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Train to Busan

Train to Busan - in which a neglectful father takes the most adorable daughter ever to her mother's home for her birthday, but there is a zombie interruption. The dad had missed her concert the day before, and the poor little girl got upset and choked on stage. Very sad. Okay, so on the train to Busan, the father and daughter are traveling, but are separated when the little girl has to walk down a few cars to find an open bathroom. In true zombie movie style, she meets a nice couple who will accompany them on the rest of their journey through the movie. Anyways, the train is boarded by an infected person, aka zombie, and the carnage quickly spreads. The father finds his daughter and almost doesn't hold the door for that nice couple, but then he does help save them, but he is still an asshole. There are some other characters along the way, like some high school kids, and some scaredy Steve Marcus type jerk. When the cities are reported to be collapsing, Busan is reported to remain standing. Eventually the train has to make an unscheduled stop, and there are only few passengers left. The effects are awesome, all the acting is great. There are opportunites for the father and the nice husband to sacrifice themselves to save the daughter and the pregnant wife, and they tragically do. The wife and the daughter make it to safety, but it is bittersweet.

PS It is in Japanese.


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