Directed by Jason Yu; new thriller/mystery/horror film Sleep is about a young wife’s efforts as she tries to figure out how to stop her husband’s highly unsettling sleepwalking habits before it’s too late.
For someone who avoids horror films because they usually interfere with my sleep, it’s clearly ill-advised that I’m now interested in a movie in which strange things happen to the protagonist while they’re sleeping.
Part of the appeal is that Sleep was well-received at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023, plus the main star is one of the key cast members in Parasite (2019).
Generally, though, this trailer is just too intriguing, and sleepwalking is as awkward as it is interesting. I’d like to find out where this story goes.
Yoon Kyung-ho Yoon Kyung-ho and Erin Nicole Lundquist also star.
Train to Busanis as good as everyone said it is. It delivers a thrilling ride with one nail-biting event after another to keep things interesting.
Starring Yoo Gong, Jung Yu-mi and Dong-seok Ma, this is a film that’s guaranteed to break your heart. Because, well, it is a zombie apocalypse movie. A subgenre of film I don’t often watch, but this one is special.
Directed by Sang-ho Yeon; there’s a good mix of interesting characters in this story. Exactly the kind you’d expect on your ordinary commute. That is until the inevitable zombie infestation happens. Then you get a good look at the variety of human beings out there. From the incredibly selfish to the less so and everything in between. You’ll likely find yourself wondering about the kind of human you might be in a situation where everyone is desperately struggling to survive. Do you know and will you like yourself, or care if you don’t? I know what I want to believe about me. Yet, I feel it would be quite foolish to proclaim to know for sure.
I enjoyed the visual effects, action scenes and much of the acting. I say ‘much’ and not ‘all’ because I did catch a moment where one character’s expression seemed far calmer than it should have been during a grave situation. And by ‘calm’, I don’t mean the kind that might come over you when you’re ‘shocked into inaction’.
In addition to the expressionless face, the only other downside to Train to Busan for me is the use of one or two movie-making tropes. An example being, keeping a seemingly underdeveloped character around, just so they can perform one or two key tasks to advance the story.
Even with the few elements I didn’t love about the film, Train to Busan remains worth watching. Especially since I wouldn’t call it ‘nightmare-inducing scary‘. What it is is a fun, affecting ride with good zombie action sequences, special effects and notable performances; particularly by young Su-an Kim.
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