Train
To Busan
(2016/Well Go USA Blu-ray)
Picture:
A Sound: B Extras: B Film: A-
When
a mysterious virus breaks out nationwide in South Korea, a man and
his daughter doesn't know it yet, but they just caught the last train
out of town. When an infected person gets on the train, slowly each
cart is taken over by the undead, and the question is... will there
be any survivors by the time they reach the safe zone?
In
Sang-yo Yeon's Train
To Busan
(2016), we get a wide-ranging zombie apocalypse ala World
War Z.
After a zombie apocalypse occurs, the riders on a bullet train soon
realize the horrors of the brave new world they are in. Desperate to
reach a safe zone, the riders are forced to do anything to survive.
A young father (Yoo Gong) was just taking his daughter (Soo-an Kim)
to his ex-wife, he begins to learn the gravity of the situation and
how pointless his job, work and values are, especially as compared to
his life and the life of his daughter ...and for the first time, he
starts to care about someone more than himself.
This
was a great zombie film and is a must have for all zombie lovers.
The zombies were quickly infected and fast, but they also have their
weaknesses. Ironically, what is scary in zombie films isn't the
zombies, but the humans/survivors ...and what they will do to survive
(get rid of the CEOs, leaders and lawyers and you can save 50% of
your party). This may even remind some of the recent Snowpiercer
to some extent, or the classic Horror
Express
(reviewed on restored Blu-ray elsewhere on this site).
The
1080p 1.85 X 1 digital High Definition image is a fine,
stylized-for-the-genre digital shoot that keeps its atmosphere going
and is a pleasure to watch, while the Korean DTS-HD MA (Master Audio)
7.1 lossless mix (better than the dubbed, passable English DTS-MA 5.1
mix also included) may not be always as stunning, but is strong and
solid for such a genre work. Extras include a Behind the Scenes
featurette, That's
a Wrap
featurette and trailers.
-
Ricky Chiang
