> Great Suspense Thriller About Parallel Worlds! Everything is connected. Butterfly Effect in K-drama style where a single choice 12 years back split the world into two parallels that are not meant to be crossed

What could be cooler than the idea of a murderer killing people in one world and dumping their bodies in the other?! This crime thriller with two parallel worlds looked like something I’d absolutely enjoy, and It did satisfy my thrill trash self a good deal!



PLOT
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Train is a super intriguing, intense, carefully crafted, and well-executed drama. It successfully avoids straying into side stories and gives all its writing power to the main mystery aka finding the real serial killer, hence focused and very consistent in its storytelling. All characters and murder cases are connected, with every new episode, writers throw a new thread to catch on, every detail is purposed & noteworthy, nothing sounds irrelevant, nothing to waste screen-time on. I’m sure such a thing would be even more rewarding to binge-watchers. It predictable and yet unpredictable at the same time.

The story is consistent and logical. Every scenes are well connected to each other; to main plot and to what the show is trying to convey. There are no filler episodes; the plot is tightly packed. It may seem the story is focused on serial killer but it's actually not. The show dealt crime and investigation but in its core, it tackles how our life choices affect us and the others around us without even knowing, and how our choices become our fate that mold our life to who and what we are in the present. That one's choice will not only affect you, but also of countless of other people around you. The two worlds perfectly demonstrated this effect. The "what ifs" of World A were perfectly mirrored and manifested to World B. The characters of both worlds are basically the same but were differently molded by life experiences because of one's choice.

The parallel world execution is one of the best I've seen. Switching between worlds are crystal clear and so clean. You can easily distinguish each worlds by their transitions and color tones. The actors also did really well differentiating their characters from both worlds.

One thing that I wish they were able to do was to explore more of supporting characters backstories especially Do Won B. I was fascinated by the character that I keep wanting to see him more. Sadly, this was only a 12 episode drama that is already tight as it could be and there was no room for more backstories that could potentially slow down an already great pace of the drama.


CAST
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The acting was very commendable. Everyone did excelllent job portraying their parts. I was completely pulled in especially during emotional scenes. Yoon Si-Yoon emotions will just draw you in. Portraying parallel characters in this drama is extra difficult because the characters are the same but with different life experiences. So the actors need to simultaneously show similarities and differences which they pulled off really well. Yoon Shi Yoon and Kyung Soo Jin were the stars of the show, and they both showed their duality by portraying their characters in both worlds perfectly.

Although Seo-Kyung B has only one-dimensional portrayal of her character Seo-Kyung A felt like a completely different person; thats how well and distinct she portrayed the character.

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In the last episode when i saw Do-won C and Seo-Kyung i though it was a new character ; Only the dialogues made me believe she was Seo-Kyung B and not C.
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MUSIC
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The full soundtrack was amazing. The high bass mid tempo sounds, the revealing deep violin sounds that incorporated in suspenseful events, the combinations of different instruments that are exhilarating, the use of actual voice to create haunted whistlings. Also, the songs "With You" for emotional scenes and flashbacks and superhero-themed like "I Will Never" song that was played at the end of each episode are the best!

I really LOVE the main song in this drama and never tired of it-it is Joe Won Sun's "I Will Never." The key lyrics that will stay in my head for months go something like this:

I’m gonna find youNeol nohchiji anheulkeI’m still fighting for you.

I’m gonna find youNan meomchuji anheulkeI will never give up on you.

REWATCH
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This is one of those rare-thriller-suspense show that i can rewatch ; due to its acting, the gripping story, the cinematography and the music behind the emotions

OVERALL
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Train was an astounding drama. Every episode is like a literal roller coaster that builds up momentum until the end of each episode, at the end of each ride (episode), you will be wanting more! The acting, the cinematography, engrossing story, amazing soundtracks that added depth to every scenes and the big to tiny pieces of details that are connected and made a lot of sense. All of these plus the acting, the gripping story, the cinematography have come all together to create a wonderful

Althougth somethings that bothered me are ?
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1. How it didn't explain how Chief found out about the train
2. why Do won 1 had the power to move through the train at the end when the train was scraped
3. The ending!- I wish I could see more of what happened b/w
Few things were confusing in the middle but they were self-explanatory by the end of the show
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Train was an experience I enjoyed and anticipated every week. I recommend it and I’m pretty sure many will like it :)