIE IS A MUST SEE... no matter what you may be in the mood for.. im positive you'll find that this movie will adequately satiate ur crave.A+