This movie is actually star packed with actors, the main character is Gong Yoo, who you know from Squid Games. The husband of the pregnant lady is Don Lee who also plays Gilgamesh in the new Marvel movie Eternals and the student from the Baseball team is actor Choi Woo Shik who also plays the main character in the Oscar winning movie Parasite (Both of which i really do recommend watching if you haven't seen them yet)
You forgot Lee Yoo Mi from Squid Game and All Of Us Are Dead. She, Dong Suk (Don) and Woo Shik are my favorites. Stellar actors. Edit: Lee Yoo Mi is NOT in T to B as Eben pointed out. My mistake. It's Jung Yoo Mi that's in T to B. Lee Yoo Mi is still a S-class actress though so I will keep my original comment as is. :)
@@jimmyha1898 Lee Yoo Mi is not in Train to Busan. OP is just listing actors in Train to Busan so she didn't forget her or whatever it is you're saying.
As someone unhoused, I remember being worried about where that narrative thread would go, and being relieved that the writers chose to send that particular message with it. Many of us out here in the street community invest more effort in looking out for and looking after others (including housed people who'll never know about our actions) than most people generally recognize.
Yeah, and he actually saved people's lives 3 times in the movie, he threw his jacket over the zombie that was attacking Su-an's dad at Daejun station & he's the one who noticed zombies around & stopped the pregnant lady from making a phone call that would've alerted the zombies and finally blocked the zombies to buy time for Su-an & the pregnant lady to get out from under the fallen train - that guy was the unsung hero in that movie for sure!
Kim Soo An's absolutely Primal Scream after her dad gets bit and he's leaving her in the train car is just... amazing acting. It hits me in the gut every time. It's pretty rare that acting can make me feel those kinds of emotions.
The best thing about train to Busan is that people think its a horror movie, but its actually a tear-jerker drama that will make you bawl your eyes out with emotion
It's a movie about how to be a man. More than once, there's a dialog "man's purpose is to sacrifice for his family". Homeless guy sacrificed even for family that's not his.
The old lady (sister) stayed back to buy them time because she knew they would never make it, she basically sacrificed herself. That’s why the other old lady looked at her and said “you only think of other people and not yourself”
The korean child actors are insane. Their auditions are just as competitive as the adult ones. Also watch Parasite! It’s another horror/thriller that deserves the hype
I’d like to point something out - Gong Yoo talks to the daughter in informal Korean, whereas the daughter speaks very formally to her dad. Normally kids talk to their parents more casually and talk to their elders (like grandparents or older generations in general or strangers) formally. Usually if kids talk to their parents formally (especially at a young age), it can mean that they aren’t close and most likely have a dysfunctional or cold family dynamic.
spot on. i would like to add that speech formality also heavily depends on each individual (particularly set by the older person; parent). although it's more common to see family members speaking in ban-mal nowadays, some still don't due to the parents' preference. the family in itself might be very very loving with a great dynamic, too but still carry a sense of formality in their conversations. applies to brothers and sisters, as well.
@@dongjigeum5051 agreed. my friend's family are very close but she still talks to her parents formally. I think it's just a preference and the background of how the parents themselves were raised.
And in the end, when the daughter begs her dad to not leave her, the formal language was dropped which kinda showed that their relationship progressed to a certain extent
For a few years I thought that I was burnt out on zombie movies because I had seen so many of them, they just weren't interesting or exciting anymore. Train to Busan completely changed my mind. They didn't just make a good zombie movie - they made an AMAZING movie that happens to have zombies in it.
You would love Kingdom (Netflix series) if you're into zombies. It's zombies but set in historical era. There is a theory that Kingdom is a prequel to the events in Train to Busan, since the locations taken place in the series refer back in the date to the locations in Train to Busan.
@@internetsapphic8568 Hell yeah Kingdom is awesome! I watched a few episodes of it back in like 2020 but then I lost track of it somehow. I should revisit that show, I loved watching Doona Bae kick butt.
Korea has actually great telecommunication services. there's cell service almost everywhere. you can even videocall with good quality in the middle of nowhere
The grandma sacrificed herself by not stepping into the cart. She stood there so the zombies would attack her and not follow her into the cart and cause trouble for the people already inside the cart. Please watch Parasite next!
I think so. She was the kind, selfless one, and she felt like a burden. Still, everyone reacts to that scene the same way - 'Huh? Why?', so I think they could have done a better job fleshing that scene out. Including explaining better her sister's motivation for opening the door. Just one or two more lines of dialogue from her would have made a difference. It's one of the only slip-ups by the filmmakers (another would be the scene where the father tells the big guy to let go of the unlocked door, because 'I don't think they know how to open it')
@@sebastianjoseph2828 No, I think the reason her sister opened the door was because she felt disgust for the people who forced blame onto the main group and turned against them because of their own cowardice. Plus, I think that she didn’t want to survive without her sister. So, what she did made sense, because the epidemic made the people act in impulsive ways they wouldn’t have before.
@@GrinningLikeaDelicateJamesDean People acted in selfish self-preservation so she's justified in killing them once they're already safe? That's a warped and sick sense of morals.
I'm glad you mentioned the homeless man and a your uncertainty of his role/purpose. The homeless man represents a person who has been rejected by society and often treated like they are invisible. In fact, Yon-suk (the business executive) found the homeless man's presence so detestable that he shifts the staffs' attention to him thus taking attention away from the other stowaway who was the true danger. When the train makes its first stop, the homeless man follows the main character Seok-wu because he overheard the phone conversation which shouldn't matter, but Seok-wu find him so detestable, he tells him to go the other way. To mirror the sentiment of being an "invisible" person, the homeless man is purposely never named in the film. It was important to for the homeless man to have enough of a presence that the movie can show that these invisible "undesirable" people have real value and can even be heroic but at the same time not give him too much of a presence which would compromise his role as an invisible person. I believe there's a moment when he trips and another moment when he steps on a can. I think these moments are to highlight that this person is functioning at a sub-optimal level: he's likely extremely malnourished and quite possibly suffers from mental illness as well. This makes it easy for the audience to dismiss him or even question the other characters for helping him stay alive and thinking of him as a liability. Remember though that the homeless man actually saves Seok-wu in one scene when he puts a jacket over the head of an attacking zombie and towards the end, he even sacrifices himself, allowing the daughter and pregnant woman to survive. This is to reinforce the idea that even someone we dismiss or think of as a liability actually has value. The homeless man saying something on the lines of "they're all dead" is a reference to Cassandra in Greek mythology who has prophetic abilities but no one believes her. In the same way, no one is interested in listening to what he has to say when ironically, by listening to him they might have been able to prevent avoided much tragedy.
Train to Busan was a major box office hit in Korea so it gets referenced by Koreans because it's well-known. The main actor, Gong Yoo, even made a funny reference of it in another one of his shows Goblin
I'm not sure if anyone has recommended this but Kingdom is a Korean historic period zombie show and it's AMAZING. I think it's probably the best Korean show I've seen. It also has a spin-off movie that introduces a character that will show up in the 3rd season and it was 100/10.
@@Karawoolfe Ashin (Jun Ji Hyun / Gianna) was sooo BADASS in there!!! Only a few lines but the eyes and the acts still nailed the role of her. What a versatile actress! One of the reasons why she is my number favorite SoKor actress ❤️ That was a great movie/series too. South Korea never disappoint viewers to this kind of productions.
31:00 - You have to remember that this is in slow motion. This was all happening super fast, within seconds. In-gil knew she wasn't going to make it and didn't want Seok-woo to try to get her, or it would've ended like at the last door, with them not being able to shut it in time. That's why Jong-gil was so bitter about her sister's sacrifice being for nothing, when the others in the car acted like assholes to the group that tried to save her sister.
I hope not only me appreciated the heroism of the Homeless guy not just once, but twice. First, when he covered a cloth to the zombie's head who's attacking Gong Yoo's character, second when he sacrificed his life for the pregnant woman and the little girl. :(( One of my favorite characters in this masterpiece.
About the evil guy: "Why is he getting so lucky?" - He's not. He just has no empathy for anyone else at all. If you don't care about anyone but yourself, you can get yourself out of a lot of jams.
To a degree he is - if it weren't for the other empathic people around him helping him then he wouldn't have made it so far. He's the only character where everyone he ran across was willing to help him instead of throw him to the zombies like he was doing to everyone he came across.
I bawled my eyes out at this movie. A masterpiece of cinema. The way the characters are crafted and juxtapose each other to develop the theme of Gong Yoo discovering what it means to be a father. Parts where i cried: when the baseball couple died, when Gong Yoo died, and when she starts singing the song at the end. Dang I still cry every time.
This movie is amazing. EASILY my favorite Zombie movie of all time. Acting, story, character development and atmosphere are all perfection. I am glad you guys are picking up more Korean content! :) Also, at 24:07, you underestimate Korean phone service. They have phone and internet service literally anywhere XD
There is an animated prequel, called Seoul Station, that shows how it all started. There is also another movie, called Peninsula, that takes place 4 years later. Each movie is a different story with different characters, but all about the same event.
Thank you, I didn’t know! But do you know if they are as tear jerking as Train to Busan? I need to know that beforehand so I don’t watch it on public or before something important… because I sobbed copiously with this movie.
@@catherinemadeinbrasil05 They're not as "horrible" (in a good way) as Train to Busan, but I think any zombie movie will have some sad parts, so I guess just avoid watching zombie movies in public or before an important appointment or such, heh
One thing I realized while watching Chinese and Koreans shows/films, they tend to mind their business, so if it doesn’t directly involve them they won’t get involved immediately…not like in the states where we are nosy AF lol
This movie is brilliant especially having fast paced zombies the first time watching a zombie movie I felt scared heard there making an American remake we don’t need it this movies perfect
@@jalenyellowwolf6298 also James Wan who has had some pretty good success with other horror films is one of the producers. I do agree though. Most american remakes of foreign films arent that great. From Korea, the US did remakes of korean films: Oldboy (psychological thriller and drama) which was kinda meh even though it starred Josh Brolin and My Sassy Girl (comedy film) which was okay, i heard. There is also a remake of a korean drama (series) The Good Doctor (a medical drama) that was pretty popular but nobody really knew it was a remake. I'm reserving full judgment until i see a trailer or something. If its a shot for shot remake of train to busan, people who have seen train to busan may not like it as much. But maybe people who didnt watch train to busan will enjoy it, who knows? I just wish people would give foreign films or series a chance and not get scared of subtitles or hate a series because its not in English. I also dont generally like watching foreign media thats been dubbed in English (anime usually suffers from some bad dubbing although squid game suffered a crap ton from the english dubbing as well). Unless the dubbing actually sounds good or you have a learning disability or a medical condition that forces you to watch these things dubbed. That kind of stuff i dont mind since you dont really have a choice.
I have learned that when watching movies like these you gotta automatically assume that the concept of a zombie infection doesn’t exist nor how they can safe themselves. This movie is a commentary on koreas hyper fixation with social status which is why everyone was listening to the antagonist, both the antagonist and protagonist started the same way but completely branched out in different directions. Interestingly enough, during the holocaust, survivors that stuck together and helped each other survive for much longer than those that were alone. Of course, a lot of people died but still many were saved.
I watched an analysis video afterwards and the film is also full of criticism of Korean society which was enlightening and explained the choices and deaths of several of the characters (the grandmothers, the homeless man, and the awful business man villain, etc).
Gong Yoo is not dead, so don't worry. After reincarnating as a goblin and gaining a new life, he makes a good living by slapping him on the cheek by suggesting a game to Lee Jung-jae on the subway. 🤭
I love this film.. This was very popular in Asia when it came out. GongYoo is a big star. But seeing western reaction makes me realize our cultural differences. You see in Asia we don't act immediately when we see or heard something. Like, if I see that girl walking and panting like that, what can I do? I don't know 😅 what if she's just drunk? So it doesn't mean that people didn't noticed they're just minding their own business, this is still very accurate for me, I can relate 😁 Plus, in my country there's no emergency number like 911 in South Korea they do, I think it's 119 and 118. And yes we do like boiled eggs when travelling I didn't know it smells, maybe we're just used to it or something, it's being sold inside the buses too 😂. I'm talking about Asia not just specific countries because some of us do have similarities.
Honestly yeah, most asian people are very reserved. I'm from SEA so it's kinda similar. Even when I want to help someone I have second thoughts like "What if that person's just drunk or just walks that way but fully capable? What if they get offended?" I don't know if that's anxiety talking or just asian traits haha but usually I have to be 100% sure if that person needs my help or nah lmao
@@veryshia Exactly. I guess it's in the culture and became the norm. I'm also thinking a lot if I should go ahead and help. Pretty much the very same thing you said.
There is an animated prequel that explains more how the homeless man knew that the zombie apocalypse was already happening. The main dad of the movie was not working for the Biotech company but was working for a partnered company. The beginning of the movie he tells his assistant to sell all the stock shares they have with Biotech after reading the articles online about the dead fish etc.
i think yall would love sweet home!! it's based on a webtoon and it's about monsters instead of zombies. also instead of a school or train, the setting is a giant apartment complex!
This is the only zombie movie I actually liked because they actually have competent characters who learn and study the zombies. This film has lots of famous and amazing actors.
The grandma didn’t want to live anymore without her sister but then she was shocked right before she died because she saw her sister, she thought she didn’t make it on the train and was left behind to die. 2nd grandma killed the train car because if they had opened it for the survivors to begin with her sister wouldn’t have had time to choose to die and she wouldn’t have witnessed her sisters death.
you ABSOLUTELY need to watch these korean movies, because honestly theyre so much better than what hollywood puts out so heres a list of must watch movies that you need to react to! - PARASITE - OLDBOY - Lady Vengeance - The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil - THE HANDMAIDEN - I SAW THE DEVIL - THE WAILING - The Chaser - MEMORIES OF MURDER - The Drug King you will honestly LOVE all these movies, the ones i capitalized are, in my opinion, perfect movies and the ones in lower case are as close to perfect as you can get
-Man From Nowhere -Silenced -Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance -Mother -Burning -New World -Peppermint Candy -The King and the Clown There are quite a few really really good Korean movies out there.
I read many comments in others reactions movies that were true: at first the busy dad was selfish person who didn't care about anyone or anything but he learned to help people. If he didn't change, he will stay like the main antagonist, trying to only save himself and didn't mind to sacrifice the whole world just to save his ass
Train to Busan is so much better than most Zombie movie... focusing more on the characters and their development instead of the zombie itself/the action. It also is a social commentary of Korea's class system
There is no class system in Korea despite what communists say. Consider vast majority of Koreans didn't even have refrigerator at home up to 1980, and they are probably THE most interconnected country in the world today. Anyone there can make it from any "class" of background, and most do.
**Movie credits roll** My dude immediately takes a sip of beer, lol. Same. This movie had me in fucking hysterics the first time I watched it. So good. Also, I really recommend you three the Korean movie Parasite, it's a goodamn masterpiece.
The crazy thing about this movie is that it was filmed on only 3 sets and the main set was a 3 sided train car with a CG screen behind it. This whole entire movie is literally ALL CGI and immaculate acting. A top tier movie all the way
I thought the same thing when I first watched the movie.. I don’t really know how to explain it but in Korea it’s kind of in their culture to “respect people’s privacy” to a point where they don’t really pay attentions to other people’s business , they don’t really mind other people’s lives. They could be aware of the situation but they’re just minding their own business as to not start drama.
Train to Busan is an absolutely insane film. I cried at the end when I first watched it on Netflix two years ago. Sucks that there's gonna be an American remake of it soon.
When this came out, it was one of the best zombie movies I had watched. And since then Korea has just been spitting out awesome zombie movies and dramas
Grandma didnt come cause she knew it would mean death for the others. They showed it in slowmo but in reality that was max of 2 seconds and she's not fast enough. people would have to hold the door and help her run and she sacrifice herself so they wouldnt have to come back for her. so sad :(
For awhile at first it made no sense to me why the older woman stayed behind to get killed, but now I realize, she is older and gone through so much shit already. Earlier in the movie the girl gave her her seat, saying her grandmother’s knees are always hurting. Perhaps it was just too much and she didn’t have the physical strength to make it forward in that moment. The girl feels it is her fault for wanting to go to Busan, but this outbreak was happening regardless. They barely were leaving when she saw an attack outside the train. The grandmother turned while on the phone. If they hadn’t gone, they would have both died. And oh my gosh, the ending… reminds me of Night of the Living dead. Spoiler……… Ben survives through all that shit, just to end up getting shot being assumed to be another zombie. Also realizing at the end that her song was the song in Lilo & Stitch, Nani sings to Lilo before she’s going to be taken away. In the Halloween episode of the series, Lilo says she sings that song when she is afraid and it makes her feel better.
>>31:08 the fact that the old lady didn't come was, that one of her legs is not walkable, so she's whimpering. She knew it'll delay them from getting in there if they try to carry her along, instead, she decided to become bait and delay the piles of zombies by sacrificing herself. That's why she stayed behind.
Another good action-oriented Korean movie with a good child actor was Man from Nowhere, which inspired Keanu to make a Hollywood version, John Wick, down to the suit.
My first time checking out your channel because of Train to Busan. It was a solid reaction and I enjoyed myself. Since you all love the expectant dad, the huge guy who kicked @ss, perhaps you want to check out the movie called, The Outlaws (2017) starring Don Lee aka Dong Seok Ma, the expectant dad! You mentioned Squid Game briefly. The movie, New World (2013) starring Mr. Jung Jae Lee, aka Gi-Hun from Squid Game, is an outstanding movie with great storyline and soundtrack. I watched that movie multiple times because it was so good! Today was my first time but it won't be the last time!!! I will continue to watch your contents. Please do more Netflix Korean movies or dramas! Good luck with your channel in this new year!!! 👍👍👍
The homeless guy makes sense if you watch the prequel, Seoul Station. It's animated, which I think is pretty interesting. Excited to see what else you guys react to! Another person suggested The Call, and I think that would be a good psychological thriller to check out.
Guysss, you should react to “28 days later” it’s an infected movie, kinda like zombies but they’re not entirely dead, it’s a really intense movie, you should definitely check it out!
if you guys wondering, no, this movie is not related to AOUAD, but there is a prequel to this movie. its an animation movie titled Seoul Station, its about how this infection start, this animation also came out in 2016 the same year as this movie.
A lot of people miss this but the lady (In-gil) who was shaking her head "no" didn't think her sister (Jong-gil) survived, last she saw- she was being dragged away from her and her sister was on the ground with zombies approaching. So she was shaking her head no because she didn't want to live without her and when she saw her sister did survive and was in the next "car," it was too late. While she may also have been trying to slow the zombies down like other comments suggested, I think its more likely the prior - or seeing her sister changes her mind as she immediately moves towards the train car when she sees her sister.
I loved your reaction to the asshole, so funny -- "he's a plague." 😆 I think the protagonist's hand in the asshole's zombie mouth was because asshole was reallyyyy close to the pregnant lady. The protagonist sacrificed himself to protect her and so his arc was complete ❤👌
Hi I see you guys seems interesting on this movie. There's actually like a sequel or something in this movie which is called korean peninsula. It's like the continuation of what happened to Korea right after the wild spread of zombie. The movie shows the current state of the country which is dominated by zombies wherein there is no safe place to hide. The story follows the journey of the Survivors leaving korea to Hong Kong. The movie has a new sets of characters, completely a big jump in time difference.
The grandma stayed back to give everyone a chance to escape the zombie horde. The scene was in slow-mo so it was actually happening pretty quickly. The bad guy in this movie has got nothing on the villain in All of Us Are Dead. You should watch that too - and Sweet Home.
The grandmother just stood there because she didn't see the point in fighting to live longer, and who knows?! Perhaps, her character had cancer or some terminal disease. I love how she got to see her sister one last time before giving up. When the world is ending or seemingly coming to a close -- so people will just give up. Why just reexamine our covid-19 time period here, how many doctors and nurses decided to self-terminate -- or opt in death by suicide?
Happy you guys are reacting to this. And i will check out your reactions to All of Us are Dead later today. Hope to see you guys react to other korean series and films. There are a lot of hidden gems in korean cinema, i feel like. :)
since u guys started reacting to movies now, i highly recommend all the Scream movies (there's 5 of them) it's one of the best horror movie franchise !
I always thought the people falling from the helicopters were being rescued, but they turned after getting in and then fell from the helicopter because they were writhing around or possibly pushed out by the pilot, etc.
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Guys don’t worry, the dad isn’t actually dead. He was last seen hanging out in subway stations playing games and slapping people.
LMAO 🤣😭
Gong Yoo never leave the train station after Train to Busan.🤣🤣🤣
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This movie is actually star packed with actors, the main character is Gong Yoo, who you know from Squid Games. The husband of the pregnant lady is Don Lee who also plays Gilgamesh in the new Marvel movie Eternals and the student from the Baseball team is actor Choi Woo Shik who also plays the main character in the Oscar winning movie Parasite (Both of which i really do recommend watching if you haven't seen them yet)
And Jinhee who is played by Sohee! An ex-member from one of the legendary idol girl groups in S.Korea, Wonder Girls!
I love that these actors are getting the recognition they deserve, i get so excited when they pop up in something else now
You forgot Lee Yoo Mi from Squid Game and All Of Us Are Dead. She, Dong Suk (Don) and Woo Shik are my favorites. Stellar actors.
Edit: Lee Yoo Mi is NOT in T to B as Eben pointed out. My mistake. It's Jung Yoo Mi that's in T to B. Lee Yoo Mi is still a S-class actress though so I will keep my original comment as is. :)
@@jimmyha1898 Lee Yoo Mi is not in Train to Busan. OP is just listing actors in Train to Busan so she didn't forget her or whatever it is you're saying.
They should definitely watch parasite
The homeless man had NOTHING except his life and he still gave it away to help others
@@Hey_Jamie sounds like u missed the point of the comment
@@Hey_Jamie smfh. youre one of 'those' people huh
True. One of the Heroes in this masterpiece. Hope the actor gets more projects after this movie. Whatta great movie.
As someone unhoused, I remember being worried about where that narrative thread would go, and being relieved that the writers chose to send that particular message with it. Many of us out here in the street community invest more effort in looking out for and looking after others (including housed people who'll never know about our actions) than most people generally recognize.
Yeah, and he actually saved people's lives 3 times in the movie, he threw his jacket over the zombie that was attacking Su-an's dad at Daejun station & he's the one who noticed zombies around & stopped the pregnant lady from making a phone call that would've alerted the zombies and finally blocked the zombies to buy time for Su-an & the pregnant lady to get out from under the fallen train - that guy was the unsung hero in that movie for sure!
that little girl was ACTING
Oscar-deserving performance
Kim Soo An's absolutely Primal Scream after her dad gets bit and he's leaving her in the train car is just... amazing acting. It hits me in the gut every time. It's pretty rare that acting can make me feel those kinds of emotions.
That little girl is better than the grown actors in Hollywood these days.
Rent was due!
The best thing about train to Busan is that people think its a horror movie, but its actually a tear-jerker drama that will make you bawl your eyes out with emotion
It's a movie about how to be a man. More than once, there's a dialog "man's purpose is to sacrifice for his family". Homeless guy sacrificed even for family that's not his.
The old lady (sister) stayed back to buy them time because she knew they would never make it, she basically sacrificed herself. That’s why the other old lady looked at her and said “you only think of other people and not yourself”
Exactly! 👍
@@anasan_04 Yeah and was setup initially perfectly with boiled egg. Writing of this movie is sick.
Yeah, and also the scene was slowed down, so all that happened in seconds, which didn't give the old lady much time to run :(
The korean child actors are insane. Their auditions are just as competitive as the adult ones. Also watch Parasite! It’s another horror/thriller that deserves the hype
I would not call that horror just thriller drama
@@Karawoolfe It has horror elements but yeah that’s why I said thriller too
I’d like to point something out - Gong Yoo talks to the daughter in informal Korean, whereas the daughter speaks very formally to her dad. Normally kids talk to their parents more casually and talk to their elders (like grandparents or older generations in general or strangers) formally. Usually if kids talk to their parents formally (especially at a young age), it can mean that they aren’t close and most likely have a dysfunctional or cold family dynamic.
spot on. i would like to add that speech formality also heavily depends on each individual (particularly set by the older person; parent). although it's more common to see family members speaking in ban-mal nowadays, some still don't due to the parents' preference. the family in itself might be very very loving with a great dynamic, too but still carry a sense of formality in their conversations. applies to brothers and sisters, as well.
Wow, didn't know that
@@dongjigeum5051 agreed. my friend's family are very close but she still talks to her parents formally. I think it's just a preference and the background of how the parents themselves were raised.
And in the end, when the daughter begs her dad to not leave her, the formal language was dropped which kinda showed that their relationship progressed to a certain extent
That has more to do with old style vs modern style of parenting.
For a few years I thought that I was burnt out on zombie movies because I had seen so many of them, they just weren't interesting or exciting anymore. Train to Busan completely changed my mind. They didn't just make a good zombie movie - they made an AMAZING movie that happens to have zombies in it.
100% agreed.
You would love Kingdom (Netflix series) if you're into zombies. It's zombies but set in historical era. There is a theory that Kingdom is a prequel to the events in Train to Busan, since the locations taken place in the series refer back in the date to the locations in Train to Busan.
@@internetsapphic8568 Hell yeah Kingdom is awesome! I watched a few episodes of it back in like 2020 but then I lost track of it somehow. I should revisit that show, I loved watching Doona Bae kick butt.
Kingdom is the shit
Yes. This movie is not about the zombie but about the human.
Korea has actually great telecommunication services. there's cell service almost everywhere. you can even videocall with good quality in the middle of nowhere
Internet connection there is fastest in the world.
Fastest internet connection followed by Japan Ig
@@rikhmjustsomeguywithmousta4971 I think it was a different country. Is it correct?
@@o-o948 China has 5g network anywhere also and they're currently working on 6g, I think the answer to your question was China
@@Kkurasmoon i would hate to live in china
The grandma sacrificed herself by not stepping into the cart. She stood there so the zombies would attack her and not follow her into the cart and cause trouble for the people already inside the cart. Please watch Parasite next!
@@OfficialMyDo yes I think so
I think so.
She was the kind, selfless one, and she felt like a burden.
Still, everyone reacts to that scene the same way - 'Huh? Why?', so I think they could have done a better job fleshing that scene out. Including explaining better her sister's motivation for opening the door. Just one or two more lines of dialogue from her would have made a difference.
It's one of the only slip-ups by the filmmakers (another would be the scene where the father tells the big guy to let go of the unlocked door, because 'I don't think they know how to open it')
And then her sister ended up being the most selfish person by killing an entire train car for no reason. Interesting dichotomy.
@@sebastianjoseph2828 No, I think the reason her sister opened the door was because she felt disgust for the people who forced blame onto the main group and turned against them because of their own cowardice. Plus, I think that she didn’t want to survive without her sister. So, what she did made sense, because the epidemic made the people act in impulsive ways they wouldn’t have before.
@@GrinningLikeaDelicateJamesDean People acted in selfish self-preservation so she's justified in killing them once they're already safe? That's a warped and sick sense of morals.
I'm glad you mentioned the homeless man and a your uncertainty of his role/purpose. The homeless man represents a person who has been rejected by society and often treated like they are invisible. In fact, Yon-suk (the business executive) found the homeless man's presence so detestable that he shifts the staffs' attention to him thus taking attention away from the other stowaway who was the true danger. When the train makes its first stop, the homeless man follows the main character Seok-wu because he overheard the phone conversation which shouldn't matter, but Seok-wu find him so detestable, he tells him to go the other way.
To mirror the sentiment of being an "invisible" person, the homeless man is purposely never named in the film. It was important to for the homeless man to have enough of a presence that the movie can show that these invisible "undesirable" people have real value and can even be heroic but at the same time not give him too much of a presence which would compromise his role as an invisible person.
I believe there's a moment when he trips and another moment when he steps on a can. I think these moments are to highlight that this person is functioning at a sub-optimal level: he's likely extremely malnourished and quite possibly suffers from mental illness as well. This makes it easy for the audience to dismiss him or even question the other characters for helping him stay alive and thinking of him as a liability. Remember though that the homeless man actually saves Seok-wu in one scene when he puts a jacket over the head of an attacking zombie and towards the end, he even sacrifices himself, allowing the daughter and pregnant woman to survive. This is to reinforce the idea that even someone we dismiss or think of as a liability actually has value.
The homeless man saying something on the lines of "they're all dead" is a reference to Cassandra in Greek mythology who has prophetic abilities but no one believes her. In the same way, no one is interested in listening to what he has to say when ironically, by listening to him they might have been able to prevent avoided much tragedy.
Train to Busan was a major box office hit in Korea so it gets referenced by Koreans because it's well-known. The main actor, Gong Yoo, even made a funny reference of it in another one of his shows Goblin
and it's mentionned too in All of Us Are Dead ! - I love Gong Yoo, amazing actor, I discovered him in Coffee Prince :D
@@RenaissanceMotoko972 me too! Every work of his is a little masterpiece to be honest
They were watching it at cinema 😄😄.
lol i loved that scene
I'm not sure if anyone has recommended this but Kingdom is a Korean historic period zombie show and it's AMAZING. I think it's probably the best Korean show I've seen. It also has a spin-off movie that introduces a character that will show up in the 3rd season and it was 100/10.
Did you watch the last one episode with Gianna? Asin of the north? It explains how it started
Gah I loved that series and the prequel movie. Just amazing writing, acting, cinematography, costume, everythinggg lol
@@Karawoolfe Ashin (Jun Ji Hyun / Gianna) was sooo BADASS in there!!! Only a few lines but the eyes and the acts still nailed the role of her. What a versatile actress! One of the reasons why she is my number favorite SoKor actress ❤️
That was a great movie/series too. South Korea never disappoint viewers to this kind of productions.
i loved it! goosebumps
31:00 - You have to remember that this is in slow motion. This was all happening super fast, within seconds. In-gil knew she wasn't going to make it and didn't want Seok-woo to try to get her, or it would've ended like at the last door, with them not being able to shut it in time. That's why Jong-gil was so bitter about her sister's sacrifice being for nothing, when the others in the car acted like assholes to the group that tried to save her sister.
I hope not only me appreciated the heroism of the Homeless guy not just once, but twice. First, when he covered a cloth to the zombie's head who's attacking Gong Yoo's character, second when he sacrificed his life for the pregnant woman and the little girl. :((
One of my favorite characters in this masterpiece.
About the evil guy: "Why is he getting so lucky?" - He's not. He just has no empathy for anyone else at all. If you don't care about anyone but yourself, you can get yourself out of a lot of jams.
To a degree he is - if it weren't for the other empathic people around him helping him then he wouldn't have made it so far. He's the only character where everyone he ran across was willing to help him instead of throw him to the zombies like he was doing to everyone he came across.
20:21 rob getting nervous about the pregnant lady is so cute tho
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I bawled my eyes out at this movie. A masterpiece of cinema. The way the characters are crafted and juxtapose each other to develop the theme of Gong Yoo discovering what it means to be a father. Parts where i cried: when the baseball couple died, when Gong Yoo died, and when she starts singing the song at the end. Dang I still cry every time.
I was crying and snotty along with you
This movie is amazing. EASILY my favorite Zombie movie of all time. Acting, story, character development and atmosphere are all perfection. I am glad you guys are picking up more Korean content! :) Also, at 24:07, you underestimate Korean phone service. They have phone and internet service literally anywhere XD
There is an animated prequel, called Seoul Station, that shows how it all started. There is also another movie, called Peninsula, that takes place 4 years later. Each movie is a different story with different characters, but all about the same event.
Thank you, I didn’t know! But do you know if they are as tear jerking as Train to Busan? I need to know that beforehand so I don’t watch it on public or before something important… because I sobbed copiously with this movie.
@@catherinemadeinbrasil05 They're not as "horrible" (in a good way) as Train to Busan, but I think any zombie movie will have some sad parts, so I guess just avoid watching zombie movies in public or before an important appointment or such, heh
One thing I realized while watching Chinese and Koreans shows/films, they tend to mind their business, so if it doesn’t directly involve them they won’t get involved immediately…not like in the states where we are nosy AF lol
Yeah lol. But sometimes it helps to be nosy, if you're actually gonna stand up & help people in need
not same Chinese and korean
한국인에게 중국인들과 닮았다는 것은 굉장히 모욕적입니다 서양인들은 나치와 닮았다고 하면 기분이 좋겠습니까 비약적일 수는 있겠으나 한국인의 90%가 중국인을 싫어 한다는 통계가 있습니다
This movie is brilliant especially having fast paced zombies the first time watching a zombie movie I felt scared heard there making an American remake we don’t need it this movies perfect
Oh dear god....American remake? please no :(
@@jimmyha1898 yeah, it's supposed to take place in New York.
@@jimmyha1898 the same director that directed this movie is helping the remake also, but idk...
@@jalenyellowwolf6298 also James Wan who has had some pretty good success with other horror films is one of the producers. I do agree though. Most american remakes of foreign films arent that great. From Korea, the US did remakes of korean films: Oldboy (psychological thriller and drama) which was kinda meh even though it starred Josh Brolin and My Sassy Girl (comedy film) which was okay, i heard. There is also a remake of a korean drama (series) The Good Doctor (a medical drama) that was pretty popular but nobody really knew it was a remake.
I'm reserving full judgment until i see a trailer or something. If its a shot for shot remake of train to busan, people who have seen train to busan may not like it as much. But maybe people who didnt watch train to busan will enjoy it, who knows?
I just wish people would give foreign films or series a chance and not get scared of subtitles or hate a series because its not in English. I also dont generally like watching foreign media thats been dubbed in English (anime usually suffers from some bad dubbing although squid game suffered a crap ton from the english dubbing as well). Unless the dubbing actually sounds good or you have a learning disability or a medical condition that forces you to watch these things dubbed. That kind of stuff i dont mind since you dont really have a choice.
@@ohnoez3 true true
I have learned that when watching movies like these you gotta automatically assume that the concept of a zombie infection doesn’t exist nor how they can safe themselves. This movie is a commentary on koreas hyper fixation with social status which is why everyone was listening to the antagonist, both the antagonist and protagonist started the same way but completely branched out in different directions. Interestingly enough, during the holocaust, survivors that stuck together and helped each other survive for much longer than those that were alone. Of course, a lot of people died but still many were saved.
The movies addresses the classic conflict between self-preservation and self-sacrifice.
When one takes over the other.
The conductor was the unsung hero.
I watched an analysis video afterwards and the film is also full of criticism of Korean society which was enlightening and explained the choices and deaths of several of the characters (the grandmothers, the homeless man, and the awful business man villain, etc).
Oohh please, could you share the link or title of the analysis video?
Ps. The husband to the pregnant woman was literally a goat. My fav character, I was so sad when they killed him off
Bro this movie was so good and literally the only zombie movie that actually had me scared
“Need to name that sucker train track” this got me laughing so bad 💀
Gong Yoo is not dead, so don't worry. After reincarnating as a goblin and gaining a new life, he makes a good living by slapping him on the cheek by suggesting a game to Lee Jung-jae on the subway. 🤭
I love this film.. This was very popular in Asia when it came out. GongYoo is a big star. But seeing western reaction makes me realize our cultural differences. You see in Asia we don't act immediately when we see or heard something. Like, if I see that girl walking and panting like that, what can I do? I don't know 😅 what if she's just drunk? So it doesn't mean that people didn't noticed they're just minding their own business, this is still very accurate for me, I can relate 😁 Plus, in my country there's no emergency number like 911 in South Korea they do, I think it's 119 and 118. And yes we do like boiled eggs when travelling I didn't know it smells, maybe we're just used to it or something, it's being sold inside the buses too 😂. I'm talking about Asia not just specific countries because some of us do have similarities.
Honestly yeah, most asian people are very reserved. I'm from SEA so it's kinda similar. Even when I want to help someone I have second thoughts like "What if that person's just drunk or just walks that way but fully capable? What if they get offended?" I don't know if that's anxiety talking or just asian traits haha but usually I have to be 100% sure if that person needs my help or nah lmao
@@veryshia Exactly. I guess it's in the culture and became the norm. I'm also thinking a lot if I should go ahead and help. Pretty much the very same thing you said.
The old lady stopped a few steps back so they would have time to close the door, that’s why she gave her sister one more smile.
Fun fact: They actually changed the zombies' frame rates to make their movements look more distorted.
No. The director hired contortionist dancers.
@@BJBee Yes that's correct but they also changed the frame rates to further improve the zombie's movements.
that old lady knew she wouldn't make it because she had trouble with her legs so she was kind sacrificing herself to give them time to run
There is an animated prequel that explains more how the homeless man knew that the zombie apocalypse was already happening. The main dad of the movie was not working for the Biotech company but was working for a partnered company. The beginning of the movie he tells his assistant to sell all the stock shares they have with Biotech after reading the articles online about the dead fish etc.
Train to Busan and Kingdom is the standard for Korean zombie movies/dramas!!
i think yall would love sweet home!! it's based on a webtoon and it's about monsters instead of zombies. also instead of a school or train, the setting is a giant apartment complex!
Round of applause for the writing genius that thought of a down escalator during a zombie horde!
This is the only zombie movie I actually liked because they actually have competent characters who learn and study the zombies. This film has lots of famous and amazing actors.
I don't know how many times I watched this movie and I always end tearing up.
The grandma didn’t want to live anymore without her sister but then she was shocked right before she died because she saw her sister, she thought she didn’t make it on the train and was left behind to die. 2nd grandma killed the train car because if they had opened it for the survivors to begin with her sister wouldn’t have had time to choose to die and she wouldn’t have witnessed her sisters death.
I love this movie it fucks me up every time
The main character looks like my dad too I watched it with him when I was younger
you ABSOLUTELY need to watch these korean movies, because honestly theyre so much better than what hollywood puts out so heres a list of must watch movies that you need to react to!
- PARASITE
- OLDBOY
- Lady Vengeance
- The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil
- THE HANDMAIDEN
- I SAW THE DEVIL
- THE WAILING
- The Chaser
- MEMORIES OF MURDER
- The Drug King
you will honestly LOVE all these movies, the ones i capitalized are, in my opinion, perfect movies and the ones in lower case are as close to perfect as you can get
-Man From Nowhere
-Silenced
-Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
-Mother
-Burning
-New World
-Peppermint Candy
-The King and the Clown
There are quite a few really really good Korean movies out there.
Train to Busan has a lot to say about class; the homeless guy's role was to show how honourable he was compared to the COO.
I read many comments in others reactions movies that were true: at first the busy dad was selfish person who didn't care about anyone or anything but he learned to help people. If he didn't change, he will stay like the main antagonist, trying to only save himself and didn't mind to sacrifice the whole world just to save his ass
lol in south korea, there are internet everywhere the cell service is pretty strong too
Train to Busan is so much better than most Zombie movie... focusing more on the characters and their development instead of the zombie itself/the action. It also is a social commentary of Korea's class system
There is no class system in Korea despite what communists say. Consider vast majority of Koreans didn't even have refrigerator at home up to 1980, and they are probably THE most interconnected country in the world today. Anyone there can make it from any "class" of background, and most do.
Train to Busan is a movie that made a new start for Korean zombie movies.
I loved this reaction, y'all getting involved with the characters was cool asf also entertaining!!
He covered the zombies mouth because he was so close to biting the pregnant woman.
Grandma didn't have the fight no longer. Her age and strength. She didn't have the fight in her no longer.
**Movie credits roll**
My dude immediately takes a sip of beer, lol. Same. This movie had me in fucking hysterics the first time I watched it. So good.
Also, I really recommend you three the Korean movie Parasite, it's a goodamn masterpiece.
공유는..정말 훌륭한배우입니다.. 작품마다 대성공을이뤘고 인성이며 인물..뭐 빼놓을게없는 배우에요..ㅠ.ㅠ 넘멋진배우죠..
That little girl makes me cry every time I watch this
the grandma did not want to burden everyone thats why she stayed put and died. i mean, shes old and might slow the group down... thats what i thought.
The grandmother saw monsters in the car behind her (zombies) and monsters in the car in front of her (people) and didn't want to live in that world!!
yess im so happy yall reacted to this ♡
The best zombie movie ever made! Great choice! Good luck.
Train to Busan is a masterpiece, which predicted the Covid -19 pandemic.
Lol 😂
The crazy thing about this movie is that it was filmed on only 3 sets and the main set was a 3 sided train car with a CG screen behind it. This whole entire movie is literally ALL CGI and immaculate acting. A top tier movie all the way
I thought the same thing when I first watched the movie.. I don’t really know how to explain it but in Korea it’s kind of in their culture to “respect people’s privacy” to a point where they don’t really pay attentions to other people’s business , they don’t really mind other people’s lives. They could be aware of the situation but they’re just minding their own business as to not start drama.
LMAO @ 20:48, zeffs little side eye before he asks that question and the stoicism that rob answers with I’m 💀
Train to Busan, Kingdom, All of us are dead, Zombie for sale. All good South Korean zombie movies/shows.
We’re actually watching all of us are dead on the channel currently! - Rob
Train to Busan is an absolutely insane film. I cried at the end when I first watched it on Netflix two years ago. Sucks that there's gonna be an American remake of it soon.
I mean... Im not surprised, but WTF?!
@@AllisonWonderland626 Oh boi. I hope they dont fuck it up too bad, but my hopes so low
@@queensaharaice7376 Keep your fingers crossed. Chances are it's gonna be a train wreck because Hollywood loves to make sucky remakes for profit
@@AllisonWonderland626 Yep :(
Na-Yeon in all of us are dead (the preppy girl with the pink sweater) was also in Squid Games
Oh that's what her face was so familiar
I love this movie. I have watched it over and over several times 😃😃😃😃😂
When this came out, it was one of the best zombie movies I had watched. And since then Korea has just been spitting out awesome zombie movies and dramas
Grandma didnt come cause she knew it would mean death for the others. They showed it in slowmo but in reality that was max of 2 seconds and she's not fast enough. people would have to hold the door and help her run and she sacrifice herself so they wouldnt have to come back for her. so sad :(
Don Lee was also awesome as Gilgamesh of the Eternals.
Best zombie movie I've ever seen!!! Gonna be hard to top this movie!!!
For awhile at first it made no sense to me why the older woman stayed behind to get killed, but now I realize, she is older and gone through so much shit already. Earlier in the movie the girl gave her her seat, saying her grandmother’s knees are always hurting. Perhaps it was just too much and she didn’t have the physical strength to make it forward in that moment.
The girl feels it is her fault for wanting to go to Busan, but this outbreak was happening regardless. They barely were leaving when she saw an attack outside the train. The grandmother turned while on the phone. If they hadn’t gone, they would have both died.
And oh my gosh, the ending… reminds me of Night of the Living dead. Spoiler……… Ben survives through all that shit, just to end up getting shot being assumed to be another zombie.
Also realizing at the end that her song was the song in Lilo & Stitch, Nani sings to Lilo before she’s going to be taken away. In the Halloween episode of the series, Lilo says she sings that song when she is afraid and it makes her feel better.
>>31:08 the fact that the old lady didn't come was, that one of her legs is not walkable, so she's whimpering. She knew it'll delay them from getting in there if they try to carry her along, instead, she decided to become bait and delay the piles of zombies by sacrificing herself. That's why she stayed behind.
Nice reactions guyz!!! Your really hurt when they hurt in the movie!! 😆✌️
Love your reaction guys, ya'll pretty chill. Off to binge watch your other reactions!
I cried again rewatching🤣😭
Another good action-oriented Korean movie with a good child actor was Man from Nowhere, which inspired Keanu to make a Hollywood version, John Wick, down to the suit.
My first time checking out your channel because of Train to Busan. It was a solid reaction and
I enjoyed myself.
Since you all love the expectant dad, the huge guy who kicked @ss, perhaps you want to check out the movie called, The Outlaws (2017) starring Don Lee aka Dong Seok Ma, the expectant dad!
You mentioned Squid Game briefly. The movie, New World (2013) starring Mr. Jung Jae Lee, aka Gi-Hun from Squid Game, is an outstanding movie with great storyline and soundtrack. I watched that movie multiple times because it was so good!
Today was my first time but it won't be the last time!!! I will continue to watch your contents. Please do more Netflix Korean movies or dramas! Good luck with your channel in this new year!!! 👍👍👍
Youre reaction is so good guys 👍🏻👍🏻
42:19: "This can't be real!" :D
Another korean movie recommendation you need to watch is The Call a psychological thriller available in Netflix
Purple hat dude kept realizing a scene was building up something so he leans in to interrupt it for his friends in failed attempts to be funny. LOL
The homeless guy makes sense if you watch the prequel, Seoul Station. It's animated, which I think is pretty interesting.
Excited to see what else you guys react to! Another person suggested The Call, and I think that would be a good psychological thriller to check out.
Guysss, you should react to “28 days later” it’s an infected movie, kinda like zombies but they’re not entirely dead, it’s a really intense movie, you should definitely check it out!
if you guys wondering, no, this movie is not related to AOUAD, but there is a prequel to this movie. its an animation movie titled Seoul Station, its about how this infection start, this animation also came out in 2016 the same year as this movie.
A lot of people miss this but the lady (In-gil) who was shaking her head "no" didn't think her sister (Jong-gil) survived, last she saw- she was being dragged away from her and her sister was on the ground with zombies approaching. So she was shaking her head no because she didn't want to live without her and when she saw her sister did survive and was in the next "car," it was too late. While she may also have been trying to slow the zombies down like other comments suggested, I think its more likely the prior - or seeing her sister changes her mind as she immediately moves towards the train car when she sees her sister.
Old lady was shaking her head and refusing to go with monster humans who were behaving worse than zombies.
Everyone says 'you have to cut his hand off!' but it's like..they don't HAVE anything. At all like that...
I loved your reaction to the asshole, so funny -- "he's a plague." 😆
I think the protagonist's hand in the asshole's zombie mouth was because asshole was reallyyyy close to the pregnant lady. The protagonist sacrificed himself to protect her and so his arc was complete ❤👌
Hi I see you guys seems interesting on this movie. There's actually like a sequel or something in this movie which is called korean peninsula. It's like the continuation of what happened to Korea right after the wild spread of zombie. The movie shows the current state of the country which is dominated by zombies wherein there is no safe place to hide. The story follows the journey of the Survivors leaving korea to Hong Kong. The movie has a new sets of characters, completely a big jump in time difference.
The grandma stayed back to give everyone a chance to escape the zombie horde. The scene was in slow-mo so it was actually happening pretty quickly.
The bad guy in this movie has got nothing on the villain in All of Us Are Dead. You should watch that too - and Sweet Home.
I also feel like she didn't want to hold the group back
The older evil businessman had the strength of a 1000 relentless zombified giants... Nothing could stop this guy for a while there..
The grandmother just stood there because she didn't see the point in fighting to live longer, and who knows?! Perhaps, her character had cancer or some terminal disease. I love how she got to see her sister one last time before giving up. When the world is ending or seemingly coming to a close -- so people will just give up. Why just reexamine our covid-19 time period here, how many doctors and nurses decided to self-terminate -- or opt in death by suicide?
lmao the random singing at 12:30
Happy you guys are reacting to this. And i will check out your reactions to All of Us are Dead later today. Hope to see you guys react to other korean series and films. There are a lot of hidden gems in korean cinema, i feel like. :)
Them: I think a deer is the least intimidating animal, besides like a dog
Me, a person with a fear of dogs, now imagining zombie dogs: 😰
since u guys started reacting to movies now, i highly recommend all the Scream movies (there's 5 of them) it's one of the best horror movie franchise !
Man I remember going into this the first time. I really didn't expect to be crying because of a zombie movie
Truly Korean movies are on another level..
I always thought the people falling from the helicopters were being rescued, but they turned after getting in and then fell from the helicopter because they were writhing around or possibly pushed out by the pilot, etc.