One of the Best Zomie Movies in a Very Long Time

Rating: 9/10 (24 December 2016)

It is going to be hard to review this movie without adding spoilers, but here goes:
I rarely watch Korean or any films with subtitles because I usually watch movies or television while doing something else. But I had read so many good things about Train to Busan, and it was Christmas Eve, so I put down all my other things and watched. What a thrill ride this movie is! There isn't much wrong with this movie and if I told you why I dropped a star from 10, it would be a spoiler!! This movie is The Walking Dead when it was new, before action and bad guys took over from the character development and relationships of beloved characters.
I was entranced from the first scene. Everything in this movie is excellent. The characters are very well developed and you get attached to them. The directing is just about perfect. The layout from beginning to end is exactly what I look for in any movie. Intelligence, action, strong characters, nearly perfect flow from scene to scene. While I know most people will put this in the Zombie Apocalypse category, I beg to differ. This movie would fit in Action Adventure, Thriller, and Sci Fi just as well. While the film is about zombies, this is a much bigger movie.
If you like Action Adventure and Thrillers and don't mind or can even keep an open mind about zombies, I highly recommend Train to Buran. Even if you object to subtitles, I can attest that shortly into the film, you won't even notice them. Which means you won't see a Korean film with subtitles, you will watch a movie that is simply very entertaining, even a little humor thrown in, and it will absorb you to the point that your surroundings fade and you find yourself living in this movie. That is my highest praise that I can give any movie I see. That it supersedes all boundaries and delivers a movie where you don't think of it as a foreign movie or a genre movie or a movie about politics or causes you are tired of having jammed down your throats, or politically correct language, when you just want to get away from the everyday news or your job or your health or family squabbles. And it got almost 10 stars because it fulfills that list with excellent acting and breathtaking excitement.
One more thought: even the many movies I watch that can catch me and pull me in, often there is some mistake or ungainly slow period or a moment that fits in the story from the Producers or directors eye, but causes a momentary glitch in my captivation of said movie. I can't remember one moment that took me out of the movie and brought me back to reality. Just a suggestion, get all bathroom breaks and snacks out of the way before you sit down and start watching Train to Buran.
And, yes, a little fear is earnestly felt now and again, also. Watch this movie!! It really is worth paying for. And movies like this, in my humble opinion, are few and far between these days!