In Train, Yong-Suk, a businessman, is singlemindedly devoted to his own survival. Parallel 3 - Leadershipīoth films take a long hard look at leadership. As I watch I always long for him to be a reassuring father figure, but he never quite makes it.īoth Don and Seok-Woo end up infected, like some kind of bad-dad karma. He deserts his wife during a zombie attack, and lies about it to his children. In 28 Weeks, Don is a loving father but he’s not a hero. It’s obvious he vaues money over family, and he has a terrible relationship with both his daughter and his ex-wife. In Train, Seok-Woo is a callous fund manager. ![]() Neither film relies on zombies to rivet your attention. In 28 Weeks the family is broken up, reconstituted, then broken up again, and this is what propels the story forward. It’s not just Seok-Woo and Seo-An - a couple expecting a baby also become integral to the action. For the first fifteen minutes of Train you could easily think you were in a touching family drama if you didn’t know better. Parallel 1 - Familyīoth films place family at the heart. Like Train to Busan, it’s a critically acclaimed zombie flick full of astute social commentary, with a flawed father as the central character. Whereas Train to Busan is crammed with simple but compelling characters whose interactions keep us emotionally invested and drive the plot forwards.Ģ8 Weeks Later was the obvious replacement, despite it’s wider canvas. They also fail to learn – notoriously, they keep shooting zombies in the chest. But after watching Train to Busan I changed my mind.ĭespite it’s kinetic energy, La Horde’s characters are shallow and unlikeable. I initially intended to pair Train to Busan with La Horde – a French zombie film where the battle takes place in a tower block - because both are action-horrors where the action is shaped by particular physical structures. Let’s look at each film to establish if they’re a good match. ![]() The question is this: which one would beat the other in a fight? In…er… my opinion. ![]() She persuades him to take her on a fast train to Busan to see her mother, but on the way the train is attacked by zombies. It stars Gong Yoo as fund manager and distracted father Seok-Woo. Train to Busan is a 2016 South Korean film. Imogen Poots plays his daughter Tammy, and Mackintosh Muggleton plays his son Andy. It stars Robert Carlyle as Don, the head of a family that’s been fractured by the Rage virus that is devastating the UK. Today I’m pitting two critically-acclaimed 21st century zombie films against each other - Train to Busan and 28 Weeks Later.Ģ8 Weeks Later was released in 2007. The concept is that two similar horror movies will fight, like boxers, to see which is the best. Title Fright used to be a vlog but I’m really bad on screen so it’s a blog now, and much better for it.
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