Train to Busan (2016)

While a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea, passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan.

Director:

Sang-ho Yeon

Writers:

Joo-Suk Park, Sang-ho Yeon (screenplay)

Stars:

Yoo Gong, Yu-mi Jung, Dong-seok Ma

32 wins & 39 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Yoo Gong	...	Seok-woo
Yu-mi Jung	...	Seong-kyeong
Dong-seok Ma	...	Sang-hwa
Su-an Kim	...	Soo-an
Eui-sung Kim	...	Yon-suk
Woo-sik Choi	...	Yong-guk
Sohee	...	Jin-hee (as Ahn So-hee)
Soo-jung Ye	...	In-gil
Myung-shin Park	...	Jong-gil (as Myung-sin Park)
Gwi-hwa Choi	...	Homeless Man
Seok-yong Jeong	...	Captain of KTX
Hyuk-jin Jang	...	Ki-chul
Seong-soo Han	...	Train Team Leader
Do-im Woo	...	Cabin Attendant Min-ji
Hye-Yeong Moon	...	Cabin Attendant

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

south korea | cheerleader legs | cheerleader uniform | pretty legs | hiked skirt | 

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Taglines:

Life-or-death survival begins

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film premiered in the Midnight Screenings section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival on 13 May 2016.

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Goofs

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.

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Quotes

Seok Woo: I'll take you to mom no matter what.

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Alternate Versions

The Indian cinema version is a minute shorter than the original version with a few violent zombie shots being censored.

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Connections

References Night of the Living Dead (1968)

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Soundtracks

Goodbye World
Music by Young-gyu Jang

User Reviews

First class all the way.

Train To Busan can be summed up in four words: zombies on a train. But what director Sang-ho Yeon does with this simple premise is extremely impressive, giving the somewhat tired zombie genre another jolt of life.

Using his confined location—a packed intercity train—to maximum effect, Yeon expertly ramps up the tension, the living gradually whittled down to a handful of passengers fighting for survival against the slavering undead (a bit like taking the last train home from Waterloo on a Saturday night).

There are some great ideas present that really add to the excitement, such as the zombies getting confused whenever the train enters a tunnel and swarming in numbers to break through barriers (with special effects easily on a par with those in World War Z). Surprisingly, the gore quotient is very low, but with such a rollicking pace, the lack of blood really isn't an issue.

Perhaps a touch too long at almost two hours to be perfect, Train to Busan is nevertheless one of the better zombie films to come out in recent years. Highly recommended. 8.5/10, rounded up to 9 for IMDb.

Details

Official Sites:

Cannes Film Festival's facebook Cannes Film Festival's website

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean Hawaiian

Release Date:

20 July 2016 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

Train to Busan

Filming Locations:

Dongdaegu Station, Daegu, Yeongnam, South Korea

Box Office

Budget:

KRW10,000,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$284,776, 24 July 2016

Gross USA:

$2,129,768

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$92,754,562

Company Credits

Production Co:

Next Entertainment World, RedPeter Film, Movic Comics

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1