Train to Busan

Chuckman said:
Think Korean World War Z, with subtitles. If you like zombie movies like World War Z, you would dig this.
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I’ve tried watching this like 3 times but I just can’t get into it.

And honestly it’s because of the subtitles.

Sometimes I’m fine with them and other times I just can’t do it.

The trailers look awesome and it’s been recommend by a couple buddies. I’ll have to try it one more time.
 
Chdamn said:
I’ve tried watching this like 3 times but I just can’t get into it.

And honestly it’s because of the subtitles.

Sometimes I’m fine with them and other times I just can’t do it.

The trailers look awesome and it’s been recommend by a couple buddies. I’ll have to try it one more time.
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The last 5 minutes makes it worth it. Believe me. And grab a hanky.
 
Love that movie! The guy from Squid Game and Don Lee. Seen them both in a bunch of movies.
If you like that, check out Kingdom. Pretty cool zombie series set in the past.

A lot of times for these type of movies I'll watch it with overdub. If I like it I'll rewatch with subtitles sometime.

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Kingdom (TV Series 2019– ) ⭐ 8.3 | Action, Drama, Horror

45m | TV-MA
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It was a great movie. Yea the subtitles sucked, and I don’t normally watch them for that reason. But I enjoyed that movie
 
Isn’t there an English dub? I could have sworn watching this and hearing English instead of reading subtitles.
 
Great movie, very cool take on the whole zombie trope.
 
I generally dislike zombie movies with “fast moving zombies”. But I will make an exception here. It is a very good flick.
 
I liked it. It's not my favorite zombie movie but it kept me interested throughout the film. Korean cinema is generally worth watching if you don't mind foreign media with subtitles. There are a couple of standout titles I would recommend to anyone who's interested:

Parasite (first foreign movie to win an Oscar)
Oldboy
The Host (I remember being in the car with my dad in Seoul as a little boy and we had to turn back at one point because they were filming this movie and we came across the set)
The Wailing
Kingdom (zombie drama set in medieval Korea, I thoroughly enjoyed the series and I personally think it's better than Train to Busan)
Memories of Murder (I almost liked this one better than Parasite, older movie made by the same director)
Okja
I Saw the Devil

It seems that Korean directors do dramas and thriller movies really well. A word of caution, some of them are really graphic with mature themes that are definitely not family-friendly. A lot of Korean media is on Netflix so that's a good place to start watching.
 
halorocks22 said:
I liked it. It's not my favorite zombie movie but it kept me interested throughout the film. Korean cinema is generally worth watching if you don't mind foreign media with subtitles. There are a couple of standout titles I would recommend to anyone who's interested:

Parasite (first foreign movie to win an Oscar)
Oldboy
The Host (I remember being in the car with my dad in Seoul as a little boy and we had to turn back at one point because they were filming this movie and we came across the set)
The Wailing
Kingdom (zombie drama set in medieval Korea, I thoroughly enjoyed the series and I personally think it's better than Train to Busan)
Memories of Murder (I almost liked this one better than Parasite, older movie made by the same director)
Okja
I Saw the Devil

It seems that Korean directors do dramas and thriller movies really well. A word of caution, some of them are really graphic with mature themes that are definitely not family-friendly. A lot of Korean media is on Netflix so that's a good place to start watching.
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Kingdom was great, wish instill had Netflix so I could finish it.

I cannot imagine what possessed them to think they could make a western remake of Oldboy and it wouldn't suck.

What's that Korean series (I think) where the people are trapped in their apartment building with all the weird monsters?
 
NCLivingBrit said:
Kingdom was great, wish instill had Netflix so I could finish it.

I cannot imagine what possessed them to think they could make a western remake of Oldboy and it wouldn't suck.

What's that Korean series (I think) where the people are trapped in their apartment building with all the weird monsters?
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I think you're referring to Sweet Home. I tried to get into it but couldn't because I had no idea what the plot was supposed to be. Interesting premise though.

If you like historical movies, there are a few movies I'd recommend. My Way is about a Korean soldier who gets conscripted into the Imperial Japanese Army, then the Red Army then the Wehrmacht before finally being captured by US forces. Grossly embellished and too lengthy for its own good, but the visual effects and setpieces make it worth watching. The Admiral: Roaring Currents (shitty title) is about a famous naval battle where 12 Korean warships sunk a Japanese armada during the Japanese invasions of Joseon Korea at the end of the 16th century. Silmido is about Unit 684, a covert military unit that was created in retaliation for the Blue House Incident where North Korean commandos tried to assassinate the South Korean president but failed. Taegukgi is a decent war movie set in the Korean War about two brothers on opposing sides of the conflict and The Handmaiden (fictional) is a thriller set during the Japanese colonial period right before WWII.
 
halorocks22 said:
I think you're referring to Sweet Home. I tried to get into it but couldn't because I had no idea what the plot was supposed to be. Interesting premise though.

If you like historical movies, there are a few movies I'd recommend. My Way is about a Korean soldier who gets conscripted into the Imperial Japanese Army, then the Red Army then the Wehrmacht before finally being captured by US forces. Grossly embellished and too lengthy for its own good, but the visual effects and setpieces make it worth watching. The Admiral: Roaring Currents (shitty title) is about a famous naval battle where 12 Korean warships sunk a Japanese armada during the Japanese invasions of Joseon Korea at the end of the 16th century. Silmido is about Unit 684, a covert military unit that was created in retaliation for the Blue House Incident where North Korean commandos tried to assassinate the South Korean president but failed. Taegukgi is a decent war movie set in the Korean War about two brothers on opposing sides of the conflict and The Handmaiden (fictional) is a thriller set during the Japanese colonial period right before WWII.
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I don't have any streaming except Hulu any more, I got tired of paying for nothing but Indian garbage (Netflix) and woke ruins of great books (Amazon)
 
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