10 Zombie Movies You Must See Before You Die
9. Train To Busan (2016)
A breakout star of Korean cinema that came three years before success story Parasite, Train to Busan is comfortably the decade’s best zombie flick. Coming at a time where films about the undead were (ironically) spreading like the plague and there seemed like no escape, Train To Busan took the formula, understood what made it great and enhanced it in a way that all the zombie carbon copies couldn't.
Writer and director Yeon Sang-ho crafted a film that acted as an allegory for class divide and moral quandaries, setting it along various trains and railroads moving at breakneck speed. Like its very best South Korean contemporaries, Train To Busan both entertains and gets across its important message.
We instantly feel for the characters on the train, their rich stories built by Yeon and their own moral compasses brought into question. For a film so vibrant, gritty, fast and zombie-filled, it may come as a surprise to people that Train To Busan is so driven by an idea of humanity; because, when crisis strikes, who else is gonna be there to help us but each other?