I absolutely love your channel!! ive been watching for a couple of months, and i think you would enjoy 28 days later, its a fast "zombie" film, and theyve also made a sequel which is actually good!
When I was in Army, they work on you to have better reaction because most people freeze/panic in chaos. It is so easy to say you would do better but trust if you don't practice navigating some sort of chaos...you will freeze/ panic. There are the rare people who are just better equipped. This is still one of my fav flicks, so well crafted.
it hurts when everyone who watch this movie keep trashing abt the old lady for stalling time inorder for all of them to get inside. She did it to save them
ok even if she didn't. She's old af. Do you know how hard it is to run even in your 40s if you're sedentary? she probably hadn't run or even speed walked in 20 years by then.
I feel like I'm the only one who never saw the main dad as bad or selfish. He was just working hard for his daughter (yes, I do agree and know that's not enough cause she needs emotional and love support as well) and his priority was his daughter and only her. He did everything to keep her safe!
Did you miss the parts where he closed the train door in front of big guy's family and the parts where he told his daughter to only think about herself and forget all other people?
@azazello - You mean the same door he opened immediately after to save them, despite everyone else panicking and shouting at him to shut it? Nope, didn’t miss that part, as well as the part where the world is going to hell around them and he chose to not burden a small child with the weight of that and risk her. Instead trying to get her to focus, because he’s the adult and making sure his daughter survives is his first priority as a father, regardless of her sentiment.
Wow! Somebody is used to toxic behavior. The dad is selfish and his daughter even told him so. He has no idea nor interest in raising a child. Not interested in her at all as u can see from the stack of random presents puked up in the corner of her room. Even his own mother criticizes him for his wife leaving. 🤦🏾♀️
Haha I laughed at the fact that Mary herself says if she wasn't directly responsible for taking care of someone, she'd just give up and let the zombies take her, but then just a couple minutes later, the old woman in the movie does exactly that and Mary scolds her like "you idiot, what's wrong with you, that's so silly." She gave up because she knows she's of no help. She's old and is having too much trouble getting around, so instead of being a burden and requiring others to keep trying to help her, she gave up (which was selfless, as her sister states).
The Netflix Korean high school zombie series 'All Of Us Are Dead' had a scene where the students are panicking 'What's going on?' and one says 'Its Train to Busan!' So this film taught Koreans about zombies.
@@Godzilla-tu2cd I wish I liked All of Us are Dead, but too many of the characters were too stupid or weak for me to get behind, especially the lead female character.
"What's that got to do with anything?" - Su-Ann mentioned her granny's knees always hurt because that was why she gave her seat up to the old lady ;) She was feeling empathy/compassion thinking of her own grandma. That's how it was related. ;) I love the moment when the zombie almost gets Su-Ann, and the husband of the pregnant lady intervenes and saves her - meaning that Su-Ann would almost certainly have been killed if her dad hadn't opened the door and let them in near the beginning. He didn't want to let them in - but it's because he did that his daughter survives.
The loss of the military troops at the train station makes sense if you realize that they didn't know what they were dealing with yet. By the time they realized what it was, the enemy could be among them already. If military people were facing an attack they would try to set up a perimeter and keep enemies out of it, but I feel like the whole thing happened before they even realized what was happening. And remember, soldiers are trained to go help their wounded comrades, so when they see some of their men go down, they would try to get them, which would be the worst thing to do. In contrast, the troops at Busan had set up a defense behind a chokepoint and they knew what they were dealing with, so they could hold off the zombies.
BTW, the actor who played the little girl's dad also appeared in "The Squid Game" as the smug, dapper gentleman who gave out the game cards at the beginning and at the end. Also, I believe the mother in Busan was likely okay as Busan was said to be free from infection, which is why the soldiers were there protecting it. I'm assuming the girl did reunite with the mother.
the very end destroys me everytime that last breath she takes while crying, just says so much and its really hard to see from a small child, like I've lost so much and what is life moving forward now? We've all had moments like that as kids but prob not on this scale thankfully
Ma Dong-seok is frickin amazing in this movie. This was the first film I ever saw him in, and he was an instant standout! 🤯🤯🤯 He basically went full Captain America in this film, shield and all. And this movie led to him beings cast as Gilgamesh in the MCU’s Eternals!😊
He is Captain Korea! Ma Dong-seok is superb as actor, combined with his MMA knowledge. I recommend watching The Outlaws (2017) and The Roundup (2022) where Ma Dong-seok starred as main character. These 2 movies are based on true events, very violent, and Ma Dong-seok is such a fun character to watch. His acting is so convincing and the movies use humour really well.
This was the first Korean film I watched before I studied abroad during college and it remains my favorite zombie movie. I’d strongly encourage Parasite if you haven’t already watched it.
Yes- Parasite won a Best Picture Oscar winner.; it is original and unique (the baseball player in this movie is in Parasite). Busan was safe, so the mother is likely alive and Su-Ann would be united with her mother; the meeting between them did NOT need to be shown. The movie shows the difference between the main character and the evil businessman. He could have evolved into the evil businessman if he survived, but his character shows he becomes a better person. A lot of reactors don't understand why people didn't do anything when the zombie first walked down the corridor. Being Asian, it is a cultural thing; people are often taught not to get involved, which may be hard for westerners to understand.
The girl is hands-down the best actor/actress in the movie. From what I've heard, the girl didn't know that the father was going to die in the end. She was led to believe that he'd survive with them, and she was glad because they really got along. At the end, they told her that he was going to die which was the way they got her reaction to be so realistic. She really was very upset when she found out. It was mean, but it really paid off to make her reaction believable.
You brought up whether cultural differences had a part to play in how they reacted and I do think they very much did. In Korean society, there is a mind your own business approach when things happen in public which explains why nobody reacts to the woman in the beginning. Another aspect that differs from western culture is respect for elders and people in authority being taken very seriously in Korea and other SEA countries while the opinions of youth are pretty much ignored and this would influence who they were willing to listen to. This is especially visible in the scene where the girl is begging for her friend to be let into the train car and all of the older people surrounding her ignore her pleas and instead follow the older gentlemen's lead.
The women who played the two elderly sisters were actually old enough to be grandmothers. The one with the curly hair was 52 when they filmed this. The older one was 61. Many Asian people seem to age much slower than the rest of us. It makes judging their ages so difficult 🙂 Remember that the scene where the older sister went down was in slow motion. Up until now the zombies are VERY fast and they can barely keep ahead of them. she stayed there to slow them down so that they had time to shut the door. It looked like she had lots of time to us because it was in slowmo. Besides I suspect also that this is not the kind of world she wanted to live in as an old women.
The lead actor was in Squid Game as well as other major kdramas Goblin and Coffee Prince come to mind. He's well known as is the big guy who has been in several movies and a drama that I'm aware of.
girls - you are aussies so you should know already if this happened on an Australian train who would have a gun? Nobody! So why should South Korea be any different?
You probably weren't afraid because the two of you were having too much conversation. Anytime I watch a movie with family or friends and too many folks are constantly talking, most miss out on aspects of the movie. I've seen your solo reactions, and you're much more focused.
Usually, I would agree, but Train to Busan isn't scary in the slightest. No jump scares, happens in broad daylight...it's an action movie more than it is a horror movie.
I think the dads business funded the biotech company which the virus started from so thats why the employee was saying it's there fault for the outbreak. The mom of the girl is probably safe since the army guarded the entrance to Busan as you saw at end, that's what I think is the answers to your two negatives of the movie. Love the reactions, keep up the great reactions. 😁👍🏻
Betcha you didn't think a zombie movie could ever make you cry like this, this was a good one here, and bought out so many different emotions. I just have to say, Mary, you truly are a very beautiful woman, and that smile of yours is amazing, lights up your whole face. I had a lot of fun watching his with you two, you both were great, and this is arguably one of the top 5 zombie movies ever made, don't bother with it's sequel thou, Peninsula, not at all comparable to this one here.
I love that people still criticize movie characters actions in zombie movies after living through a global pandemic that a large amount of people thought was fake and kept doing everything they could to expose other people to being sick.
10:15 nope, cuz it's not the US 😂 Anf let's not forget that it's easier to make the right decisions while we sit in our cozy homes, and watching people suffer. In real life, when something that horrifying happens just couple of feet away from us, most of us would probably be just standing there in shock, not knowing what to do 😁
Genuinely the best zombie movie ever made. Kingdom (Netflix TV series) has the same style of zombies as the ones here but it's set in ancient Korea and its definitely worth checking out as well
Such a gamechanger for the subgenre of zombie horror - well-cast and executed with emotional whallops til the bitter end. Safe passage to your gal pal - great watch ladies.
Hi Mary, I was waiting for this since you first posted that you were going to react to it, it's my favorite zombie movie! The cast was great, the child actress is incredible. Yhe scene with her father leaving because he was infected and her crying was heartbreaking, as was the ending scene of her singing the song, the lyrics were so fitting ! ✌
I fell in love with South Korean fantasy/sci-fi/horrors since "The Host" (2006). Lately "Alive" (Netflix) got me - it's very well synced with the "Train To Busan" universe. If you didn't see these movies yet, trust me, you won't regret adding them to the list
You may have seen these three actors in the west with their other projects. Gong Yoo, the daughter's father, was in Squid Game as one of the game recruiters in the subway. Ma Dong-Seok, the father-to-be, is a South Korean and American who became a Korean star and made his first Hollywood film debut in The Eternals for the MCU. Choi Woo-Shik, baseball boy, is a Canadian Actor who starred in history-making first foreign film to win both the Best International Feature Film and The Best Picture Oscar-winning film Parasite as the brother, Kevin.
I absolutely love this movie, it's a fresh take on my favourite genre of horror and one of the more unique zombie movies I've seen in a long time. Yon-suk (the business man) is my second most hated movie character of all time (#1 goes to a character in The Green Mile, if you've seen it you'll know who I mean). P.S. Zombies can talk in the Return of the Living Dead movie series.
Another recent Korean zombie series, 'Happiness', this time about apartment complex dwellers barricaded in by the government. The twist to that story is the zombies are treated as ill people in need of medical attention who go in an out of their 'zombie' phase and can hide their symptoms.
There is one zombie movie I know where the zombies can actually talk. It's Return of the Living Dead. It's an older one and it does show a bit, but it's definitely still a fun watch. It's also one of the apocalypse scenarios that are much more hopeless compared to other zombie movies. It's a very interesting take on zombies. Thank for Train to Busan! My fiance and I loved this movie.
The actress that you said was young playing old (Park Myung-sin) was actually 52 at the time. About 3 years younger than the character she was playing. She's just very youthful looking.
If you liked Train to Busan, you should check out All of us are Dead, as well as Kingdom Ashin of the North, and the series Kingdom, they made Ashin of the North after Kingdom, it`s a 2hr movie that shows what happened prior to Kingdom. Kingdom is set in the 15th century all three are really good.
The South Korean movie industry is second only to Hollywood in the money they spend on films. And they aren't afraid to tell a good and sometimes heartbreaking story. They don't talk about the cause because that's not what the movie is focused on. Its a movie about survival and the terror and speed with which something like this could happen in a city with a population as massive as Seoul. You should take a vacation to South Korea, it beautiful and the food is amazing. I might be bias though because I was born there. Great reaction. I hope you react to more Korean movies like Parasite, The Man from Nowhere, Oldboy (there is an American remake of this that doesn't do the Korean one justice), The Handmaiden, I Saw the Devil, The Host.. my lord so many great movies...
Soldiers in combat have the same reactions, some guys who are meek rise up and become badasses, some guys who are tough in training fall apart under fire. There really is no way to know, which is why they try to make training as realistic as possible, as it might provide some clue as to who will go which way. It's the same thing with people and wounds. Some people freeze when they see someone seriously hurt, some people just get to work. Training helps to prepare people. Untrained people, its kind of funny how some people are like shocked and can't think, and others are like. "Let's do this." Interesting thing about humanity.
mary think of people quite highly. saying how people would react when weird stuff is happening around them. in reality we got world wide pandemic and still get a challenge where we lick toilets.
Firearms are a very serious offense in Korea. Most gangs don't even carry them. Which is why I'm the hallway scene in Oldboy all the people were armed with melee weapons
Busan was the only safe place from the infection so her mom was fine - the cause of the infection was a leak from a biotech firm. This was the first Zombie movie I watched & enjoyed. South Korean movies & Korean dramas are the best shows produced & have a GREAT storyline, as well as twists, in the world. Try reacting to Peninsula which is meant for b a followup to Train to Busan. Also react to All of us are Dead. Kdtama involving students & zombies - well worth a watch. Happy St Patrick's day 🎉🎉🎉
Such a good movie. So well done. Downside (not with the movie itself), there's a remake in the works with an 'American twist' - "Last train to New York". Which, if it goes the same way as The Eye, The RIng, or Shutter, it'll suck. As another recommendation from Asian cinema, you should add the following movies to your list: The Raid: Redemption. The Raid 2. The Witch: Subversion.
(Dad gets bitten) Me: No!!! (My eyes start to water) (Daughter begs dad not to leave) Me: 😢😢😢 (Dad goes outside to the rail thing or whatever that's called) Me: 😰😰😰 (Shows flashback when the daughter was born) Me: Oh come on!!! I'm trying so hard not to cry right now!!! (Gives one last smile before falling to his death and sees daughter crying in the window) Me: That's it!!! I'm done!!! 😭😭😭
The crazy part about this movie that no one knows is that it’s almost entirely CGI. This entire movie was filmed on a single, fake, 3 sided train car with a green screen behind it and about 3 other actual preexisting sets (the airport, the tunnel, and the home). Every bit of acting from car to car was multiple takes of the one train car being used multiple times and pure CGI and god tier acting from everyone involved. It’s absolutely bonkers and the behind the scenes is insane
i was in a hostel once with my friend. we were alone in the room and some guy came to the door and started saying really creepy things and then the door started to open and i threw my whole body against the door and braced. it all turned out ok, but thats why i know my fight or flight response is immediately fight lol if you haven't watched Warm Bodies, it's a zombie movie that i think you would have fun with.
The part that gets me about the group that refused to let them into that car, isn't that they made them leave, Its that they all decided to tie off the vestibule FIRST! with only POSSIBLE infected people INSTEAD of the zombie horde's door with ACTUAL danger behind it. It does alot about their state of mind but seriously!
I know a lot of people wonder why people weren't reacting on the train, but in today's society, many people are self absorbed on their phones. Also, it's piggyback rides aren't out of the ordinary, so people wouldn't think much of that. On top of that, no one on the train knew of an infection that created zombies. We, as viewers, know of zombies due to it being a part of culture, but if you saw a zombie in real life, would you believe that there were zombies? That guy who is selfish represents most people. Think of stampedes or crushes when large crowds are around. People's own desires or will to live generally supercede the safety of others. As for Su An's grandmother, she was removing the intestines and heads of dried anchovies, which are used as snacks or as a base for many soups or broths. The anchovies give soups a rich flavor. Another good South Korean horror film is The Wailing, which I highly recommend. I also recommend the Japanese horror film Audition (1999).
13:14 It could be like in the world of "the walking dead" where the idea of zombies doesn't exist in any form of media or storytelling so it made since that they didn't know anything and didn't call them zombies and called them "walkers" instead 🤷🏾♀️
It's better if you react alone, coz when you alone react it's like you are focused on the video but now you both missing main scenes to react so it's just my thoughts,
This is the best zombie film of all time. Everything you want in this genre. Korea just keeps improving on everything Japan is known for. Movies, music, and pretty women. Cars....not so much
30:16 This scene is an important part of the movie. The original passengers on the train are blocking the doors of the main characters first, not the direction of the zombies. The director puts a lot of meaning into this scene. The old woman didn't just make the choice to open the door.
21:48 - Ah, yes, because if there's one thing Korea is famous for, it's the ease with which you can travel between North and South and it's many land borders... 38:33 - And that was the story of how the Vendread outbreak started.
Remember when the irritating guy is saying "are you sure they're not infected?" And start shouting and other passengers shout as well when they reach the "safe cart" That moments alone shows what happens when people are scared. Remember when the covid starts globally, in a state of fear and panick they become so greedy with the facemask, tissues, and other supplies, and they're also scared to get in contact with other people. The train that came crashing is intentionally came from busan so they can prevent a train full of zombies coming to busan. The zombies is almost invincible like they fall from holding on a helicopter but gets up after a couple of seconds, they feel no pain, and a simple head bash doesn't kill them.
She has not watched it before. We went through an entire list (streamed it live on twitch) before we found something horror that katie hasn’t watched. Purely because she’s such a horror buff 💪 😊
Yeah! I realized being in an intense situation you will not react immediately cause your mind is processing so many thoughts. There is always a delay reaction and affect your physical reaction such as running or screaming. Been in that situation a couple of times. And the oldl lady's sister also sacrificed herself, she stands there to slow down the zombies so the others could get in, that's why the other sister is so mad because she feel those people did not deserved it
For a movie where Zombies can talk there is 2011 musical horror, Dead Inside. Well it is really a movie that the lead female is writing and the Zombie couple are talking to each other, but, well zombies talking.
I would like to ask your friend if she ever watched GenoCo. The Genetic Opera: Repoman. It is kind of a niche film but since she is a horror buff I thought she might have heard of it or at least might peek her curiosity. It is a dystopian future film from an Indy production with a producer of Saw working on it.
This movie is so much better than I expected. Non-stop action after the first ten minutes and the ending 😭 BTW, I don't know about the character, but the actor that plays the Dad IS a Pisces 😂 Looked it up after you mentioned it 😁
This is probably one of the best zombie movies. Apart from the incredible acting and the memorable characters, the thing that grabs me is the lack of firearms. A zombie movie where no one is blasting the Christ out of everything with all the guns, that is impressive. A very close second, and one you should try to get around to watching, is "The Cured". Another different twist on the zombie genre. A little less horror, more psychological. Fantastic, nonetheless.
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at 18:47 Mary yes we would because I am a Capricorn and I would do that exact same thing we Capricorns are the best 😢😭♥️✌️
Mary if you want to see a fast zombie movie please watch 28 days 😈🙏
The peninsula is the next movie sequel. It takes place 4 years after the outbreak.
What do you think about "There is something about Mary"?
I absolutely love your channel!! ive been watching for a couple of months, and i think you would enjoy 28 days later, its a fast "zombie" film, and theyve also made a sequel which is actually good!
When I was in Army, they work on you to have better reaction because most people freeze/panic in chaos. It is so easy to say you would do better but trust if you don't practice navigating some sort of chaos...you will freeze/ panic. There are the rare people who are just better equipped. This is still one of my fav flicks, so well crafted.
75% of people freeze up when they see a close car crash, now imagine 8 people chewing on someone 😂you’re gonna be frozen for awhile!
Well said. I just left a comment saying pretty much the same thing.
You don't really know how you would react in a life or death situation until you've been in one.
it hurts when everyone who watch this movie keep trashing abt the old lady for stalling time inorder for all of them to get inside. She did it to save them
ok even if she didn't. She's old af. Do you know how hard it is to run even in your 40s if you're sedentary? she probably hadn't run or even speed walked in 20 years by then.
I feel like I'm the only one who never saw the main dad as bad or selfish. He was just working hard for his daughter (yes, I do agree and know that's not enough cause she needs emotional and love support as well) and his priority was his daughter and only her. He did everything to keep her safe!
Did you miss the parts where he closed the train door in front of big guy's family and the parts where he told his daughter to only think about herself and forget all other people?
@azazello - You mean the same door he opened immediately after to save them, despite everyone else panicking and shouting at him to shut it? Nope, didn’t miss that part, as well as the part where the world is going to hell around them and he chose to not burden a small child with the weight of that and risk her. Instead trying to get her to focus, because he’s the adult and making sure his daughter survives is his first priority as a father, regardless of her sentiment.
@@CrucibleBlack13 thanks lmaooo!!
Wow! Somebody is used to toxic behavior. The dad is selfish and his daughter even told him so. He has no idea nor interest in raising a child. Not interested in her at all as u can see from the stack of random presents puked up in the corner of her room. Even his own mother criticizes him for his wife leaving. 🤦🏾♀️
Haha I laughed at the fact that Mary herself says if she wasn't directly responsible for taking care of someone, she'd just give up and let the zombies take her, but then just a couple minutes later, the old woman in the movie does exactly that and Mary scolds her like "you idiot, what's wrong with you, that's so silly." She gave up because she knows she's of no help. She's old and is having too much trouble getting around, so instead of being a burden and requiring others to keep trying to help her, she gave up (which was selfless, as her sister states).
People also forget that it happened in slow mo. In real time she got snatched pretty fast relatively.
the reason she gave up is not because she struggles to live its because she watched the last thing she loved die
She "gave up" and became a speed bump to the horde. At least a few of them would chew on her while she was normal.
The Netflix Korean high school zombie series 'All Of Us Are Dead' had a scene where the students are panicking 'What's going on?' and one says 'Its Train to Busan!' So this film taught Koreans about zombies.
Such a great show
@@traydevon I love kingdom and all of us are dead
@@Godzilla-tu2cd I wish I liked All of Us are Dead, but too many of the characters were too stupid or weak for me to get behind, especially the lead female character.
Seems iconic 🎉
@@traydevon You mean the 5 foot tall sixteen year old was weak?
"What's that got to do with anything?" - Su-Ann mentioned her granny's knees always hurt because that was why she gave her seat up to the old lady ;) She was feeling empathy/compassion thinking of her own grandma. That's how it was related. ;)
I love the moment when the zombie almost gets Su-Ann, and the husband of the pregnant lady intervenes and saves her - meaning that Su-Ann would almost certainly have been killed if her dad hadn't opened the door and let them in near the beginning. He didn't want to let them in - but it's because he did that his daughter survives.
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The loss of the military troops at the train station makes sense if you realize that they didn't know what they were dealing with yet. By the time they realized what it was, the enemy could be among them already. If military people were facing an attack they would try to set up a perimeter and keep enemies out of it, but I feel like the whole thing happened before they even realized what was happening. And remember, soldiers are trained to go help their wounded comrades, so when they see some of their men go down, they would try to get them, which would be the worst thing to do.
In contrast, the troops at Busan had set up a defense behind a chokepoint and they knew what they were dealing with, so they could hold off the zombies.
The elderly sister sacrificed herself to give the rest of the team a chance to get to safety. That's what she did.
“She’s so expressionless” Just give her some time.😂
I know right
She's so expressionless Just give her some time 😂
@@almiraraspado3599 Ummm I literally already said that 7 months ago.🙄😒
BTW, the actor who played the little girl's dad also appeared in "The Squid Game" as the smug, dapper gentleman who gave out the game cards at the beginning and at the end. Also, I believe the mother in Busan was likely okay as Busan was said to be free from infection, which is why the soldiers were there protecting it. I'm assuming the girl did reunite with the mother.
You two girls were talking way too much! You both missed alot and your talking took you out of the movie.
True
the very end destroys me everytime
that last breath she takes while crying, just says so much and its really hard to see from a small child, like I've lost so much and what is life moving forward now?
We've all had moments like that as kids but prob not on this scale thankfully
Ma Dong-seok is frickin amazing in this movie. This was the first film I ever saw him in, and he was an instant standout! 🤯🤯🤯 He basically went full Captain America in this film, shield and all. And this movie led to him beings cast as Gilgamesh in the MCU’s Eternals!😊
He is Captain Korea!
Ma Dong-seok is superb as actor, combined with his MMA knowledge.
I recommend watching The Outlaws (2017) and The Roundup (2022) where Ma Dong-seok starred as main character.
These 2 movies are based on true events, very violent, and Ma Dong-seok is such a fun character to watch. His acting is so convincing and the movies use humour really well.
This was the first Korean film I watched before I studied abroad during college and it remains my favorite zombie movie. I’d strongly encourage Parasite if you haven’t already watched it.
Yes- Parasite won a Best Picture Oscar winner.; it is original and unique (the baseball player in this movie is in Parasite).
Busan was safe, so the mother is likely alive and Su-Ann would be united with her mother; the meeting between them did NOT need to be shown.
The movie shows the difference between the main character and the evil businessman. He could have evolved into the evil businessman if he survived, but his character shows he becomes a better person. A lot of reactors don't understand why people didn't do anything when the zombie first walked down the corridor. Being Asian, it is a cultural thing; people are often taught not to get involved, which may be hard for westerners to understand.
The girl is hands-down the best actor/actress in the movie.
From what I've heard, the girl didn't know that the father was going to die in the end. She was led to believe that he'd survive with them, and she was glad because they really got along. At the end, they told her that he was going to die which was the way they got her reaction to be so realistic. She really was very upset when she found out. It was mean, but it really paid off to make her reaction believable.
You brought up whether cultural differences had a part to play in how they reacted and I do think they very much did. In Korean society, there is a mind your own business approach when things happen in public which explains why nobody reacts to the woman in the beginning. Another aspect that differs from western culture is respect for elders and people in authority being taken very seriously in Korea and other SEA countries while the opinions of youth are pretty much ignored and this would influence who they were willing to listen to. This is especially visible in the scene where the girl is begging for her friend to be let into the train car and all of the older people surrounding her ignore her pleas and instead follow the older gentlemen's lead.
such a great cast. all the way around. every character has their moment and i love it
The women who played the two elderly sisters were actually old enough to be grandmothers. The one with the curly hair was 52 when they filmed this. The older one was 61. Many Asian people seem to age much slower than the rest of us. It makes judging their ages so difficult 🙂
Remember that the scene where the older sister went down was in slow motion. Up until now the zombies are VERY fast and they can barely keep ahead of them. she stayed there to slow them down so that they had time to shut the door. It looked like she had lots of time to us because it was in slowmo. Besides I suspect also that this is not the kind of world she wanted to live in as an old women.
I think all the actors were fantastic including the CEO bad guy, to have every single person hate you intensely means that you acted very well.
The lead actor was in Squid Game as well as other major kdramas Goblin and Coffee Prince come to mind. He's well known as is the big guy who has been in several movies and a drama that I'm aware of.
The big guy is known as Don Lee in the west. He was in the Marvel movie Eternals.
@@markphillips7538 yep forgot his name but he was in The Champ (I think it was called) and The Gangster,The Cop and The Devil.
Love the Train to Busan joke in Goblin 😂 🔥 Even the actors had trouble keeping a straight face in the making of it.
@@psychokitty9325 yes hilarious
girls - you are aussies so you should know already
if this happened on an Australian train who would have a gun? Nobody!
So why should South Korea be any different?
You probably weren't afraid because the two of you were having too much conversation. Anytime I watch a movie with family or friends and too many folks are constantly talking, most miss out on aspects of the movie. I've seen your solo reactions, and you're much more focused.
I thought I was the only one who noticed it, it was impossible to watch, too much talk
Agree
I also agree 100%
Usually, I would agree, but Train to Busan isn't scary in the slightest. No jump scares, happens in broad daylight...it's an action movie more than it is a horror movie.
I think the dads business funded the biotech company which the virus started from so thats why the employee was saying it's there fault for the outbreak. The mom of the girl is probably safe since the army guarded the entrance to Busan as you saw at end, that's what I think is the answers to your two negatives of the movie. Love the reactions, keep up the great reactions. 😁👍🏻
Betcha you didn't think a zombie movie could ever make you cry like this, this was a good one here, and bought out so many different emotions. I just have to say, Mary, you truly are a very beautiful woman, and that smile of yours is amazing, lights up your whole face. I had a lot of fun watching his with you two, you both were great, and this is arguably one of the top 5 zombie movies ever made, don't bother with it's sequel thou, Peninsula, not at all comparable to this one here.
I love that people still criticize movie characters actions in zombie movies after living through a global pandemic that a large amount of people thought was fake and kept doing everything they could to expose other people to being sick.
its just a flu dlck head
It’s rough.
Literally what are you even talking about lol
You're that kid in school that the teachers had to make a safe space for
@@gargond8157explain. He is 100% correct.
10:15 nope, cuz it's not the US 😂
Anf let's not forget that it's easier to make the right decisions while we sit in our cozy homes, and watching people suffer. In real life, when something that horrifying happens just couple of feet away from us, most of us would probably be just standing there in shock, not knowing what to do 😁
After this movie the child actor and the actor who plays her dad have become very close IRL. It's really touching.
The ending part made me cry too.
It was just 🥹🥹🥹🥹
Genuinely the best zombie movie ever made. Kingdom (Netflix TV series) has the same style of zombies as the ones here but it's set in ancient Korea and its definitely worth checking out as well
Hell yeah 🤘🏿😁🤘🏿
The dad played in one of my fav Kdrama - Goblin the lonely and great god.
Such a gamechanger for the subgenre of zombie horror - well-cast and executed with emotional whallops til the bitter end. Safe passage to your gal pal - great watch ladies.
Thank you :)
I love it when people brag about things and places
Hi Mary, I was waiting for this since you first posted that you were going to react to it, it's my favorite zombie movie! The cast was great, the child actress is incredible. Yhe scene with her father leaving because he was infected and her crying was heartbreaking, as was the ending scene of her singing the song, the lyrics were so fitting ! ✌
Hope you enjoyed it!
Thanks for spoiling the whole damn movie kid
@@mcentepede First off, I am an adult, if I spoiled it for you, tough s**t, get over it !
32:28 love that edit, so subtle. Much appreciated haha
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I fell in love with South Korean fantasy/sci-fi/horrors since "The Host" (2006). Lately "Alive" (Netflix) got me - it's very well synced with the "Train To Busan" universe. If you didn't see these movies yet, trust me, you won't regret adding them to the list
You may have seen these three actors in the west with their other projects.
Gong Yoo, the daughter's father, was in Squid Game as one of the game recruiters in the subway.
Ma Dong-Seok, the father-to-be, is a South Korean and American who became a Korean star and made his first Hollywood film debut in The Eternals for the MCU.
Choi Woo-Shik, baseball boy, is a Canadian Actor who starred in history-making first foreign film to win both the Best International Feature Film and The Best Picture Oscar-winning film Parasite as the brother, Kevin.
"Does anyone have a gun?" who's gonna tell her this is South Korea, most Asian countries have gun control policies.
"Return of The Living Dead" has the first running zombies, it's a cult classic. You should watch it.
Fun fact: the tough guy with the pregnant wife appeared in ETERNALS as Gilgamesh.
I recommend the outlaws and yhe roundup duology, starring Don Lee.
I did know that
I get him confused with Wong.
@@mrjeffob me 2 I was like is that Wong cousin or something? They have the same build almost
He is in bunch of Korean movies. His character always has a super punch
29:00 the old lady was sacrificing herself
I was 100% sure, Mary was gonna cry at the end ✌
You were correct
I absolutely love this movie, it's a fresh take on my favourite genre of horror and one of the more unique zombie movies I've seen in a long time. Yon-suk (the business man) is my second most hated movie character of all time (#1 goes to a character in The Green Mile, if you've seen it you'll know who I mean).
P.S. Zombies can talk in the Return of the Living Dead movie series.
Another recent Korean zombie series, 'Happiness', this time about apartment complex dwellers barricaded in by the government. The twist to that story is the zombies are treated as ill people in need of medical attention who go in an out of their 'zombie' phase and can hide their symptoms.
I forgot the lead in this film is the recruiter in "Squid Game" and the baseball player is in "Parasite" and the big guy is in "Marvel's Eternals"
There is one zombie movie I know where the zombies can actually talk. It's Return of the Living Dead. It's an older one and it does show a bit, but it's definitely still a fun watch. It's also one of the apocalypse scenarios that are much more hopeless compared to other zombie movies. It's a very interesting take on zombies. Thank for Train to Busan! My fiance and I loved this movie.
Best South Korea Movie TOP5
1. Old Boy (2003)
2. Memories of Murder (2003)
3. Parasite (2019)
4. Train to Busan (2016)
5. The Host (2006)
Coincidentlly I just happened to watch a short film last weekend called "Skeletalk"
Whaaaat! I have to find this! 😂
I think the world war Z zombies where even more aggressive. Happy Paddy's day
The actress that you said was young playing old (Park Myung-sin) was actually 52 at the time. About 3 years younger than the character she was playing. She's just very youthful looking.
Such a great movie. Loved all the characters, of course because they played their roles perfectly.
If you liked Train to Busan, you should check out All of us are Dead, as well as Kingdom Ashin of the North, and the series Kingdom, they made Ashin of the North after Kingdom, it`s a 2hr movie that shows what happened prior to Kingdom. Kingdom is set in the 15th century all three are really good.
The South Korean movie industry is second only to Hollywood in the money they spend on films. And they aren't afraid to tell a good and sometimes heartbreaking story. They don't talk about the cause because that's not what the movie is focused on. Its a movie about survival and the terror and speed with which something like this could happen in a city with a population as massive as Seoul. You should take a vacation to South Korea, it beautiful and the food is amazing. I might be bias though because I was born there. Great reaction. I hope you react to more Korean movies like Parasite, The Man from Nowhere, Oldboy (there is an American remake of this that doesn't do the Korean one justice), The Handmaiden, I Saw the Devil, The Host.. my lord so many great movies...
The Chaser too.
Added Memories of Murder, Old Boy
The pregnant's husband was also the same actor who portrayed Gilgamesh in Marvel's Eternals.
Ngl the starsign talk made me wish for a zombie outbreak 😂
Soldiers in combat have the same reactions, some guys who are meek rise up and become badasses, some guys who are tough in training fall apart under fire. There really is no way to know, which is why they try to make training as realistic as possible, as it might provide some clue as to who will go which way. It's the same thing with people and wounds. Some people freeze when they see someone seriously hurt, some people just get to work. Training helps to prepare people. Untrained people, its kind of funny how some people are like shocked and can't think, and others are like. "Let's do this." Interesting thing about humanity.
Add All of us are dead, also Korean, it's amazing too.
Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Greatest zombie movie of all time.
mary think of people quite highly. saying how people would react when weird stuff is happening around them. in reality we got world wide pandemic and still get a challenge where we lick toilets.
Firearms are a very serious offense in Korea. Most gangs don't even carry them. Which is why I'm the hallway scene in Oldboy all the people were armed with melee weapons
Busan was the only safe place from the infection so her mom was fine - the cause of the infection was a leak from a biotech firm. This was the first Zombie movie I watched & enjoyed. South Korean movies & Korean dramas are the best shows produced & have a GREAT storyline, as well as twists, in the world. Try reacting to Peninsula which is meant for b a followup to Train to Busan. Also react to All of us are Dead. Kdtama involving students & zombies - well worth a watch. Happy St Patrick's day 🎉🎉🎉
Good to know! Happy st pattys 🎉
Such a good movie. So well done.
Downside (not with the movie itself), there's a remake in the works with an 'American twist' - "Last train to New York". Which, if it goes the same way as The Eye, The RIng, or Shutter, it'll suck.
As another recommendation from Asian cinema, you should add the following movies to your list:
The Raid: Redemption.
The Raid 2.
The Witch: Subversion.
That muscular big Korean guy in this movie was also in the movie "Eternals".
(Dad gets bitten)
Me: No!!!
(My eyes start to water)
(Daughter begs dad not to leave)
Me: 😢😢😢
(Dad goes outside to the rail thing or whatever that's called)
Me: 😰😰😰
(Shows flashback when the daughter was born)
Me: Oh come on!!! I'm trying so hard not to cry right now!!!
(Gives one last smile before falling to his death and sees daughter crying in the window)
Me: That's it!!! I'm done!!! 😭😭😭
In their attempt to be entertaining, they talked through every single emotional beat of the film.
Exactly what I was thinking!
Dang it, the much talking and less investing is making the movie isn't working
The crazy part about this movie that no one knows is that it’s almost entirely CGI. This entire movie was filmed on a single, fake, 3 sided train car with a green screen behind it and about 3 other actual preexisting sets (the airport, the tunnel, and the home). Every bit of acting from car to car was multiple takes of the one train car being used multiple times and pure CGI and god tier acting from everyone involved. It’s absolutely bonkers and the behind the scenes is insane
The main guy was also in Squid Game, he’s the one who slaps the shit outta the guy to flip the envelope in the subway😂
Bro.. this two miss a lot because of too much talking 😂
i was in a hostel once with my friend. we were alone in the room and some guy came to the door and started saying really creepy things and then the door started to open and i threw my whole body against the door and braced. it all turned out ok, but thats why i know my fight or flight response is immediately fight lol
if you haven't watched Warm Bodies, it's a zombie movie that i think you would have fun with.
The part that gets me about the group that refused to let them into that car, isn't that they made them leave,
Its that they all decided to tie off the vestibule FIRST! with only POSSIBLE infected people INSTEAD of the zombie horde's door with ACTUAL danger behind it.
It does alot about their state of mind but seriously!
I know a lot of people wonder why people weren't reacting on the train, but in today's society, many people are self absorbed on their phones. Also, it's piggyback rides aren't out of the ordinary, so people wouldn't think much of that. On top of that, no one on the train knew of an infection that created zombies. We, as viewers, know of zombies due to it being a part of culture, but if you saw a zombie in real life, would you believe that there were zombies? That guy who is selfish represents most people. Think of stampedes or crushes when large crowds are around. People's own desires or will to live generally supercede the safety of others. As for Su An's grandmother, she was removing the intestines and heads of dried anchovies, which are used as snacks or as a base for many soups or broths. The anchovies give soups a rich flavor. Another good South Korean horror film is The Wailing, which I highly recommend. I also recommend the Japanese horror film Audition (1999).
I can’t believe how brutal the zombies were and how fast the people changed into zombies
13:14
It could be like in the world of "the walking dead" where the idea of zombies doesn't exist in any form of media or storytelling so it made since that they didn't know anything and didn't call them zombies and called them "walkers" instead 🤷🏾♀️
Thank you for the reaction!
You weren’t scared because you two seemed to talk nonstop, so you were partially distracted.
Mary is usually better when by herself
@@gualacheesesteak Most reactors are better by themselves.
Hmm.. This video is disappointing. I can't concentrate because of the guest. I think it would have been better if you just reacted by yourself.
It's always brave when new people make videos
18:36 love the starsign topic that randomly came up lol
If this was "Walking Dead" you'd have time to cut off your hand and survive like Hershal in season 2
It's better if you react alone, coz when you alone react it's like you are focused on the video but now you both missing main scenes to react so it's just my thoughts,
This is the best zombie film of all time. Everything you want in this genre. Korea just keeps improving on everything Japan is known for. Movies, music, and pretty women. Cars....not so much
30:16 This scene is an important part of the movie. The original passengers on the train are blocking the doors of the main characters first, not the direction of the zombies.
The director puts a lot of meaning into this scene. The old woman didn't just make the choice to open the door.
21:48 - Ah, yes, because if there's one thing Korea is famous for, it's the ease with which you can travel between North and South and it's many land borders...
38:33 - And that was the story of how the Vendread outbreak started.
Remember when the irritating guy is saying "are you sure they're not infected?" And start shouting and other passengers shout as well when they reach the "safe cart" That moments alone shows what happens when people are scared. Remember when the covid starts globally, in a state of fear and panick they become so greedy with the facemask, tissues, and other supplies, and they're also scared to get in contact with other people. The train that came crashing is intentionally came from busan so they can prevent a train full of zombies coming to busan. The zombies is almost invincible like they fall from holding on a helicopter but gets up after a couple of seconds, they feel no pain, and a simple head bash doesn't kill them.
The zombies in return of the living dead talk. They say "Brrrraaaaiiiinnnnsss"
My dumbass read the title COMPLETELY wrong I thought it said "Tryin to BUSin" I need to go back to sleep FOR GOOOOOD😂.
Big fan Mary but damn way too much talking over good bits and girl on the right definitely watched this before.
She has not watched it before. We went through an entire list (streamed it live on twitch) before we found something horror that katie hasn’t watched. Purely because she’s such a horror buff 💪 😊
I just watch a lot of horror 😂 but I'll take that as a compliment honestly
Yeah! I realized being in an intense situation you will not react immediately cause your mind is processing so many thoughts. There is always a delay reaction and affect your physical reaction such as running or screaming. Been in that situation a couple of times.
And the oldl lady's sister also sacrificed herself, she stands there to slow down the zombies so the others could get in, that's why the other sister is so mad because she feel those people did not deserved it
For a movie where Zombies can talk there is 2011 musical horror, Dead Inside. Well it is really a movie that the lead female is writing and the Zombie couple are talking to each other, but, well zombies talking.
There is a sequel to this movie called Peninsula it doesn’t come close to this movie but Su-Ann is in it
This is where the fun begins!
"Every Zombie is slow" You need to watch World War Z and 28 Days Later XD
Mary I highly recommend the film Snowpiercer. It holds a special place in my heart and is a great drama, action,horror film.
I would like to ask your friend if she ever watched GenoCo. The Genetic Opera: Repoman. It is kind of a niche film but since she is a horror buff I thought she might have heard of it or at least might peek her curiosity. It is a dystopian future film from an Indy production with a producer of Saw working on it.
I’m just gonna leave my like and go, this ending is too damn much!
Appreciate you
This movie is so much better than I expected. Non-stop action after the first ten minutes and the ending 😭
BTW, I don't know about the character, but the actor that plays the Dad IS a Pisces 😂 Looked it up after you mentioned it 😁
Great movie and the cast is fantastic.
This is probably one of the best zombie movies. Apart from the incredible acting and the memorable characters, the thing that grabs me is the lack of firearms. A zombie movie where no one is blasting the Christ out of everything with all the guns, that is impressive.
A very close second, and one you should try to get around to watching, is "The Cured". Another different twist on the zombie genre. A little less horror, more psychological. Fantastic, nonetheless.