Train to Busan vs Wake Up

Train to Busan has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7/10 for Wake Up). Wake Up is the shorter watch at 1h 20m compared with 1h 58m. Train to Busan is the older of the two (2016 against 2024). Both are action, horror, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Train to Busan posterTrain to Busan2016 VS Wake Up posterWake Up2024
Train to BusanWake Up
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 7.0/10
Year20162024
Length1h 58m1h 20m
GenresAction, Adventure, Horror, ThrillerAction, Horror, Thriller
CountrySouth Korea–
DirectorYeon Sang-hoAnouk Whissell, François Simard
Main castKim Eui-sung, Don Lee, Choi Gwi-hwa, Ye Su-jeong, Gong YooTurlough Convery, Benny O. Arthur, Jacqueline Moré, Thomas Gould, Alessia Yoko Fontana

Synopsis

Train to Busan

When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.

Wake Up

A group of young activists set out to make an environmental statement by vandalizing a home superstore as it closes. But their plan goes terribly wrong when they become trapped inside and must face a deranged security guard with a gruesome passion for primitive hunting. As the night fills with violence and terror, the teenagers find themselves in a desperate fight for their lives.

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