"Busanhen" is a popular film from the famous director Yong San Ho (South Korea). He was nominated by the Asian Film Academy in five categories: “Best Actor (Men)”, “Best Role, Supporting Role (Men)”, as well as “Best Costume”, “Best Special Effect” and “Best Editing”. It was also praised outside of Southeast Asia. He entered the list of nominees for the American film award "Saturn" as "Best Horror Movie" along with such super-popular films as "Don't Breathe", "Spell-2" and "The Last Rite". Unfortunately, the film did not receive the main prize.
Started at the Russian box office under the name “Busan Train” in 2016. About 35 thousand viewers watched the film in Russia. Box office in the first weekend amounted to almost 5 million rubles. The rating of film critics on the popular web resource “Kinopoisk” was a record 100 percent, in the rest of the world the rating exceeded 95 percent.
Prequel
In South Korea, the film was released on 07/20/2016. "Busan Busan" has become the highest grossing horror in the history of the country. In the world, fees are close to 90 million dollars. The first screening of the film took place at the Cannes Film Festival outside of the competition programs.
After the overwhelming success of the film, director Yong San Ho specializing in animation shot a peculiar animated sequel to Seoul Station. ”
The cartoon also received a lot of attention from fans of the director's work. In addition, Yong San Ho is the author of the story Trains to Busan and Seoul Station.
Fans are discussing the possibility of releasing the second part of the film and are looking forward to the news.
Plot
The genre of the film is a mixture of action and horror with thriller elements.
The plot of “Trains in Busan” begins with an introduction to the protagonist, So Sok-woo, who, with his little daughter, Su Ahn, intends to go to Busan so that the girl can see her mother. The time is approaching Christmas, and Sok U is in a hurry to catch the last express train this year. In a hurry, he does not pay attention to the strange situation in Seoul, the burning high-rise building, many special services in the city and so on. They successfully achieve the goal and jump into the car of a high-speed train.
At this time, a real zombie apocalypse begins on the platform. People are attacked by zombies that are infected with a virus unknown to humanity that turns people into evil creatures. And as it turns out, this situation has developed not only in Seoul.
Meanwhile, on the train, the viewer gets to know the rest of the passengers on the train, including a whole baseball team, a businessman, a couple, two elderly women, a cheerleader girl and a stowaway homeless.
The train departs from the platform, and a woman who managed to infect zombies manages to drop into the last carriage. After she herself turns into a monster and pounces on the train conductor. So the infection spreads rapidly throughout the train and threatens to get to Sok U. Together with other passengers, Sok U tries to save himself and the child. Zombies run after them and drive them into one of the cars at the beginning of the train. Now, only a glass door separates them from the hordes of monsters, through which the zombies could not go. Using mobile phones, survivors receive a message that they will be met by a military unit in Daejeon for help.
Upon reaching Daejeon, passengers see that an epidemic has also got here and there a whole detachment of zombie soldiers awaits them. Heroes are again forced to flee by train. At the same time, they all run into different cars and try to escape from zombies. Suk Woo, Yong Guk and Song Hwa decide to make their way to Su Ahn, Song Ken and the homeless. The only means of communication are mobile phones by which they agree to meet. Now they need to get through several cars, to the eyeballs filled with zombies. As a result, two passengers become victims of monsters.
It turns out that in Busan, the train is already waiting for the support of the army. It was decided to go there. On the way, the heroes again encounter zombies and lose a few more passengers. And Juice U itself is infected. Realizing that the disease is progressing, he locks his daughter and several more survivors, and he jumps off the train. The remaining ones manage to escape.
Cast and Roles
All the actors of Busan Trains have long been known not only in South Korea, but also far beyond its borders: in China, Japan, Latin America and Russia, especially among fans of key pop.
- Gong Yu - the role of Suk Wu, the head of the fund, a terrible workaholic and father of Su An
- Kim Soo An - the role of Su Ahn, daughter of Suk Woo;
- Ma Dong Suk - the role of Song Hwa, a passenger on a train, a businessman who travels with his pregnant wife;
- Jung Yu Mi - role of Song Ken, pregnant wife of Song Hwa;
- Kim Yi-san is the role of Yong-suk, a wealthy and successful businessman;
- Chwe U Schik - the role of Young Guk, a member of the basketball team;
- So Hee - the role of Jin Hee, cheerleader;
- Chwe Gwi Hwa - the role of a stowaway.
In 2016, a redemption of the rights to the adaptation of the remake by a French company was announced. Nothing is known about the new actors of Trains to Busan. Rumor has it that Hollywood actors will take part in the filming. At the moment, the company is in talks.
Interesting Facts
- For director San Ho, "Train to Busan" is the first full-length non-resuscitation work.
- Don Suk coached Gong Yu for a long time for filming.
- The main actor, Trains in Busan, is Gon Yu from Busan.
- Seoul Station talks about the events that took place on the eve of Busan Trains.
- The actress, who performed the role of Shin Hee, was previously known as the key pop idol of the girl group.
- When shooting, extras were cast by actors , San Ho deliberately refused an excessive amount of special effects.
- The actors of "Trains in Busan" during the filming established an excellent relationship.
Reviews
The rating of the film among viewers is overwhelming and in different countries ranges from 90 to 95 percent. Thousands of reviews have been written for the plot. In Russia, in the old fashioned way, they were looking for historical, political and social background. Many publications noted not only the magnificent game of the main actors, but also the significant contribution of the crowd. The main reviews on the "Busan Train" are positive.
The film is worth it to spend the evening on it!