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Train To Busan Movie Review

Name: Train To Busan Movie Review
Item: Train To Busan
Rating: 4.25
Author: Pradip Bhat

Train To Busan Movie Review English Movie Review

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Review for the film " Train To Busan"

Streaming On: Netflix

Runtime: 1 Hour 57 Minutes

Certificate: A

Released: 21-10-2016

Genre: Action

Similar To: Zombieland 2, The Man With The Iron Heart, Ballerina (2024), Beverly Hills Cop 4

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CAST & CREW

Gong Yoo

Kim Eui-sung

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Producer:

Lee Dong-ha

Music Director:

Jang Young-gyu

Editor:

Yang Jin-mo

Director:

Yeon Sang-ho

Co-Producer:

Kim Yeon-ho

Director of Photography:

Lee Hyung-deok

Screenplay Writer:

Yeon Sang-ho

Park Joo-suk

Supporting Actor:

Gong Yoo

Kim Eui-sung

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Since its entering the Cannes Film Festival during this year the movie Train To Busan Click to look into! >> Read More... has been garnering lot of positive appeal. Now let’s see whether this simple titled movie gives the horror, just as the genre showcases it to be.

Plot

The pivotal character of the film is Gong-Woo, who is have a troubled married life as well as problems with his job as a hedge fund manager. And as the movie proceeds, the 9-year old girl child of Gong-Woo, Kim Su-an, who feels ignored, asks her father to take her to Busan to see her mother. And Gong-Woo couldn’t reply in the negative.

When the father and daughter travels in a train a lady passenger who succumbs to a bite wound collapses and eventually transforms into a zombie. The scariest part is that if she bites another individual he/she would also transform into a zombie and this would continue. Panic grips over the passengers for whom it dawns that this same zombie thing will be prevalent in the whole country, thereby putting a question to their survival.

Star Performances

Goong Woo, who plays the lead character, did his job with utter conviction. From the indifferent person to the one who empathizes with others, his transformation is commendable. He does a great job both in the sentimental and action scenes. Kim Su-an, the 10 year old girl, gives the required emotional touch to the movie, as the daughter who insists on humanitarian concern to her indifferent father. Ma Dong-seok and Kim Eui-sung also do a competent job while Ahn So-hee and Young-guk give the romantic anguish to the movie.

Analysis

The film, directed by Sang-ho Yeon, brings to our attention that sometimes there is still the hope of life after facing death in the face of it. This Korean film is oozing with human element other than the zombie touch to it and this lends credibility to the movie. In this world which is full of mishaps the movie brings the best as well as the worst in human beings.

Kim Su-an reinforces the need for humanitarian concern to her father and the father-daughter bond is shown in a commendable manner in the movie. However, the movie offers something more than the setting right the relationship between the father and daughter. The movie has a philosophical approach that deals with the responsibilities that we have towards helping others.

What’s there?

The movie is highly engrossing with all its intriguing moments.
The scenes regarding the zombies are well-presented. The computer-generated effects are realistic.
There are different interesting characters in the movie who make us contemplate on the need of being compassionate towards others.
The movie is paced in a fast manner.

What’s not there?

The movie reminds of the film World War Z Click to look into! >> Read More... . However, this film has a distinct emotional intensity.