train to busan
the film is about people trying to flee from seoul to busan by train .
train to busan is no. 1 at singapore box office and top korean movie to date
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gong yoo, top, and kim su - ahn in “train to busan, ” a horror movie set on a bullet train .
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hit korean zombie film “ train to busan ” will be remade in english by french studio gaumont .
while a zombie virus breaks out in south korea, passengers struggle to survive on the train from seoul to busan .
western people react to korean movie (train to busan, miracle in cell no. 7, tunnel etc. )
redpeter film’s train to busan follows a group of passengers during a nationwide viral outbreak as they battle their way through a bullet train ride to the safe zone .
for those who' ve become disillusioned with the zombie genre, train to busan will restore your faith .
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the south korean zombie blockbuster train to busan is the highest grossing asian film of all time in hong kong .
an so - hee as a cheerleader caught up in the mayhem in train to busan. photograph: rex shutterstock
dont take the' train to busan'... . lol... but definitely watch the movie
interview with main actors of movie
train to busan
[ entertainment weekly / 2016. 07. 18 ]
korean thriller' train to busan' brings in $ 2. 5 mil. from advance sales around the world
i watched seoul station. but seoul station has nothing to do with train to busan. these 2 films are completely different films
453 km from seoul to busan. the struggle to survive. get on board to stay alive .
petaling jaya: malaysians are still enthusiastically boarding the train to busan, some two weeks after it hit local cinemas .
a man walks past a poster of train to busan at a movie theatre in seoul on aug 4, 2016 .
zombie thriller, “ train to busan ” set multiple box office records in south korea and seems an unstoppable force .
director yeon sang - ho' s adrenaline - filled train to busan premiered at this year' s cannes film festival .
train to busan is no. 1 at singapore box office and top korean movie to date, entertainment news & top stories - the straits times
actor gong yoo went on live broadcast to promote his upcoming film “train to busan” sporting shorts shorter than any of his co - stars’ outfits .
meanwhile, “train to busan” was screened at the 69th cannes film festival in may and will be released in korea in july .
the energetic zombie flick
train to busan
attracted more than 10 million viewers as of sunday, the 14th domestic film to achieve the feat .
' train to busan' beats' now you see me 2' and becomes the fastest movie ever in the country to cross 5 million admissions .
the thriller
train to busan
has been invited to screen at the 69th cannes film festival, the film' s distributor new said on monday .
, the upcoming
train to busan
u. s. remake will mark gaumont' s first foray into english - language films :
i would prefer if they just gave train to busan - fantastic movie - a wide release in america but... eh, alright
the zombie flick
train to busan
has surpassed the 11 million viewer mark. it was this year' s first movie to reach 10 million viewers .
“train to busan” had been named as one of the “big 4” blockbusters of the summer in korea. the big 4 also includes “operation chromite, ” “the last princess, ” and “tunnel. ” “train to busan” was also screened at the 69th cannes film festival earlier this year .
seok woo, his estranged daughter, soo an, and other passengers become trapped on a ktx train (high - speed train) heading from seoul to busan during a disastrous virus outbreak in south korea .
elite passengers on a south korean bullet train face a twitching, hissing threat from the cheap seats in “ train to busan, ” a public - transportation horror movie with a side helping of class warfare .
hurtling along at breakneck speed, yeon sang - ho' s train to busan tears up the screen like any ravenous zombie horde would human flesh .
tung yow kong, general manager of gsc movies, which brought train to busan to malaysia, said it had all the elements that appeal to audiences – horror, comedy and emotional scenes .
the story is subtle. it' s not deep. i have to remind you that this show' s literal title is train to busan. it' s a whole show about characters doing their utmost best to reach the safe zone - busan. on a train. it lived up to its title, i' ll give it that .
but that’s all icing on the cake. you’re really here for the carnage, right? and on that score, train to busan delivers in spades .
train to busan is a harrowing zombie horror - thriller that follows a group of terrified passengers fighting their way through a countrywide viral outbreak while trapped on a suspicion - filled, blood - drenched bullet train ride to busan, a southern resort city that has managed to hold off the zombie hordes... or so everyone hopes .
sok - woo and his daughter soo - ahn are boarding the ktx, a fast train that shall bring them from seoul to busan. but right at the moment of their departure, the train station is overrun by zombies which kill the train driver and several others. while the ktx is shooting driver - less to busan, the passengers have to fight for their naked lives against the zombies .
french studio gaumont is set to remake the hit korean zombie film “train to busan” into english for the international market. gaumont and next entertainment world announced the joint deal on wednesday .
mostly, though, train to busan is just a high - speed, bone - crunching good time. and it’s the netflix gem you should watch tonight .
i am american, and i loved train to busan. don' t worry my asian friends, nothing beats the original no matter how hard they try .
for more than an hour of its two - hour run time, train to busan lives up to its title, hurtling along at break - neck speed, with the barest premise anchoring to the tracks .
critically acclaimed animator yeon sang - ho made his live - action directorial debut with train to busan. the thriller chronicles the chaos that ensues after a deadly virus sweeps through korea and passengers must fight for their survival aboard a bullet train from seoul to the southern port city of busan, which is ensconced from the outbreak .
i should watch the priests, it seems october would be a good time to do so. and the wailing that the second commenter mentioned. and dong ju. and train to busan .
as suspected, french major gaumont has scored a deal for english - language remake rights to south korean zombie blockbuster train to busan, beating out big hollywood players who were circling the project .
according to a report published by the latin post, it is almost confirmed that gong yoo may return as the lead in the much - anticipated zombie movie ,
train to busan 2 .
train to busan charged through the south korean box office this weekend, setting several local records, including for the biggest opening weekend performance, and eclipsing big hollywood summer titles .
train to busan, which made its international premiere at the cannes film festival in may, has also smashed box - office records in its home country, hong kong and singapore .
if they do make a hollywood version with white people. . are they still calling it tain to busan or will they rename it like train to new york or something because we dont have busan here unless they main character is living in korean for some random reason then i can see that
the 25th buil film awards took place on october 7 in busan to honor this year’s best films and actors .
western films featuring zombies have always been huge hits in our country and there was not a single korean zombie movie until' train to busan' came out ,
he said .
south korean horror films really took off in the late 1990s and' train to busan' is a new twist on the horror genre ,
she told bbc news from seoul .
train to busan direction: yeon sang - ho actors: gong yoo, ma dong - seok, jung yu - mi, kim su - an rating: 4. 5 / 5
for the time being, fans of' train to busan' can enjoy the short animated movie created by the director of the former called' seoul station.' the release date of the movie is not confirmed but rumors suggest the production of the film will start by the end of 2017 and
train to busan 2
might release by the end of 2018 .
gaumont has picked up u. s. remake rights of train to busan, one of the biggest south korean box - office hits of all time, the french studio announced wednesday .
train to busan is one of the best surprises of the year; a redemption tale that reminds us how close we are to losing our humanity, but also the compassion we are capable of. all aboard .
singapore - south korean movie train to busan is as resilient as the zombies it portrays - it has clawed its way up to the top of the local box office and also become the highest - grossing korean movie in singapore to date .
meanwhile, korea' s first zombie apocalyptic film,' train to busan', raked in records at the box office by attracting more than 11, 500, 000 moviegoers this summer .
those looking for more back story may seek out yeon’s animated scene - setter seoul station, but you don’t need a primer to be swept up in the torrential momentum of train to busan ’s non - stop thrill ride .
yeon sang - ho, who directed last year’s asian sensation “ train to busan ” has begun production of “ psychokinesis. ” the former animation star is sticking with live action, but switching from zombie horror to humor .
adding to the speedy performance was the unprecedented success of the film' s paid preview screenings, which alone allowed train to busan to rank no. 2 last week ($ 4. 3 million), even though the number of screenings was limited .
train to busan review: it is one of the best surprises of the year; a redemption tale that reminds us how close we are to losing our humanity, but also the compassion we are capable of. all aboard .
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seoul station
it served as a prequel to the movie. but it' s animated. and the cause of the outbreak was explained briefly in
train to busan
. i guess u missed it .
the film is still in very early pre - production with staff, cast, and crew still yet to be announced, so it' ll be a while before the
train to busan
remake will hit the big screen .
the daily scramble to get that last available seat on the rush hour train was becoming a little too intense .
a smash hit in its native south korea, train to busan broke the all - time record for south korean films in its first five days of release with $ 38. 8 million in the country .
in the past few weeks, there were many reports claiming that he might either be replaced or his character might be scrapped off altogether in
train to busan 2 .
an online report published by indie wire suggested that it is highly likely that gong yoo may just be replaced. however, soon afterward, it was confirmed that he will reprise his role in the upcoming sequel of
train to busan .
the apocalyptic thriller, directed by yeon sang - ho, sees a group of terrified train passengers battle their way through a countrywide viral outbreak on a suspicion - filled, blood - drenched bullet train ride to busan, a safe zone that has managed to hold off the hordes of zombies, if it even still exists .
in yeon sang - ho’s train to busan, the titular mass transport vehicle serves as an apt and very literary setting for an exhilarating morality tale that pits humanity’s fragile virtues and delicate principles with a ferocious catastrophe .
danny lee and vincent kim at contents panda, in charge of international sales and distribution of train to busan, negotiated the deal with cecile gaget, head of international production and distribution, on behalf of gaumont .
the movie is set inside a ktx train heading to busan. one abnormal passenger with peculiar behavior boards the train at the last minute and she starts attacking the people on the train one by one, turning them into zombies. once bitten, the infected people begin twitching and suddenly become aggressive and start biting other people. in order to avoid getting bitten by zombies, the uninfected fight for their lives hiding and running toward safe compartments until they reach busan, which is claimed to be safe from the virus that causes
zombification .
best supporting actor awards went to kim eui - sung for “ train to busan ” and park so - dam for “the priests. ” the two hit titles—a zombie pic and an occult thriller—have triggered a genre rush in mainstream filmmaking in korea .
don’t say i didn’t warn you. saving its most powerful emotional moments till pretty late into the film, train to busan devotes a few moments to explore the question of what goes through an infected person’s mind before he or she turns completely .
kofic’s data shows that new bulleted to the top of charts with zombie actioner “ train to busan. ” animation maverick yeon sang - ho’s live - action directorial debut, “train” broke several box office records in south korea, including the highest single - day gross, $ 9. 9 million from 1. 28 million admissions .
other critics praised the
brilliant
choice of setting on a korean bullet train .
the film follows on from the events in yeon’s animation seoul station, where an unknown virus spread around seoul’s biggest railway station. it’s the same outbreak that seeps into the train which departs seoul for busan (ktx 406) when an infected young woman boards the train .
gong too is the one of the best korean action actor. all his action film are daebak like dis train to busan and the suspect. kim soo ah will be a very good actress and jung mi too .
last weekend, train to busan also knocked hollywood superhero blockbuster suicide squad off the box - office charts to reach the no. 1 spot - which is quite a feat given that the zombie flick was already in its third week of its release .
for a train to travel to its destination over vast distances someone, usually an operator from a remote location, needs to keep the track switches on path. from what this movie depicts it is unlikely that the switch operator will stay intact long enough to make the train travel this far and still make it to its destination .
following a motley crew on a bumpy ride from seoul to busan to escape a zombie outbreak, writer - director yeon sang - ho’s action - horror railroad movie “train to busan” pulses with relentless locomotive momentum. as an allegory of class rebellion and moral polarization, it proves just as biting as bong joon - ho’s sci - fi dystopia “snowpiercer, ” while delivering even more [ … ]
train to busan is south korea' s first home - grown zombie offering and has already achieved local box office success, taking a record $ 5. 76m (£4. 33m) on its opening day in july .
but where world war z barely cobbled together an onscreen family, the father - daughter dynamic in train to busan will have most bawling with emotion. the sentimentality only crosses the line a few forgivable times into cheesy territory .
the original film, directed by animator yeon sang - ho making his live - action debut, was set inside a high - speed train from seoul to busan. sources close to the deal told variety that political allegories of a different kind may emerge .
train to busan was an amazing movie. i love how they focused on not only the problems at hand but also the relationships between the characters. as you learn more about the characters, you begin to fall in love and become attached to them, which makes it harder for you to let go of their character if something happens to them .
train to busan
was not seen as a major contender even until the beginning of this month, because korean viewers had not so far taken zombies to their hearts. but perhaps to its skillful blend of disaster movie, zombie horror and family values, it has become a hit .
on july 5, the stars of “train to busan” held a live talk on v app to discuss their movie. in attendance were gong yoo, ahn so hee, jung yoo mi, choi woo shik, ma dong seok, and kim soo ahn .
' train to busan': best zombie scare ever. this is coming from someone who can' t even watch' the walking dead' ,
wrote one fan on twitter, referencing the popular us drama series .
animator yeon sang - ho directed the film set inside a high - speed train from seoul to busan when a zombie outbreak kicks off. the film has grossed $ 80. 5 million in korea alone since its july release .
other big competitors for top prizes are summer zombie blockbuster train to busan (next entertainment world) and erotic thriller the handmaiden (cj entertainment). train to busan, which is the live - action film debut of animator yeon sang - ho, is up for nine awards, while park chan - wook' s cannes competition piece will vie for prizes in eight categories. both titles are up against the wailing and the age of shadows for best film .
train to busan
is animation director sang - ho yeon first live - action film, and it displays his flair for mind - bending visuals and economy of story - telling. his feature - length animated prequel ,
seoul station ,
sets up the events of
train to busan
but, sadly, is not included on the blu - ray as an extra. word is that a separate u. s. release will come later .
currently showing on 1, 785 screens—which account for about 70 percent of all screens across the asian country—and having an average seat - occupancy rate of over 60 percent (according to the korean film council' s kobis database), train to busan is expected to continue speeding through the box office .
a rep of gaumont also shared ,
we instantly fell in love with' train to busan' the moment we watched it at the' cannes film festival'. we will do our best to produce an exciting and entertaining film for the american audience .
despite its innocuous title, “train to busan” (in korean with subtitles, or dubbed in english on well go usa' s blu - ray, which comes out tuesday) offers a terrifying, harrowing ride on the zombie express .
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before the ktx train leaves seoul station, a zombie like girl jumps onto the train. the girl is infected with a horrific virus that is spreading like wildfire. seok - woo, soo - an and the other passengers on the ktx train must now fight for their lives .
many great movies have been released this year, one of which was the brilliant
train to busan
. the zombie thriller was one of 2016' s surprise hits and its success has not gone unnoticed by certain hollywood producers who now want to remake the film !
as an unidentified virus sweeps the country, the korean government declares martial law. as the country descends into chaos, one city, busan, is rumoured to have successfully fended off the virus outbreak and remains the only beacon of hope for those not yet infected. but when the virus breaks out on an express train to busan, passengers on board must fight for their own survival .
yeon’s eventual surrender to such cartoonish imagery may be unsurprising given his background in animation (this is his first live - action feature), but “train to busan” is easily his least realistic film. this one is pitched for the big houses and the cheap seats, betraying the bitter streaks of humanism that made previous work like “the fake” and “the king of pigs” feel so unflinchingly real. “train to busan” preaches that equality is the key to survival, but yeon doesn’t do the rest of us any favors by sacrificing the very things that make him special .
when people mention asian horror, they think of japan. but korean horror tales are truly frightening and i hope' train to busan' will make the world realise that our local movies are just as scary - or even better .
train to busan had also set records when it opened in its native south korea back in july, recording the highest single - day gross of us $ 9. 64 million (s $ 13 million) from 1. 28 million admissions .
director park chan wook' s erotic period drama ,
the handmaiden ,
received six nominations, including moon so - ri for best supporting actress. five nominations went to the zombie film ,
train to busan ,
including ma dong - seok for best supporting actor .
on december 7, kim woo taek of' train to busan' s original production company new, announced ,
we' re very happy to be with the major french film studio gaumont which has great experience in global projects. we hope that this will be an opportunity for korean films to become more well known and familiar to the global audience .
also earning five nominations – though not for best film, script or best director – was korea’s pan - asian hit “ train to busan. ” other commercial hits, japan’s “your name, ” “the mermaid” and “operation mekong” only secured one nomination each .
he also reportedly added that the
train to busan 2
storyline will most probably be revolving around gong yoo' s seok woo character. the movie will further explore the possibility of bringing the dead back to life, i. e. discovering a cure for the growing zombie dominance .
this is not a scene from the upcoming the girl on the train. this is what happens when muggles try to board hogwarts express .
seok - woo is divorced, and his job leaves him unable to devote barely any time to his young daughter, su - an. for her birthday, su - an wants nothing more than to take the train from seoul to her mother’s home 280 miles away in busan. convinced, seok - woo takes off from work to accompany her on what very well may be the last train ride either of them take. shortly after they depart from seoul, reports of riots and mass chaos throughout the country begin to flicker through, before communication becomes entirely cut off. soon, some sort of virus begins to spread from passenger to passenger, quickly filling the train with bloodthirsty zombies that begin to kill those on board. now, seok - woo, su - an, and a motley crew of surviving passengers must do their best to fend off the zombie horde as the train careens toward busan, where the end of the line may only be the beginning... ifit’s still there at all
equally terrifying is the infection and the rate at which it spreads rapidly between those unlucky enough to be trapped onboard as the high - speed train races to its final destination .
ambivalence usually splits public reaction in times like this. on the one hand, train to busan provides a pretty solid square one for another film to work with, and a remake would probably guide more eyeballs to the original. on the other, a perfectly good train to busan already exists, and the necessity of a re - do without subtitles is rather suspect. but as long as the filmmakers tapped for this new production bring something of their own to the table instead of re - staging all the original’s set pieces, there may be hope for this yet. take a look at the trailer for the original below :
train to busan was produced by redpeter film and opened though new this year, when it generated 11, 565, 459 admissions and the equivalent of $ 83. 5m at the local box office according to the korean film council to become the biggest local hit of the year. it currently ranks as south korea’s ninth biggest hit .
in fact, almost every speaking character in the motley train crew has a solid base, and it’s easy to root for them. they fight through the train but have palpable struggles, in a fashion reminiscent of snowpiercer with less fantastical elements .
danny lee and vincent kim at contents panda, in charge of international sales and distribution of train to busan, negotiated the deal with cecile gaget, gaumont' s head of international production and distribution. gaumont was among a number of studios that the hollywood reporter exclusively reported to be pursuing the deal .
this collection of random types goes all aboard a fast train from seoul to busan one fine morning, just as the signs of a zombie outbreak are starting to show: convoys of emergency response vehicles rushing past the protagonists, fires and muffled explosions in the distance, an eerie quiet over the city .
take the poseidon adventure. put it on a train. add yer zombie apocalypse. stir. alright .
“what i liked was seeing people become heroes and villains within that single train ride, ” said khatijah .
starring gong yoo (coffee prince, 2007) as a workaholic fund manager who travels with his daughter by train from seoul to busan on her birthday, their journey soon descends into chaos when there is an outbreak of a virus that turns the passengers into crazed zombies .
train to busan makes the wise decision to have its plot be driven by its characters and not the other way around. as straightforward as the premise is (a distant father takes his daughter to visit her mother, his estranged wife, while a zombie outbreak threatens to overrun their train), it’s the interactions between the characters and the relationships they forge, and not, as one would expect, the rampage raging outside (and two coaches over), that makes this film so special .
kim eui - sung and ma dong - seok were the highlight of train to busan for me. this is a well deserved award. he was so real and i can' t help but think of the sewol ferry tragedy. he is that kind of ceo that we don' t get to see .
the thriller is set on a bullet train travelling from seoul to busan. on board are a variety of characters, including a workaholic and his daughter, a group of young baseball players, a couple expecting their first child and two elderly sisters. and there happens to be a passenger infected by a virus .
here’s a south korean zombie tale that’s almost in the vein of last year’s touching father - daughter drama maggie. “almost”, because while this story will also gnaw at your heart rather than just your gut, train to busan has more of world war z in its dna .
as reported by soompi, gong yoo even confirmed with the media that he will be reprising his role as seok woo in the
train to busan 2 .
in the last movie, that character appeared to have turned into a zombie. therefore, it is safe to assume that he will return as a zombie too, in the upcoming sequel .
all of that begins to change when seok - woo retrieves the girl for a birthday trip to visit her mother (she must be some kind of monster not to get custody in this situation) and they take an early morning train — oblivious to the threatening imagery on the periphery of yeon’s compositions. the last person to board the high - speed ktx train is a girl with a curious bite on her leg .
according to a new report from the hollywood reporter, french movie studio gaumont has picked up the u. s. remake rights to
train to busan
after a bidding war. given that the film was seen by over 11 million people in korea and was sold to over 150 territories, it' s no surprise that nabbing the remake rights was a high priority of many movie studios .
zombie thriller, “train to busan” set multiple box office records in south korea and seems an unstoppable force. officially opening on 1, 785 screens on wednesday, “train” earned $ 34. 3 million from 4. 75 million admissions over its opening five day run. that represented 75% of the total weekend box office. including $ 4. 29 million from the previous week’s [ … ]
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yoo gong stars as a mutual fund manager reluctantly taking his daughter (soo - an kim in a gut - wrenching performance) by train to live with his estranged wife. trouble starts as soon as the train departs, with passengers rapidly succumbing to a growing zombie plague, and accelerates to a stunning climax that leaves viewers breathless and emotionally drained .
workaholic fund manager seok - wu (gong yoo) takes his estranged young daughter su - an (kim su - an) on the ktx high - speed train to busan to visit his ex - wife. the last person to hop on is a teenage girl whose bare thighs are crisscrossed with bulging veins. yet, passengers and train crew get more alarmed over a homeless man hiding out in the washroom — one of the film’s frequent barbed comments on snobbery in korean society .
yes, jeer. because, like all good walking / running / commuting dead efforts, train to busan reminds us that, aside from the everpresent threat of the infected, it’s regular people who will do anything to survive – anything, including sacrificing their fellow passengers to buy a few extra seconds of safety – that constitute the most insidious, unexpected and heartless threats .
the fact that yeon made a film with a theme that could be very unfamiliar to korean audiences is extremely fascinating. that is the part that i like the most about this film ,
said actor gong yoo, who plays one of the lead roles in the film
train to busan
to be released july 20, as a fund manager dad who tries to protect his young daughter from the zombies .
best supporting actor kim eui - sung (train to busan) is having a stellar year. he said in his acceptance speech, “i’ve worked many kinds of jobs, but there’s nothing better than being an actor. i get paid to do something this fun, and now i even get an award for it—it’s incredible. ” aww .
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sok - woo, a father with not much time for his daughter, soo - ahn, are boarding the ktx, a fast train that shall bring them from seoul to busan. but during their journey, the apocalypse begins, and most of the earth' s population become flesh craving zombies. while the ktx is shooting towards busan, the passenger' s fight for their families and lives against the zombies - and each other .
great movie! especially for gong yoo and kim soo ahn really make me can' t stop to cry. gong yoo oppa, you are really great actor. kim soo ahn, you will be a great actress. i believe about that. pd nim and all crew train to busan, thank you very much for the great movie !
tv screens on board the train also inform passengers what’s happening in different parts of the country as the government claims to have everything under control. martial law is in place, and the public is asked to refrain from spreading rumours – an apparent reference to the response to mers in 2015 .
after the near - perfect first hour of “train to busan, ” the film slows its progress and makes a few stops that feel repetitive, but the journey recovers nicely for a memorable finale. you could call it “train of the living dead” or “' snowpiercer' with zombies. ” whatever you call it, if it’s playing in your city and you’ve ever been entertained by a zombie movie, it’s hard to believe you wouldn’t be entertained by this one .
if nothing else train to busan is a high - octane chase movie, a race against time to save not only people but also their very souls from rampant consumerism. when the high tech ktx train can’t make the final journey a trusty, working class diesel locomotive is sought to finish the job in a teeth clenching set piece. just like in the korean war the back breaking and dangerous physical work of the soldier, the farmer and the factory worker and not a smart phone in sight saved the nation .
train to busan is largely set on board the express, but as it is forced to make stops along the way, yeon gets an opportunity to move to grander set - pieces, including aerial shots which give context to the scale of the outbreak. many of these exterior scenes are more reliant on cgi, which is ironically where the film starts to lose steam. the cgi itself is competent and creative in places, but ultimately, the film works best when the passengers are on board battling it out for survival .
before this takes place, the film introduces one of the main characters seok - woo (gong yoo), an affluent fund manager who cares more about his job than his daughter su - an (kim su - ran) who wants to go to busan to see her mother for her birthday. he reluctantly agrees to take her to his ex - wife, hoping to be back in seoul by lunchtime. they board the train, and not long after it departs, the virus begins to run through sections of the carriages after which it’s a race for survival .
american novelist marianne wiggins wrote: “what thrills me about trains is not their size or their equipment but the fact that they are moving, that they embody a connection between unseen places. ” train to busan unites the classes divided by wealth and education as well as over six decades between past and present. when a soldier decides whether or not a silhouette in a tunnel is a person or not, the scene is reminiscent of cross of iron, when a simple act of humanity could be the difference between salvation and damnation. as bloody and visceral as train to busan is, we find hope in the former .
no one transforms b - movies into high art quite like the koreans. it’s a careless generalisation to make, but nonetheless, quite an accurate one. and if they keep producing films like train to busan, which has been generating consistent buzz since its midnight premiere at this year’s cannes film festival, it is a generalisation i will proudly keep making .
when it comes to zombie, you have two choices: fast or slow. the train to busan zombies are fast ones, resurrecting in flailing almost - break - dancing movements and lunging at the nearest victim. the film does have one undead twist: these zombies are sight driven. if a coat is thrown on their head, or a widow covered with newspapers, they stop moving. this leads to some great scenes when the train goes through a tunnel, blinding the zombies into inactivity while the heroes sneak by .
best horror film release: the autopsy of jane doe (ifc midnight) the conjuring 2 (new line / warner bros .) demon (the orchard) don’t breathe (screen gems / sony) ouija: origin of evil (universal) train to busan (well go usa) the witch (a24 )
when
train to busan
initially released, not many expected it to be as big a hit it turned out to be. however, the movie has managed to bring the prevailing assumption and is reportedly coming back in the form a sequel. as far as the cast of the movie is concerned, there were many reports that claimed that the
goblin
actor gong yoo was to be replaced in the upcoming movie. however, a new rumor claims that he will indeed return .
the star ’s movie reviewer davin arul wrote: “director yeon sang - ho makes full use of the cramped confines of train coaches to evoke maximum thrills and suspense. ”
as a zombie outbreak sweeps the country, a dad and his daughter take a harrowing train journey in an attempt to reach the only city that' s still safe .
seok - woo is a workaholic fund manager with tom cruise hair and an inconvenient daughter, su - an, who desperately wants her dad to take notice of her on her birthday. his ex - wife lives in busan, one of two cities not to be occupied by the north during the first phase of the korean war and defended by un troops who set up a the pusan perimeter in 1950. busan has always been a beacon of hope, one of the busiest seaports in the world and a gateway to japan. su - an is unimpressed by her sporadic father and wants to board a ktx train to see her estranged mother .
blood, brains and mayhem all feature prominently as hordes of zombies devour unfortunate passengers trapped on board a bullet train from seoul .
for almost 45 minutes, yeon sang - ho ’s “ train to busan ” is on pace to become the best, most urgent zombie movie since “28 days later. ” and then — at once both figuratively and literally — this broad korean blockbuster derails in slow - motion, sliding off the tracks and bursting into a hot mess of generic moments and digital fire .
seok - woo (gong yoo) is a fund manager in seoul. he is separated from his wife and lives with his daughter soo - an (kim soo - ahn). seok - woo doesn' t spend much time with his daughter or show affection to her. on the night before soo - an' s birthday, soo - an insists on seeing her mother for her birthday. seok - woo has no other choice, but to take her to busan. early the next morning, they board the ktx train for busan at seoul station .
the only passenger to receive special attention, however, is the homeless man in the bathroom. all zombie movies need a social conscience, and “train to busan” is nominally devoted to the subject of economic discrimination. survival isn’t possible, as seok - woo soon learns, when the rich think only for themselves, and it’s telling that the ktx crew is so preoccupied with removing the poor stowaway that they fail to notice when a young girl starts eating the paying customers .
following a motley crew on a bumpy ride from seoul to busan to escape a zombie outbreak, writer - director yeon sang - ho ’s action - horror railroad movie “ train to busan ” pulses with relentless locomotive momentum. as an allegory of class rebellion and moral polarization, it proves just as biting as bong joon - ho’s sci - fi dystopia “snowpiercer, ” while delivering even more unpretentious fun. yeon has displayed recognizably cinematic sensibilities in his last three indie anime features — “king of pigs, ” “fake” and “seoul station” — so it’s not surprising that he transitions easily into live - action, though his scathing, nihilistic vision of humanity is watered down for wider mainstream appeal. buyers for asian - friendly genre products should clamber to board “train. ”
reviewed at cannes film festival (midnight), may 13, 2016. running time: 118 min. (original title :
busan haeng
)
hit korean zombie film “train to busan” will be remade in english by french studio gaumont. the deal was unveiled wednesday jointly by gaumont and the film’s korean distributor - financier next entertainment world. the film premiered in the midnight screening section of the cannes festival in may and attracted immediate sales and remake interest. fox and [ … ]
the claustrophobic tension of “train to busan” is amplified after a brilliantly staged sequence in a train station in which our surviving travelers learn that the entire country has gone brain - hungry. they discover that the undead can’t quite figure out door handles and are mostly blind, so tunnels and lines of sight become essential. sang - ho also keeps up his social commentary, giving us characters who want to do anything to survive, and others who will do what it takes to save others. early in the film, seok - woo tells his daughter, “at a time like this, only watch out for yourself, ” but he learns that this isn’t the advice we should live by or pass down to our children. without spoiling anything, the survivors of “train to busan” are only so lucky because of the sacrifice of others. and the film is thematically stronger than your average zombie flick in the way it captures how panic can make monsters of us all, and it is our responsibility to overcome that base instinct in times of crisis .
but oh, those first 45 minutes: they’re genre heaven (or the undead equivalent). equal parts “snowpiercer” and “world war z, ” the film introduces itself as the rare pastiche with enough personality to feel like something new. a sequel of sorts to yeon’s “seoul station, ” which received limited festival play and never received u. s. distribution, “train to busan” unwraps its premise so elegantly that no prior knowledge is required to get swept along by its opening act .
we open with a truck driving through a biochemical quarantine zone (“tiny leak, my arse”) and hitting a deer that promptly springs back to life with milky malice in its eyes. meanwhile, divorced fund manager seok - woo (gong yoo) scans news reports of “mysterious fish death”. he is too tied up with a big business deal to attend his daughter’s singing recital, while all young su - an (kim su - an) wants for her birthday is to visit her mother in busan, a request to which seok - woo grudgingly accedes. but as father and daughter board the high - speed ktx train from seoul to busan, so too does a wildfire plague that will give new meaning to the phrase “passenger disturbance” .
basically the story of a man forced to finally see the injustice around him. riley’s movie is designed to do the same thing to you. …
i even have a friend who loved it because she takes the same train every time she goes home ,
said mr hahn .
as the train leaves the station, we catch glimpses of the unfolding infection mostly missed by the passengers due to their prejudice, or their own zombification, which occurs through their obsession with social media. when the outbreak hits the train it spreads like wild fire, the zombies cracking sinew and bones as a weird concoction of rigor mortis and athletic prowess turns them into ruthlessly effective killing machines. like snowpiercer before it, train to busan is a film about doors and separation, a closed society that is terrified of breaking conventions, the body politic scared of their own reflection. when the passengers flee between the carriages we see just how dysfunctional south korean society really is .
zombie - movie purists mighty scoff at the usual cliches and a general lack of gore. but while “train to busan” doesn’t redefine the genre, it does stand as the best zombie film since “28 days later” and maybe even the original “night of the living dead. ” it' s for those who want gut - wrenching, not just guts .
as the outside world and a substantial portion of the train is consumed by chaos, the safest place to hide is in one coach. the claustrophobia gives the film an almost hitchcockian edge, despite the frequent scenes of carnage, and brings to mind the brilliant canadian zombie film pontypool (set in the confines of a radio booth) and the british series dead set (the big brother house). its complete disregard for zombie rules aside (it’s more world war z than shaun of the dead), what elevates train to busan is the sheer skill with which it is made .
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yea i didnt mean it will only be white people i was mostly referring to the leads i will be more specific next time, i mean its a train there will be a lot of others there. im just curious what type of train they will have in mind; city trains, travel trains, underground well see i guess
train to busan ( hangul : 부산행 ; rr : busanhaeng ) is a 2016 south korean zombie apocalypse action thriller filmdirected by yeon sang-ho and starring gong yoo , jung yu-mi , and ma dong-seok . the film takes place on a train to busan , as a zombie apocalypse suddenly breaks in the country and compromises the safety of the passengers . the film premiered in the midnight screenings section of the 2016 cannes film festival on 13 may . on 7 august , the film set a record as the first korean film of 2016 to break the audience record of over 10 million theatergoers . the film serves as a reunion for gong yoo and jung yu-mi , who both starred in the 2011 film the crucible . an animated prequel , seoul station , also directed by sang-ho , was released less than a month later . 
train to busan (hangul: 부산행; rr: busanhaeng) is a 2016 south korean zombie apocalypse action thriller filmdirected by yeon sang-ho and starring gong yoo, jung yu-mi, and ma dong-seok. the film takes place on a train to busan, as a zombie apocalypse suddenly breaks in the country and compromises the safety of the passengers. the film premiered in the midnight screenings section of the 2016 cannes film festival on 13 may. on 7 august, the film set a record as the first korean film of 2016 to break the audience record of over 10 million theatergoers. the film serves as a reunion for gong yoo and jung yu-mi, who both starred in the 2011 film the crucible. an animated prequel, seoul station, also directed by sang-ho, was released less than a month later.
train to busan (hangul: 부산행; rr: busanhaeng) is a 2016 south korean zombie apocalypse action thriller filmdirected by yeon sang-ho and starring gong yoo, jung yu-mi, and ma dong-seok. the film takes place on a train to busan, as a zombie apocalypse suddenly breaks in the country and compromises the safety of the passengers. the film premiered in the midnight screenings section of the 2016 cannes film festival on 13 may. on 7 august, the film set a record as the first korean film of 2016 to break the audience record of over 10 million theatergoers. the film serves as a reunion for gong yoo and jung yu-mi, who both starred in the 2011 film the crucible. an animated prequel, seoul station, also directed by sang-ho, was released less than a month later.