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A few things near the end that bothered me

posted 7 years ago by spurtle467 (1558)
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This was a decent take on the zombie genre even if it did seem like World War Z set on a train, but a few things bothered me near the end.

1) Forget the jerk in the suit, the real villain in this (other than the zombies) was that sweet old lady, who decided to murder everyone on the carriage by opening the door to her dead friend and the rest of the zombies for some reason. What?

2) The survivors that joined up with that carriage from 4 carriages down were told to go to the safer and unoccupied front part of the train as a punishment. And they seemed really bothered by it?? Surprised people didn't want to go in it already to get further away from the zombies.

3) The dad decided to endanger the lives of himself, his daughter, and the other pregnant woman by not simply throwing the train driver off while he was turning when he had the chance. There should be absolutely no reason to feel guilty about this even when he's talking to you. It made me not feel sorry for the dad when he got bitten.

4) It seemed pretty stupid for the daughter to be loudly singing in a dark tunnel during a zombie outbreak when you know they're sensitive to sound and you're unfamiliar with what's ahead of you..

[–] Supratad (139) 7 years ago

1) At that point, there was a divide amongst the living when they should have been united against the dead. All the same old prejudices and fears had come out led by one powerful "leader" spurring on the others. I know very little of Korean politics and history but given the old ladies' ages, I suspect they may have been little girls when Korea split into two, so the whole thing there was a metaphor for the division in Korea. She decided the others in the carriage had learned nothing from their history and by wanting to be re-united with her sister, also decided to punish them, that mankind did not deserve to live.

2) as above, they were bothered by the separation. The larger number of people against them wanted to stay in the bigger space with chairs in.

3)Yeah, the CEO was a self-serving tool/jerk. I'd have thrown him from the train in an instant.

4)That was the only time she got to finally sing her song, and it really mattered that people heard her. They knew they were approaching the safe-zone I think, but even if not, it's a good recall and emotional way to end the film.

[–] Stratego (31049) 5 years ago

1) True
2) Was thinking the same thing
3) Yes
4) I'm not sure the pregnant woman and the girl knew about the zombies being sensitive to sound

[–] captainburrito (128) 5 years ago

2) It was definitely safer. I think the hurt was being ostracized and treated like that which is hugely disrespectful. It's like the way they treated the homeless.