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Train to Busan

Play trailer 1:53 Poster for Train to Busan Released Jul 22, 2016 1h 58m Horror Mystery & Thriller Action Play Trailer Watchlist
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A man (Gong Yoo), his estranged daughter and other passengers become trapped on a speeding train during a zombie outbreak in South Korea.
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Train to Busan delivers a thrillingly unique -- and purely entertaining -- take on the zombie genre, with fully realized characters and plenty of social commentary to underscore the bursts of skillfully staged action.

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Chris Stuckmann ChrisStuckmann.com It could not be done better. They pulled no punches with this movie. Rated: A+ Jul 16, 2020 Full Review Alexandra Heller-Nicholas The Blue Lenses Train to Busan is horror as it should be: intelligent, fun, and celebrating life with every mad twist and new take on death that it can find. Aug 25, 2018 Full Review Matthew Lickona San Diego Reader Director Yeon Sang-ho makes smart use of the cramped quarters, and while it's true that his zombies' abilities tend to vary according to the requirements of the moment, it's easy to overlook amid the onslaught of action and emotion. Rated: 3/5 Jan 6, 2017 Full Review Bianca Garner Filmotomy There’s a high degree of believability to this film and the scenario that’s unfolding. Oct 3, 2024 Full Review Joshua Polanski Boston Hassle Many of the film’s great images capture the tenderness of parental love: a close-up of a father’s hand holding his daughter’s, a husband glancing back at his wife and in his dying breaths suggesting a name to his pregnant wife for their coming child... Jul 4, 2024 Full Review Stephanie Archer Film Inquiry There is a deep love that carries through the devastation, Train to Busan delivers what movies are all about. Jun 8, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Sebastian N This film is an absolute joke. It makes no sense whatsoever. First of all, why did they cast a woman who is clearly in her 30s to play a grandmother? And why on earth would this grandmother open a door to a bunch of zombies? Then there’s the guy at the end who decides to put his hand in the mouth of a zombie. Real cinematic brilliance there! Because, as everyone knows, the best way to fight a biting zombie is by literally offering up your own body parts. Genius! Can someone also explain why the weird limping guy at the start of the film goes on about how everyone is dead, only for us to never find out who he is or how he knew everything before anyone else? It felt like they put so much effort into building his character, but he ended up being as irrelevant as any NPC. That was seriously dissapointing. And why is there just one guy clever enough to fight the zombies while half the world, including the military, is completely useless? The lack of logic is staggering. I could go on and on, but it’s pointless since everyone else apparently thinks this is the most amazing zombie movie ever made for some reason. Long story short: a pretty terrible movie with terrible acting. P.S. Loved the Audi product placement, though! Rated 1 out of 5 stars 12/08/24 Full Review Joe S only reason i didnt rate it a 5 stars is bc of that one guy whos fucking fat and is a horrible actor along with killing multiple people. Honestly horrific person and i wish the worst upon him and all his future movie endeavors. (yong suk protrayed by Kim Eui-sung). Watch your holes. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/30/24 Full Review paul l I started this film out at four stars for the welly done build up and the zombies were actually worth running from and being afraid of. About thirty minutes in though I continuously took half stars for characters standing there waiting for their turn to be eaten, beating twenty zombies down just to be bullied by a former CEO's loud words, that same CEO is going to be the death of half of the established characters, nobody is going to care about that either, and the majority of all side characters are going to follow that guy because....idk because the director says so, that's how it felt throughout the movie. Why do directors make zombies the second horror in the ZOMBIE movie genre. The people to the left and right of you are the primary horror??? Those are the ones that are always going to kill you or get you killed? Take notes directors and story writers. You want to know what would be utterly horrifying? A zombie movie/story where the characters don't back stab, they don't overly hesitate, they help each other, they make smart decisions rather than investigate for curiosity or give the audience a dumb plot, make them plan ahead and communicate well. Then make them still struggle, go through trauma, get killed off one or two at a time. Thats terrifying!!! Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 11/26/24 Full Review Audience Member It was such a edge cutting journey watching this movie. A movie with deep emotions. I loved it so much because of the emotions it brought out of me while watching. It's definitely a movie worth watching. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/07/24 Full Review Ceth r I'm literally furious right now. It gets +1/2 a star for granny opening the train doors after her sister gets eaten but I am so mad at the rest of this dumbassery. The emotional 'high' at the end doesn't really hit when you *put your hand over a zombie's mouth* and then get bit. He could have tossed him over the side before he got combative. He could have used literally *any other part* of asshole-dude's body. But no. We're stuck with this. And then you give me sad pinky piano music like I should be sad and feel bad? Nahhh, That's all you, buddy. I feel nothing but vitriol for this film. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 11/03/24 Full Review Bryant C Probably the best zombie movie I've ever seen . Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/31/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A man (Gong Yoo), his estranged daughter and other passengers become trapped on a speeding train during a zombie outbreak in South Korea.
Director
Yeon Sang-ho
Producer
Lee Dong-ha
Screenwriter
Yeon Sang-ho, Park Ju-seok
Distributor
Well Go USA
Production Co
RedPeter Film
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Action
Original Language
Korean
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 22, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 6, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$2.1M
Runtime
1h 58m
Sound Mix
Stereo, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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