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Train to Busan Review: How to Make A Zombie Movie

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This article tells of how Train to Busan was the right way to create a zombie movies compared to others.

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Train to Busan: The Right Way to do a Zombie movie | 25YL

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Train to Busan is an example of what-to-do in a zombie movie, and an even better of a perfect foreign film that too many people have missed.

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This case study tells of how meaningful the deaths of the characters meant in the movie.

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By Meg Shields · Published on September 8th, 2020
Welcome to The Queue - your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we're watching a video that explores a scene from Train to Busan.
If you haven't seen Train to Busan, now is the time to close this window and open your home video provider of choice. This is one of the best zombie films of the 21st century, a rare blend of action and horror that delivers on thrills and chills in equal measure. It also answers the question "what if a bad dad became a better person while zombies invaded a train?"

It rules. Watch it.

I'm being insistent because we're going to talk about character death. Which means spoilers abound from here on out. Death, and more specifically the death of characters we care about, is a constant in zombie movies. Loss is the implied threat and emotional backbone of the genre. Ragtag survivors, be they loved ones or newly allied strangers, are not all going to make it out alive.

Which brings us to Train to Busan, a zombie movie with character deaths that are emotional, satisfying, and, more to the point, meaningful. These aren't deaths for death's sake. After all, killing a character doesn't mean anything if we don't care about them. Train to Busan knows this and presents us with people, good and evil, who resonate and feel real, from soft, strong martyrs to selfish survivalists.

As the video essay below explains, if characters don't feel alive, to begin with, then their deaths will be of little consequence. Looking at Train to Busan as a narrative cause study, the essay focuses on the character arcs and deaths of three main characters, ultimately arguing that the latter informs the former, underscoring morals, beliefs, and whether they've weathered or succumbed to the pressures of catastrophe.

Watch "Train to Busan: How to Kill a Character":

Who made this?

This video was created by Accented Cinema, a Canadian-based YouTube video essay series with a focus on foreign cinema. You can subscribe to Accented on Cinema for bi-weekly uploads here. You can follow them on Twitter here.

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'Train to Busan' is a Case Study in Meaningful Character Death

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By Meg Shields · Published on September 8th, 2020 Welcome to The Queue - your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we're watching a video that explores a scene from Train to Busan.

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This articles tells of the typical stereotypes in zombie movies

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If you haven't caught "Train to Busan" (seriously, why haven't you?), you would be still be able to guess what sort of roles the main characters will take up in the film. This is because all zombie films have the same set of character archetypes, though they may come in different shapes and forms.

That's not to say "Train to Busan" isn't awesome though! It's just that using easily recognisable character tropes cuts down on the exposition and allows you to jump into the frightening gore quickly. And now that you've been alerted to it, you'll quickly find these same stereotypes in other zombie films too!

So here they are. Once you recognise these stereotypes, you'll never watch a zombie movie the same way again.
Yong-Suk (Kim Eui-sang) in "Train to Busan." (Golden Village Pictures) 1. The Selfish Bastard (Yong-suk)
Yong-suk should be called Yong-suck when they do the American remake of "Train to Busan." He's constantly shoving other people into the path of zombies, and is one of the most utterly selfish characters around. The Selfish Bastard is just cowardly in other zombie films, but here, Yong-suk is actively trying to feed the zombies.
In other zombie films: Mr Wickham from "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies," Don from "28 Weeks Later" Will Su-an be eaten in "Train to Busan?" (Golden Village Pictures) 2. The Innocent Child (Su-an)
The Innocent Child doesn't literally have to be the child, but is most defenseless and guileless member of the party. Su-an fulfills that role in "Train to Busan," but in other films The Innocent Child can also just be a character who's small and weak, or less intelligent than the rest. Not to be confused with The Cute Chick, who's always very physically attractive.
In other zombie films: Peter from "Shaun of the Dead," Scout Leader Rogers from "Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse"
Sang-hwa (Ma Dong-seok) in "Train to Busan." (Golden Village Pictures)
3. The Strong Guy (Sang-hwa)
This is the guy who massacres the most number of zombies in the film. He doesn't have to go hand-to-hand with them as long as he's a zombie-killing machine. Sang-hwa beats zombies to death with his bare hands, but other characters employ copious amounts of gunfire or lethally sharp implements.
In other zombie films: Tom from "Cell," Mr Darcy from "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies"
Jin-hee (Ahn So-hee) feels for her life in "Train to Busan." (Golden Village Pictures)
4. The Cute Chick (Seong-kyeong)
The Cute Chick is there to provide eye candy for the audience, who are predominantly male. If you're lucky, she can also double up as one of the other roles, but her main purpose is to provide a break from all that zombie killing. It's also ostensibly to show that the cast has gender diversity. Seong-kyeong plays this role in "Train to Busan."
In other zombie films: Denise from "Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse," Alice from "Resident Evil"
Seok-woo (Gong Yoo) cradles Su-an (Kim Su-an) in "Train to Busan." (Golden Village Pictures)
5. The Cool Dude (Seok-woo)
Finally, we have The Cool Dude. He or she is usually the protagonist of the movie as well. This character also excels at killing zombies, but unlike The Strong Guy, finesse and tactics are used to destroy the zombies. The Cool Dude is also the best-looking character in the cast (with the possible exception of The Cute Chick). That's Seok-woo in the film, who also looks way too fit to be a hedge fund manager.
In other zombie films: Elizabeth Bennet from "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies," Doyle from "28 Weeks Later"
Marcus Goh is a Singapore television scriptwriter. He's also a Transformers enthusiast and avid pop culture scholar. He Tweets/Instagrams at Optimarcus and writes at marcusgohmarcusgoh.com. The views expressed are his own.

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5 classic stereotypes in all zombie movies like 'Train to Busan'

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If you haven't caught "Train to Busan" (seriously, why haven't you?), you would be still be able to guess what sort of roles the main characters will take up in the film.

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This review tells of the highlights from Train to Busan

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Jin-hee (Ahn So-hee) feels for her life in "Train to Busan." (Golden Village Pictures)
Secret ending? No.

Running time: 118 minutes (~2 hours)

"Train to Busan" is a Korean apocalyptic zombie thriller about a group of survivors who find themselves in a zombie apocalypse. Their only hope for escape is to get to Busan via train. It stars Gong Yoo (Seok-woo), Kim Su-an (Su-an), Jung Yu-mi (Seong-kyeong), Ma Dong-seok (Sang-hwa), Choi Woo-shik (Young-guk), Ahn So-hee (Jin-hee), Kim Eui-sung (Yong-suk).

How good can a zombie film get, right? Plus it's not as if Korea is famous for its vast library of zombie films. But "Train to Busan" proved me wrong in its violence and surprising amount of emotional depth. At heart, it's about a father trying to find redemption in the eyes of his daughter, amidst zombies trying to kill everyone in sight. And it's this relationship that elevates this film from being a battle for survival to a fight for family.

Seok-woo (Gong Yoo) cradles Su-an (Kim Su-an) in "Train to Busan." (Golden Village Pictures) Highlights Tense and horrifying
The zombies come in literal waves, scrambling and crawling over each other to get to the tasty, tasty humans. They are the literal embodiment of a Chinese idiom, 人山人海, which translates to "mountains and seas of people." In addition, these are really quick zombies which jump out of nowhere to attack, adding to the constant atmosphere of tension. Finally, there are so many glass walls and panels, which are perennially filled with walls of zombies on the other side attempting to break through. It's a frightening trek to Busan, even if most of it takes place on a train.
A clear antagonist
Yong-suk (Kim Eui-sung) is rather on-the-nose in the way that he's the evil counterpart to Seok-woo (Gong Yoo), but it also helps us to focus the latent fear and anger against a specific character. It makes the story even more personal, since we want to see this antagonist felled by the zombies, even though he miraculously keeps on surviving, despite being an unathletic grumpy old man. And this added obstacle that you can't really kill (since he's human) ups the tension, since you never know when he's going to betray them.
Touching father-daughter relationship
Seok-woo (Gong Yoo) begins as the stereotypical father who seeks to buy Su-an (Kim Su-an), his daughter's love with money rather than time, and has to face the painful consequences of his parenting failures when he discovers what she plans to do. In turn, Su-an despises her father and his selfishness, and makes her derision very clear. But both eventually find what they're truly looking for in a father-daughter relationship, and Seok-woo's growth to become the father that Su-an needs is the most human and emotional aspect of the film.
A tale of redemption
In the course of the burgeoning relationship between father and daughter, we also see how Seok-woo's innate character isn't as morally reprehensible as it might first seem. He's certainly no angel, but he's also a much better person than his daughter, and in fact the people around him, give him credit for. As we and Su-an see him repeatedly placed in life-threatening situations, we discover the good in our main protagonist. It also helps that his evil counterpart, Yong-suk, does the opposite of what Seok-woo does most of the time.

Sang-hwa (Ma Dong-seok) in "Train to Busan." (Golden Village Pictures) Letdowns Depressing ending
Our heroes make it to the end (Busan, it's right there in the title), but it's heavily implied that the rest of Korea, and possibly the world may have fallen to the zombie apocalypse. When you see just how quickly the infection can spread in the film, you'll understand why. In addition, there are copious casualties as they make their way to Busan, more so than most zombie films. Combined, it just makes "Train to Busan" a rather bleak take on zombie films.

Will Su-an be eaten in "Train to Busan?" (Golden Village Pictures)
"Train to Busan" is as much about character development as it is about zombies.

Should you watch this at weekend movie ticket prices? Yes.

Should you watch this more than once? It takes on an even more ironic tone if you do, so yes!

Score: 4.5/5
"Train to Busan" opens in cinemas:
Marcus Goh is a Singapore television scriptwriter. He's also a Transformers enthusiast and avid pop culture scholar. He Tweets/Instagrams at Optimarcus and writes at marcusgohmarcusgoh.com. The views expressed are his own.
- 4 August, 2016 (Singapore)
- 8 September, 2016 (Malaysia)

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Review: 'Train to Busan' is as much about character development as it is about zombies

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"Train to Busan" is a Korean apocalyptic zombie thriller about a group of survivors who find themselves in a zombie apocalypse. It stars Gong Yoo (Seok-woo), Kim Su-an (Su-an), Jung Yu-mi (Seong-kyeong), Ma Dong-seok (Sang-hwa), Choi Woo-shik (Young-guk), Ahn So-hee (Jin-hee), Kim Eui-sung (Yong-suk).

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This feature provides insight into the theme of the choices between the decisions of selfishness and sacrifice within the movie.

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In this interview the actors summarize the movie, talk on how they know each other personally, and they want the movie to succeed.

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Interview with main actors of movie "Train To Busan" [Entertainment Weekly/2016.07.18]

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This article of how Train to Busan provides for both storytelling and ruthlessness. Full-Text available via Boreham Library. 