Train to Busan, or by its original title “Busanhaeng“, is a South Korean zombie apocalypse action thriller film released in 2016. The film takes place on a train to Busan, as a zombie apocalypse suddenly breaks out and compromises the safety of the passengers.
Fast moving zombies. Fast infection. Zombieism also affects animals (<– very slight spoiler). Hordes of zombies like in World War Z — and this film could easily be the South Korea part of the WWZ outbreak (same universe). People on a train feels like Snowpiercer (which if you’re a sci-fi fan and you haven’t seen Snowpiercer you are seriously missing out – IMDB/Wikipedia). It even has little touches that remind you of Speed. This has got to be one of the best Z-films I’ve seen since 28 Days Later! OH YEAH, Train to Busan is rated Green Ooze and is one of BagpiperDon’s Favourite Zombie Movies!
The zombies move in this totally different than any I’ve seen in other films …. and having both been a zombie in a film and having been in a car accident and gotten whiplash, what these actors did not only looks amazing for a zombie film but from my perspective now …. painful. The Z-film journey element is in this film, but works totally different (well, the way it’s applied maybe one could say ‘re-imagined’) than I’ve seen in previous films. There’s also something I haven’t seen in zombie films before in how the zombies do and don’t notice non-infected people. And there were a few old lady wigs.