Train to Busan (2016)
Action, Horror, Thriller
73Kernel Score — Generally Favorable, 0 reviews
The Kernel take
A 73 Metascore on an $8.5M budget that's grossed $87.5M worldwide is the kind of return on critical goodwill that studios dream about—especially for a zombie thriller in a market that rarely gets this kind of international play.
Director track record: Yeon Sang-ho
Train to Busan (73) sits well above Yeon Sang-ho's own 52.5-point average across his other 4 scored films — his new best-reviewed work to date, a marked departure from a filmography that had previously peaked at Colony (57).
Lead track record: Gong Yoo
Gong Yoo's performance here (73) sits slightly above his own 70.5-point average across his other 2 scored films, though it trails his best-reviewed work, The Age of Shadows (78).
Box office
Budget $8.5M · Box office $87.5M