Zombie Fun With Social Commentary

Rating: 8/10 (14 July 2019)

Train To Busan: It got a mediocre review in FT magazine, 5/10. From the opening scenes of a cynical farmer who is told of a minor leak from a Bio-Research Laboratory this film scored high imho. The farmer runs over a deer and after he leaves it comes back to life! He's beHind you!
Most of the story takes place on the eponymous train. A Bond Trader is taking his young daughter to his estranged wife in Busan when the Zombie outbreak occurs. These are fast zombies who bite and chomp and swiftly turn their victims into the undead. A School Baseball team use their bats to good effect. Some social commentary as well which would be worthy of Ken Loach but its not laid on with a trowel.
The Zombie action works well and we mostly encounter fresh Zombies as they haven't had time to deteriorate. They run, they swarm. Nothing original but its used to good effect as is the character development of the (still) human characters. 8/10