Train to Busan Movie Review
A story about zombies taking over a train travelling from Seoul to Busan and the fight for survival by the passengers.
Movie: Train to Busan (부산행)
Director: Yeon Sang-ho
Writer:- Park Joo-suk
Starring:- Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok, Kim Soo-an, Choi Woo-shik, Ahn So-hee, Kim Eui-sung and others.
About the movie:-
The movie is about Seok-woo and his daughter Soo-an, who board a KTX train from Seoul to Busan. A zombie virus breaks out in South Korea, and Seok-woo, Soo-an and other passengers trapped in the KTX train have to fight to survive on the train during the outbreak.
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What the movie teaches us:-
Train to Busan is a 2016 South Korean movie that was recorded as the highest grossing film for the year. The movie is about a zombie apocalypse but there are many great lessons that the movie teaches.
One of the best zombie movies produced, Train to Busan teaches us about loyalty, kindness, empathy, compassion, greed, about helping each other as humans, about trusting each other.
The movie talks about survival, mental agility, being calm and focused in adverse and tough situations, sacrifices and compromises for your loved ones, unity and integrity and much more.
Train to Busan is more than just a zombie thriller movie. It is about concentration, attention, realisation, awareness and an appreciation for life.
It teaches you to be present in the moment. It teaches you to be present for the people. It teaches you to be together. Any or every problem seems small when we work in unity. It teaches us to be just and fearless. It teaches us to fight against the wrong, against the evil. It teaches us to never give up. If you let the movie really talk to you, it has so much to say, so much to show, so much to teach. If you could only look at it differently, not as just another apocalypse movie, it has a lot to tell. It proves to be a movie worth watching.
The Actors, the Director and the Writer:-
Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok, Kim Soo-an, Choi Woo-shik, Ahn So-hee, Kim Eui-sung and the supporting cast are one of the biggest reasons for the success of the film. Their ‘knocked out of the park’ acting has contributed to the making of one of the biggest and most watched Korean movies of all times. The movie has a magnificent cast and every actor is beyond impressive with their performance.
Director Yeon Sang-ho and the Writer Park Joo-suk have produced a masterpiece. Their work looks effortless and splendid. We have come across many zombie movies in the past but none come close when compared to Train to Busan. The director and the writers efforts have paid off.