Saw Colony by Yeon Sang-ho

I quite enjoyed Train to Busan when it came out, so I was excited to watch Yeon Sang-ho's new zombie movie, Colony. Here is the trailer: Off the bat I'll just say that this doesn't really hold a candle to Train to Busan, and I'd probably recommend it mainly to people who love zombie films or love Korean zombie movies in particular. It's got a ton of creative zombie twists and "mechanics" and remains surprising throughout, but it puts way more energy into the zombie half of the movie than the human half. The zombies in this film required a bit of "tutorialization," and the movie strives to achieve perfect clarity on the zombie mechanics so that you can decipher twists in the third act. It's very clearly sacrificing some of the characters (and their relationships) in order to achieve this clarity. I spent some time after this thinking about that inherent tension in the zombie subgenre. Creators really, really want their zombies to feel "unique," and for the zombie abilities to present…