pulling the feels…
pulling the feels…
FLICKFEEL
82
from 55 comments
COMMUNITY
81
1 person
YOURS
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FUN
33
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
48
how much it moved you
Two separate readings, not parts of the score — the score says how much of it held you, these say what kind of watch it was.
Not a rating. This is public discussion of this title, read into a curve — shown next to the community score above, never mixed into it.
Read from 55 comments (50 from Metacritic, 5 from TMDB reviews) — 21 of them described how it moves.
➖ steady — Holds one level all the way. Pulled both ways throughout — never simply one thing. Very little of it ever resolves.
Hover the curveDrag across the curve to see what people said at any point.
“I don't think I reacted quite how the director wanted me to react during that last act.”
Kamurai · TMDB reviews ↗
“The pacing starts slow”
TkA · TMDB reviews ↗
“by the time it hits full throttle you won't catch your breath, and you'll be on the edge of their seat”
TkA · TMDB reviews ↗
“It fizzles out toward the end”
BigYeedus · Metacritic ↗
“This film just made me feel like I was stuck on the train and I could not catch my breath.”
pauldevlin · Metacritic ↗
“Think the final 3rd falls off a little with some choppy CGI and uneven characterizations.”
royalguy07 · Metacritic ↗
Read 24 Aug 2026 · confidence 100% · scored on the same 0-100 scale as a community score · how this works
Published reviews, not felt experience — a different question from the one above, and never mixed into the FlickFeel score.
“Train to Busan is a cleverly concentrated shot of zombie terror.”
Josh Larsen, LarsenOnFilm · 100
“The result is first-class throughout.”
Clark Collis, Entertainment Weekly · 83
“Train to Busan pulses with relentless locomotive momentum. As an allegory of class rebellion and moral polarization, it proves just as biting as Bong Joon-ho’s sci-fi dystopia “Snowpiercer,” while delivering even more unpretentious fun.”
Maggie Lee, Variety · 80
“It’s a zombie movie that, amidst the giddy bloodshed, allows room for philosophical questions about our fundamental responsibilities to one another. It may not be something we’ve never seen before, but it’s something we can benefit from seeing again.”
Barbara VanDenburgh, Arizona Republic · 80
“Yeon's patient direction and clever plot twists make Seok-woo's transformation from selfish antihero into brave caregiver consistently compelling.”
Simon Abrams, Village Voice · 80
Scores from Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, read 24 Aug 2026. Quotes belong to their publications and link to the full reviews.
Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.
“It fizzles out toward the end”
BigYeedusabout 75–100% inread it ↗
“This film just made me feel like I was stuck on the train and I could not catch my breath.”
pauldevlinabout 0–100% inread it ↗
“Think the final 3rd falls off a little with some choppy CGI and uneven characterizations.”
royalguy07about 66–100% inread it ↗
“The first half really is incredible though with its pacing and tension.”
royalguy07about 0–50% inread it ↗
“I don't think I reacted quite how the director wanted me to react during that last act.”
Kamuraiabout 75–100% inread it ↗
“The pacing starts slow”
TkAabout 0–33% inread it ↗
“by the time it hits full throttle you won't catch your breath, and you'll be on the edge of their seat”
TkAabout 33–100% inread it ↗
“**Horror express.** A week ago I saw a zombie film from Japan called 'I Am a Hero' and now this Korean. I have not seen a quality zombie film at the recent time. The second tier films like 'Cooties', 'Freaks of Nature', 'Scouts Guide...', all these were comedies. Probably 'World War Z' was the last decent zombie film I have seen and after that this is the one. So the timing of the film was another advantage. Since there's no competition, this zombie film rules. And not to forget the Korean st”
Renoread it ↗
76
Avg Energy
50%
Rewatch %
0%
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