Dernier train pour Busan

Excellent savoir-faire, rebondissements intéressants après un démarrage bien ficelé et une fin agréablement prolongée qui veut prolonger le plus possible le voyage en train pour le spectateur. Seule la troisième partie se repose davantage sur ses lauriers (les zombies deviennent soudain plus lents et faciles à tuer à coups de poing, car sinon ce n'est pas possible de résoudre la situation scénaristiquement). Et ces émotions asiatiques, mon Dieu, elles me dépassent encore une fois. Les personnages sont bien archétypaux, et toutes les relations et leurs moments tendus fonctionnent, sauf le principal. Lorsque le père, dans la scène la plus dramatique et la plus déchirante, se remémore de manière kitsch et suréclairée la naissance de sa fille, qu'il protège tout au long du film lors du voyage en train vers Busan, c'est la seule fois où le film m'a fait rire aux éclats. Ce qu’il n’avait certainement pas prévu de faire. (14/04/2020)

The tension was brutal; there hasn’t been such a good zombie flick in years. The reviews often, and correctly, compare it to Snowpiercer and World War Z; Train to Busan is a first-class hybrid of both, which unfortunately applies only to the almost perfect first half, but when it reaches its destination, it’s already second class. The social criticism typical of zombie films is almost surprisingly wanting. There are some redundant revelations and melodramatic moments that slow down what up to that point was an exceptionally driven catastrophic steamroller (and stretch the run to a slightly excessive two hours). But the positive impression certainly remains. (12/09/2016)

The first half goes by like a frightened cadaver express - building tension / "mandatory" genre scenes in maximum harmony, as well as interesting characters drawn on a small area. The level layout of the wagons and the work with the claustrophobic space add tension. It's a pity that Yeoon can't resist and pulls out the first heart-breaking scene in the middle - with the right character, in the wrong place and with unnecessarily whipped emotions. When he repeats it at the end, it works much better. The social critique of selfish establishment and the highlighting of ordinary people is just straightforward enough, and Soo-an Kim as the main child protagonist is great... The result is a pure nail-biter, which I have not seen from Hollywood for a long time. In terms of Korean films, it's actually an unusually pure genre film, which I really enjoyed. (28/12/2016)

Maybe zombies aren't so boring after all? It's definitely a win here for me that the filmmakers focused purely on action, with a dash of emotion of course, it wouldn't have worked without it. No complicated rules, no hero trying to save the world, no vaccines. Just a train going to Busan and a few passengers on it. The rest is simple.... Don't get bitten and survive. A strong 4 stars. (13/12/2016)

I wasn’t very far to let myself get carried away to the highest rating. Train to Busan has everything a quality zombie survival flick should boast, and thanks to the inventive direction full of unorthodox ideas and a script that manages to treat even the through-and-through good guys in a completely uncompromising and surprising way, it has something extra at times. If it had been made in Hollywood by a filmmaker like Antoine Fuqua, it would have been a massive box office hit. In the closing twenty minutes I could barely breath. 85% (04/08/2017)

Train to Busan is an incredible surprise for me and a demonstration that the zombie genre should never be underestimated because there are always authors capable of handling the material in a way that keeps you entertained. Sang-ho Yeon proved it and with Seoul Station, he showed that there are still possibilities for the zombie genre. Moreover, it even dares to throw in some nods to classics, like in the finale when the soldier aims at the last survivors. (04/02/2017)