'Colony' Review: Yeon Sang-ho's Latest Zombie Film Delivers Practical-Effect Splatter
By
Jessica Kiang
2d ago· 5 min readenReview
75/100
Toasty
Bagelometer↗
Lightly toasted, lightly seasoned, mostly correct.
Score75TypereviewSentimentpositive
Summary
Yeon Sang-ho, director of "Train to Busan," returns with "Colony," a zombie horror-action film that delivers an enjoyable splatterfest. The review notes the challenge of innovating within the well-trodden zombie genre and praises the film's mostly practical effects and new twists, while acknowledging the director's previous highs and lows in the K-zombie space.
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Yeon returns to action-horror with 'Colony' an enjoyable splatterfest with enough (mostly practical) new tricks to keep the K-Zom hive happy.
Ten years, an animated prequel ('Seoul Station') and a disappointing live-action sequel ('Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula') later...
"Train to Busan" director Yeon Sang-ho's "Colony" is an enjoyable splatterfest with enough (mostly practical) new tricks to keep the K-Zom hive happy.
