the undead zone

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Anyone who caught 2016’s Train To Busan might (understandably) struggle to see how a sequel could either carry on the story or up the ante on its relentless claustrophobic thrills. Thankfully, director Yeon Sang-ho knows exactly how. Returning with new characters, Yeon goes all Aliens on us, vastly expanding the scope while shifting the narrative.

picks up the thread four years on, with South Korea draped in darkness and death after being locked away from the rest of the world (the successful containment of a viral contagion may be the film’s least believable plot point). A small team of outcasts is Plissken’d into