ALL OF US ARE DEAD: The Koreans are the best at making Zombie dramas

Continuing the success of previous Korean Zombies films, this 12-part Korean web series will transport you back to the zombies' land with each episode lasting almost an hour. Koreans have a knack for doing this well. Since Train to Busan is one of the finest zombie films ever, it is frequently mentioned in this web series. The story takes place in the city of Hyosan High School, a school that is threatened by a virus outbreak, where students fight for their lives. Nam On- Jo serves as the core protagonist who gangs together with her childhood friend Lee Cheong -San her crush Lee Su-hyeok and the class president Choi Nam-ra and among other classmates to fight zombies and school bullies alike. The acting and makeup were amazing, and the emotions were right on target. As you watch each episode, you are immersed in a terrifying game of survival. Writer Chung Sung-il wrote the script so tightly that every 10 minutes, you will encounter a different incident in order to carry the complex tale forward. The engrossing scene design kept you glued to the screen until the very end. The series is the fourth Korean-language series to top Netflix's weekly official chart for non-English TV series following Squid Game, Hellbound, and The Silent Sea. It is directed by Lee Jae-kyoo, who hatched MBC's highly successful Beethoven Virus drama.

Instead of whipping the audience back to Zombie – Infested reality, the filmmakers give the audience the chance to sit with students in numbing grief as they lose their friends, classmates, and teachers. In addition to the students trapped in high school, the storyline also includes glimpses of a politician trying to escape her office, a social media influencer seeking content for likes and subscribers, teens pregnancy, two police officers unable to match one another in courage, racing to rescue the antidote and foremost the father’s love for his daughter which makes him courageous to fight with system to save her life. With its different dynamics, the series addresses numerous systemic issues. In light of the show's exploration of social class hierarchies and how the zombie virus occurred from a history of bullying, the school becomes ground zero where the show examines bullying as the origin of the zombie virus. A virus, originating from the high school’s science lab when one rat bit the girl and so on the virus engulfs the whole school, and the fast-paced story brings viewers on an emotional roller-coaster ride.

A story of survival has been bravely presented by South Korea once again. This show dithers between the living and the dead and makes a powerful impact when it emphasizes that strength is not always strong, but sometimes it derives from repeated acts of kind-heartedness.