Train to Busan
2016
****½
Director: Yeon Sang-ho
Cast: Gong Yoo, Ma Dong-seok, Jung Yu-mi, Kim Su-an, Kim Eui-sung, Choi Woo-shik, Ahn So-hee, Park Myung-sin, Jeong Seok-yong, Jang Hyuk-jin
The staff and passengers onboard a high-speed train to Busan are faced with a rampant zombie outbreak. These people include a workaholic father and his estranged daughter, a couple expecting a baby, and a high school baseball team. Yeon Sang-ho's supremely entertaining zombie movie makes the most of its confined setting, as the train becomes a microscosm of the best and worst aspects of humanity. These zombies are not slow, and the resulting events are funny, scary, gruesome, and surprisingly moving. Followed by an animated prequel Seoul Station (2016) and a sequel Peninsula (2020).
