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Seoul Station

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A man desperately searches for his runaway daughter as the government struggles to shut down the area around a zombie outbreak.
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Critics Consensus

Thrilling and relentless from start to finish, Yeon Sang-ho's Seoul Station is a layered and vicious entry into the zombie genre.

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Pierce Conran Time Out 03/20/2020
3/5
That leaves us with a solid but less compelling work in his growing filmography that satisfies neither as art or entertainment. Go to Full Review
Clarence Tsui The Hollywood Reporter 03/20/2020
While not exactly as intriguing and powerful as his previous animated features, Seoul Station still offers visuals and a narrative in perpetual, gripping motion. Go to Full Review
Gwilym Mumford Guardian 03/17/2017
3/5
At times it is oppressively morose, but it has a nice dusting of social realism to go with the violence, and reaches an agreeably nasty conclusion. Go to Full Review
Tom Cassidy Common Sense Media 11/06/2023
3/5
Seoul Station lacks Train to Busan's compelling "zombies on a train" premise but shares its intensity. Go to Full Review
Carlos Cañas El antepenúltimo mohicano 03/20/2020
A morbid critique on the horrifying ways humanity can turn on itself. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Jordi Costa El Pais (Spain) 03/20/2020
Seoul Station succeeds on its unfriendly characters, sustained discomfort and, above all, an unforgiving diagnosis of the moral misery of a society that perhaps was already living its well-deserved Apocalypse inside. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
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Vance M @RT09384766 1d The beginning had good social commentary and suspenseful pacing, and the ending was poetic in a way. But the 80% in between included too many bizarre decisions. I understand people make dumb mistakes, and that's a trope of the horror genre. In fact there was some solid decision-making and good survival choices made in this movie alongside the dumb decisions. What broke immersion for me and drags my review down was how frequently characters didn't respond to situations in a way that was believable. Ex: I understand that in the zombie genre, writers will avoid using the word "zombie" so they can create their own world. That's fine. But when the infected people are black-veined, grey-skinned, red-eyed, foaming at the mouth, growling, contorted, and sprinting toward you, it's not a believable response to be like "Hey, buddy! You okay?". And that happened like 6 times. Maybe the artists should have made the infected still look like normal people for the writing to be more believable. See more Lord H. @RT31585074 May 3 Waste of time. Bad ending See more K G @KatyG-S Feb 6 Unfair how audiences did not like this unproblematic & acclaimed movie. With movies from other areas & recommendations, it feels right to discover more of the not so mainstream movies out of there. Now, I have started to watch the franchise that is "Train to Busan" - in chronological order. In the chronological order, I am starting with the prequel that is "Seoul Station". To start off with, I have just loved the animation to it: it is 2D with elements of 3D staying together & unsivved as compared to adult animated sitcoms. It feels so surreal with realistic movement & handheld like shots. The adventure story is excitement: we have a group of people, who escape in different by themselves cooperating survive. They were together: because they har all survived a Zombie apocolypse - do not leave homeless people alone before it is too late. I just love pandemic movies centered around very few who survived. See more Tyler T @Filbus Dec 23 Great blend of 2D and 3D animation, good zombie designs, great social commentary both before and after the zombie outbreak, and it adds upon the zombie rules established by Train to Busan. However, this movie does have its flaws. 1: None of the protagonists shut any doors. 2: The main human antagonist doesn't even try to run away from the main protagonist as she turns into a zombie while he attempts to sexually assault her. 3: Nobody pays attention or has any real survival instinct. See more Metehan Ç @Han12737373 Sep 15 Wasted potential and ending is terrible. See more Justin P @RT41938285 10/29/2024 This was an unbelievably good movie that I could not recommend more to anyone into zombie films and the like, the story is great, animation style in my opinion is also great, the characters all have backgrounds that are either terrible in a way for them or others and the ending is just phenomenal, would watch again and truly recommend to anyone reading this review See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A man desperately searches for his runaway daughter as the government struggles to shut down the area around a zombie outbreak.
Director
Yeon Sang-ho
Producer
Lee Dong-ha, Suh Youngjoo, Yeon Sang-ho
Screenwriter
Yeon Sang-ho
Production Co
Studio Dadashow, Finecut
Genre
Horror, Action, Animation
Original Language
Korean
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 1, 2017
Runtime
1h 32m