In the first ten minutes, I thought the most terrifying thing was the silence of the disaster, lurking in an unknown corner, waiting for an outbreak. It spreads rapidly in familiar life scenes. Streets, roads, train stations, trains... caught off guard, swept over, and the lives were overwhelmed.
At the 30th minute, I thought that the most terrifying thing was the inaction of the government to conceal the truth. The lies were reported calmly, while the citizens who fell into disasters and died violently.
At the forty-sixth minute, I thought the most terrifying thing was the ferocious, bloodthirsty zombies, which continued to grow exponentially, with an overwhelming advantage in numbers, terrible fighting power and constant riots. The city is like a purgatory on earth.
It wasn't until one hour and eleven minutes that I realized that the most terrifying thing was the ugly and selfish humanity, and the unknown under what kind of glamorous face such humanity was hidden.
The well-dressed but despicable gold affairs fanned the flames and prevented everyone from accepting the protagonist and others who had just passed through the zombie group, and finally led to the sacrifice of the uncle.
And the ignorant masses are really driven by this irrationality, without thinking and judgment, closing the door of life and death, unwilling to take a little bit of life risk, and abandon their life and death. The despicable nature and blind group psychology under the condition of life and death are in the woods. What is the difference between the people at this moment and the zombies that are harmful? Seeing this, my heart sank, unspeakable sorrow. Then there was a reversal.
The old grandmother who saw through the cold world, looked at the sister who became a zombie, and decisively opened the door, making this group of people the only zombies they deserve to be. At this moment, the male lead in the safe area showed a slight smile.
This may be the best scene the audience saw in the whole film. In addition, what really supports this excellent work is that each little character has its own story and sincere complex. The train bound for Busan is the carrier of these and the projection of the crowd.
Female high school student Jin Hee unabashedly liked baseball player Min Rongguo. Although the boy had a proud face of disdain, he never abandoned him to protect the girl while fleeing.
On the way, Zhenxi asked "what to do" in a panic all the way, and the boy was always calmly looking for a way out. It wasn't until the girl was bitten by a zombie that he broke down and cried for the first time, and said "what should I do" helplessly.
In the end, he hugged Zhenxi and turned into a zombie almost calmly, without struggling or escaping at all. The two people continued to love and kill each other in the world of zombies like hugging each other.
There are also the elderly sisters. The first shot of the appearance shows that the two people are in a very different class. The younger sister lives well, and the older sister loves her very much, and sacrifices her life's hardship for the family all her life.
When the sister saw her sister survived safely, a peaceful smile appeared on her face.
At the same time, she sighed about the sinister world and didn't want to survive, so she chose to become a zombie.
It was her choice of death that caused her sister's all-out thoughts to be utterly devastated, and she made the most anti-human move in the whole film, which is to open the door and release the corpse. The family love and tacit understanding of the two sisters' blood thicker than water is also extraordinary. And the uncle who can eat chicken drumsticks and beat the blame and love his wife with infinite charm. At the time of sacrifice, he was worried that his wife would come over, so he shouted anxiously. When I saw my wife’s tears, his expression changed and his tone changed, his eyes were full of tender love.
He used his body as a wall to resist the group of zombies. At that moment, I thought of Addo, and his life is only a door.
Finally, let’s talk about our actor, Mr. Jinyu.
As a securities fund manager, he adheres to the principle of careful calculation in the secondary market, and all considerations are based on his own interests.
He even brought these into his family life, which directly led to the divorce from his wife and the alienation from his daughter.
Along the way, his daughter spotted the flaws and deficiencies in the nature of others, causing his behavior to change unknowingly. After the uncle saved him and his daughter, he fought bravely and never gave up anyone. In the end, the image has been sublimated. He obeyed the uncle's request to take care of the pregnant woman and put her life first. The promise was fulfilled with life.
The starting point of the male protagonist and the selfish financial affairs are the same. They are also middle-class elites, who also know how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and protect themselves wisely, and they are also just for the sake of their families.
The difference is that the one who is fearless and brave will become great in the end, and the other will survive and harm others. Under fear, family affection, and disaster, good and evil are no more than a single thought. These people are intertwined to form overlapping lifelines, but without exception reveal the multi-faceted and complex human nature. Reason and absurdity, fear and cowardice, courage and retreat, in this disaster, it is particularly clear.
The last survivors are pregnant women and children who have no power to bind the chicken. Their survival represents a lot. The weak, of course, did not escape the siege of the zombies unscathed through their own struggles. Behind them there must be great sacrifices and emotional support to protect them. The director chose their survival, I think he also chose to believe in the brilliance and warmth of human nature.
If this is not obvious enough, the last soldier who violated the order and did not pull the trigger may be more convincing.
To be a human being can never be reduced to a walking corpse, and always have to be different from them. Evil is destructive, but good is slow like a snail.
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