Exhilarating from departure to arrival, Train to Busan is a breakthrough in balancing emotion and fright.

Rating: 9/10 (16 September 2016)

A daughter and her estranged father board a train to Busan to see her mother. What seems to be a peaceful ride soon turn into a nightmare as a zombie outbreak manages to make their way inside the train. One by one, passengers fell victim to the pandemic. Can they make it to Busan?
Korean movies always knows best to tug at their audience's heartstrings. Whether it's family drama, life problems, or just full blown tearjerkers. Korean movies is also home to some of the most terrifying, spine-chilling, and effective jumpscare usage in horror movies of all time. This movie captures both aspects successfully. The scoring in this movie is just right, and the visuals provided with each shot is definitely jaw-dropping.
The movie does lack in several aspects, such as inexplicable plot points, questionable decisions by the characters, and some lagging in storytelling by the latter half of the movie. Good thing is, the negative aspects are only apparent on subsequent watches, and the movie still provides good entertainment sprinkled with logical backstories and likable/unpleasant characters for you to root to survive or die.
All in all, Train to Busan is an exhilarating experience, and a fresh take on zombie movie tropes.