JUNG_E
★★★
OUT NOW (NETFLIX) / CERT 12 / 98 MINS
DIRECTOR Yeon Sang-ho
CAST Kim Hyun-joo, Kang Soo-yeon, Ryu Kyung-soo
The latest film from director Yeon Sang-ho will be at once recognisable and unfamiliar for fans of Train To Busan. That zombies-on-a-locomotive surprise smash hurtled towards its destination, calling at Sharp Social Commentary and Tender Parent-Child Emotion along the way; seven years later, the writer-director is at it again. JUNG_E, a dystopian sci-fi set almost 200 years in the future, centres on two family members trying to repair their relationship, amid explosions on trains in a world full of brutal class divides. Sound familiar? Look closer, and JUNG_E is more ambitious: an Elysium-esque tale about AI and what makes life worth living. The late Kang Soo-yeon is moving as ailing scientist Seo-hyun, and there’s emotion aplenty to make up for an uneven script.