Train to Busan is a Korean zombie film and it is a great take on the zombie genre. The film starts off innocently, slowly introducing the main character and his background. Seok-woo is a workaholic and his familial relationship is suffering as a result. His daughter is disappointed that she never sees him and his wife has divorced him. On his daughter's birthday, they both take a train to Busan. Unfortunately, this is where the trouble starts. Just as the train is departing, a zombie apocalypse starts to unfold. These are your typical zombies, who are senseless and are quickly moving bodies that chase down humans to bite them. Once bitten, it only takes a few minutes before the infected human becomes another zombie. Naturally, as these zombies are on the train, the film has numerous tense moments as the characters struggle in horror to escape these zombies in a confined space. Not only does Train to Busan deliver on the tense thrills, but it also has a very human element. It introduces various characters that over the course of the film you grow attached to. It showcases both the worse and the best of humans. Characters are torn between saving the few or protecting the many. The zombies outbreak also seems invincible as it is hard to protect against them. As the film moves towards its climax, so too do the surviving number dwindled. It is surprising at how fast the time goes since once it hits its stride within the first fifteen minutes, the film does not relent. Train to Busan is an excellent film that is 100% worth watching and one of the best zombie films released.
