Zombie movies are a big and popular genre in films. While most of these films tend to be bloody, gory, and messy. Zombie movies can also feel surface-level because the films fail to explore the deeper aspects of the plot and its characters. Train to Busan is a South Korean horror-thriller zombie movie that stands as an exception. Critically acclaimed for its nuanced portrayal of relationships between characters and the high stakes in dangerous situations, Train to Busan is a treat for any movie lover.
Success Of Train To Busan
The film has scored an impressive 95% on Rotten Tomatoes. Train to Busan presents zombie fans with something new, fresh, and presents an intellectual take on the genre. Fortunately, Train to Busan isn’t the only such zombie movie. 2016 horror drama The Girl with All the Gifts is a film that fits that description perfectly, too!
The aspect of the film that stood out to the audience was the broken relationship between the father and daughter. How this dynamic evolves into a fight for survival while protecting the ones you cherish. Train to Busan is as much about mending the parent and child relationship as it is about zombies. It is a zombie horror movie with an unexpected touch of emotional depth.
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Plot Of The Girl With All The Gifts
The Girl With All the Gifts is a film that checks all these boxes. The movie focuses on an army base where zombie children are kept imprisoned and are experimented on to find a cure for a virus. The deadly virus has turned all of humanity into mindless zombies. One of these captured children is Melanie, a young girl who can somewhat control her zombie urges and tries her hardest not to act on it.
One of the most interesting features of the movie is that it is narrated through Melanie’s point of view. Melanie at first does not even know that she is a zombie, therefore taking the audience on an interesting journey of thrill and revelations. The film, just like Train to Busan, does a phenomenal job of portraying zombies as two-dimensional characters. It drives home the fact that the ones who are supposed to be antagonists of a story are not always the bad guys. The Girl With All the Gifts is a story about humanity, persistence, and surviving in a cruel world that wants to take it all from you
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