Rating of
2.5/4
"Seoul Station" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 06/14/19
A young runaway is separated from her estranged boyfriend as the city is consumed by a plague of bloodthirsty zombies.
Seoul Station is an animated prequel to Korean zombie movie Train To Busan and tells the tale of how the infection that turned people into undead killers first spread throughout the population. Like all the best horror stories - including grandaddy of the genre Dawn Of The Dead - Seoul Station includes an element of social commentary in that the disease first emerges amongst the unwanted underclass of the homeless and how society's neglect of these people directly contributed to the mass outbreak that led to its undoing. Very much echoing Japanese Manga the visuals have an impressive sense of realism thanks to sensitive direction and although it can get a little emotionally overwrought from time to time, it's difficult not to root for this collection of imperfect dropouts as they flee the impending armageddon.
There's also a nicely cynical twist in the tale at the finale and it serves as a fine introduction to the story of Train To Busan, while still working as a standalone story.
