Seoul Station

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Movie
German title Seoul Station
Original title Seoul-yeok ( 서울역 )
Country of production South Korea
original language Korean
Publishing year 2016
length 93 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Yeon Sang-ho
script Yeon Sang-ho
synchronization
chronology

Successor  →
Train to Busan

Seoul Station is the third animated film by the South Korean director Yeon Sang-ho . The film is about a zombie - apocalypse and presents the history to Train to Busan is. Seoul Station premiered on April 5, 2016 the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival and was there with the Silver Raven Award. The film was released in South Korean cinemas on August 17, 2016 and reached 000000000147031.0000000000147,031 viewers. On March 31, 2017, the film was released individually on DVD and Blu-ray in Germany by splendid film . The German first release took place in the set with Train to Busan on February 3, 2017.

action

An old homeless man walks down the path to Seoul Station and appears to be injured in the neck. Only his homeless friend wants to help him. But the infirmary nearby is full. When he calls the police, the old homeless man is no longer there. The friend soon finds him again, but sees him eating another person and then attacking him.

Hye-seon, who ran away from home, lives with her boyfriend Gi-ung in an apartment near Seoul Station . They run out of money for this, which is why Gi-ung wants them to prostitute themselves so that both of them don't have to live on the streets again. Hye-seon refuses, and an argument ensues, after which they both go their separate ways. Hye-seon's father, who spots the sex ad online, contacts Gi-ung to find his daughter. When Gi-ung Hye-seon calls, she pushes him away. She runs to the subway, but suddenly people run towards her, fleeing from an attacking horde. They hide in a police station, but the police officers are also attacked. There they notice that bites can also turn you into a zombie . A special unit arrives and can draw the attention of Hye-seon and another homeless man so that they can escape. They are picked up by an ambulance, but protest so vehemently against going to the hospital that the car crashes.

At the same time, Gi-ung and Hye-seon's father Seok-gu search the apartment. Hye-seon has not returned yet. Instead, the two are attacked by zombies. But you can escape by car. Gi-ung also manages to get in touch with Hye-seon. After the ambulance accident, she walked with the homeless man through the subway to Hoehyeon Station. Gi-ung and Seok-gu go there, but the area is cordoned off by the police. Hye-seon and the homeless man are behind the barricade, but the police will not let them through. Finally there is the military. The homeless man climbs the barricade because he wants to escape. But the military shoots him. The panic starts after the shot, and from the other side zombies approaching. Hye-seon just manages to escape to a new apartment building and contacts Gi-ung. Both come into the building. But there it turns out that Seok-gu is not Hye-seon's father, but a pimp to whom Hye-seon owes money. He kills Gi-ung when he tries to defend Hye-seon. But this can escape. Nevertheless, Seok-gu tracks them down. When he tries to rape her, she appears to be dead. He notices that Hye-seon is infected. This attacks him immediately.

reception

Michael Meyns from Filmstarts.de rated the film positively and gave it 4 out of 5 stars. He described Seoul Station as more worth seeing than Train to Busan by the same director. Both films are different: Seoul Station is a social drama, while Train to Busan is more action-heavy. For Meyns, Seoul Station “as a strong portrait of people on the fringes of Korean society has much more to offer than just another zombie apocalypse”. According to Park Jin-hai of the Korea Times , Seoul Station is darker than Train to Busan, and the protagonists are also more unusual. They are people at the bottom of the social ladder: a homeless man, a prostitute and a pimping friend. The film convinces with some metaphors and trumps Train to Busan . Hollywood Reporter's Clarence Tsui described the film as "an easy, exhilarating ride through a monster-infested world." James Marsh gave Seoul Station 3 stars out of 5 and reviewed the film average.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Seoul Station. (No longer available online.) In: Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival. Archived from the original on January 8, 2017 ; accessed on January 8, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bifff.net
  2. ^ Pierce Conran: Silver Ravens for SEOUL STATION, THE PHONE in Brussels. In: Korean Film Biz Zone. April 18, 2016, accessed January 8, 2017 .
  3. ^ Seoul Station (2016). In: Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved January 7, 2017 (English).
  4. ↑ Seoul Station. In: splendid film. Retrieved January 6, 2017 .
  5. ↑ a b c d Michael Meyns: Seoul Station. In: Filmstarts.de . Retrieved January 9, 2017 .
  6. ↑ a b Park Jin-hai: 'Seoul Station' another zombie movie from 'Train to Busan' director. In: The Korea Times . August 12, 2016, accessed January 9, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Clarence Tsui: 'Seoul Station' ('Seoul-yeok'): Film Review. In: The Hollywood Reporter . August 1, 2016, accessed January 9, 2017 .
  8. ↑ James Marsh: Film review: Seoul Station - animated prequel to Train to Busan is a message-driven horror flick. Director Yeon Sang-ho addresses his country's class issues, rampant misogyny and heavy-handed use of the military through this animated zombie prequel. In: South China Morning Post . September 21, 2016, accessed January 9, 2017 .