The moive begins with a story of a high-positioned fund manager, Seok-woo (Yoo Gong) who has raised his daugther, Su-an along with his mother after having divorce. On a day before Su-an's birthday, Su-an suddenly declares that she wants to go to Busan on her birthday to see her mother or otherwise she will be depressed. So, Seok-woo has no choice but to take Su-an to her mother's place as a birthday gift and takes KTX, an express train that goes to Busan.
In the train, there is a large number of people such as Sang-hwa (Dong-seok Ma) and his pregnant wife Seong-kyeong (Yu-mi Jung), a high school baseball team, a rich CEO Yong-suk, elderly and younger sisters and finally a homeless man.
Luckily, according to announcem the train will be stopped at Daejeon Station where the survivors can get the aids from the soldiers. However, unlike the expectation, the soldier are already infected into the zombies and the survivors run to the train. In that emergent situation, Seok-woo was in danger but he could protect himself and her daughter with the help of others and this has made Seok-woo to accompany with Sang-wha, Seong-keong and the crew. Seek-woo, Sang-wha and the baseball boy have tried to assist others to take the train and barely got into the train. At some points of the trip, Seok-woo has changed from a selfish person into the one who cares about others.
However, Seok-woo, Sang-hwa and baseball boy have realised that Seong-kyeong, Su-an and others are stuck in the toilet of room 15, which is 6 rooms ahead of their stay. They have decided to go to room 15 to save Seong-kyeong and Su-an from the zombies. They fought against the zombies and finally made a way to room 15, rescueing people from the toilet. On their way to room 15, they notice that the zombies are incapable of seeing when surrounded in the dark and react to the sounds.
In order for the survivors to be safely freed from the zombies, they had to move to the compartment. However, self-centric greedy man, Yong-suk blocked the compartment, telling other survivors that Seok-woo and the crew must be infected by the outbreak. Sang-wha sacrificed himself dealing with the zombies to protect the crews and told Seek-woo to take care of Seong-kyeong. While Sang-wha fights against the zombies, the crew broke the door and finally got entered to the compartment. But Yong-suk separates the crew into other compartment, propagating other survivors that they are not safe to stay with.
Being sick of the selfishness of other survivors, the younger sister of the infected elderly grandmother has opend the door and the zoobies come in, attacking people. But Seok-woo and the crew could escape from the attacks as they are segregated from the others.
Seok-woo's crews have sacrificed themselves to protect Su-an and Seong-kyeong but ended up getting infected by the zombies. Seok-woo in the end succeeded to safeguard Su-an and Seong-kyeong and they ultimately get to the train to go to Busan. Unexpectedly, Yong-suk infected with the virus attacks them in the train and Seok-woo does his best to safeguard Su-an and Seong-kyeong but unfornately was bitten while defeating Yong-suk.
Seok-woo, before kiling himself, tells Seong-kweong how to manage the train and requests her to look after Su-an. He then goes to Su-an, saying how much he loves her and that she has to be with Seong-kyeong and listen to her as his last wish. Su-an asks him not to leave but sadly Seok-woo killed himself for Su-an.
On the way to Busan, Seong-kyeong and Su-an have stopped the train since the road was closed. Instead of keeping boarding the train, they get off and walk to the tunnels behind the road. Soldiers monitoring the tunnel thinks of Seong-kyeong and Su-an as zombies and were about to shoot guns to kill them. However, as a song with grieving voice comes through the tunnel, they realise that Seong-kyeong and Su-an are the survivors and the movie ends when the soldiers run to rescue Seong-kyeong and Su-an.
I highly recommend this movie; its well-made plot intrigues the audience and conveys messages that highlight the importance of moral ethics, kindness to others, father's love and sacrifice to the family. The movie also shows how selfish mankinds can be when troubled. I cried when Sang-wha sacrified himself for his pregnant wife, Seong-keong and others, showing a warm-hearted character, which in turn changes the selfish ego of Seok-woo. I could not stop myself crying when Seek-woo killed himself due to the infectious bites for which he gets to protect his daughter and Seong-kyeong. Its description of fathers as the ones sacrificing themselves for the families makes the movie more touching and helps us think about our fathers' affection toward us.
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