Peninsula

"Escape the apocalypse."

2020 1h 56m KO

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 2,687

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Synopsis

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A soldier and his team battle hordes of post-apocalyptic zombies in the wastelands of the Korean Peninsula.

“Escape the apocalypse.”

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Cast

Gang Dong-won
Han Jung-seok
Lee Jung-hyun
Min-jung
Lee Re
Joon-yi
Kwon Hae-hyo
Kim Noh-in
Kim Min-jae
Sergeant Hwang
Koo Kyo-hwan
Captain Seo
Kim Do-yoon
Chul-min
Lee Ye-won
Yu-jin

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yeon Sang-ho
Writers: Yeon Sang-ho, Ryu Yong-jae
Languages: English, Korean
Countries: South Korea

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ERA

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Released 6 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Korean.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Train to Busan Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Yeon Sang-ho, shot by Lee Hyung-deok. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mowg. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Yang Jin-mo shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

AWARDS

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Gang Dong-won and Lee Jung-hyun and Lee Re carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Escape the apocalypse.".

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The take

Yeon Sang-ho directs. Lee Hyung-deok behind the camera. Mowg scores. Yang Jin-mo cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in South Korea. Dialogue in English, Korean.

Trivia

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1Released 6 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Korean.
3Part of the "Train to Busan Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Yeon Sang-ho, shot by Lee Hyung-deok. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Mowg. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Yang Jin-mo shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Gang Dong-won and Lee Jung-hyun and Lee Re carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Escape the apocalypse.".
9IMDB entry: tt8850222 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Released under 31 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Lee Hyung-deok
Original score: Mowg
Editing: Yang Jin-mo
Production design: Lee Mok-won
Costume design: Cho Sang-kyung
Makeup / hair: Yoon Hee-sun
VFX supervisor: Choi Jae-cheon
Runtime: 116 min · 1h 56m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $17,000,000
Box office: $42,698,327
Return: 251% of budget
Original language: KO
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Peninsula (2020)

Part of

Train to Busan Collection

Director Yeon Sang-ho's series to Busan

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Yeon Sang-ho

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SWITCH.2020-08-13
★ 4/10
Admittedly, Yeon Sang-ho's enthusiasm is infectious and, while 'Peninsula' is never as exciting as its source materials, it is kind of fun in an agreeably dumb, unpretentious way. But if Sang-ho wants people to keep stealing from him, he's going to have to stop stealing so blatantly from others. - Jake Watt Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-peninsula-an-action-packed-but-brainless-follow-up-to-a-horror-classic
Lilleman2020-10-02
★ 3/10
Summary I had decently high hopes for this, given it is my favorite genre and Train to Busan was pretty good. However, this was a major disappointment. The good The plot, set four years in the future from Train to Busan and decent build-up with ok back story to most things going on. General atmosphere is also nice. The bad Giant plot holes, some so large and obvious it is almost impossible to enjoy the movie. Vehicle CGI, especially the physics. It is so bad my dead dog would make it better. To make matters worse these scenes make up for an unreasonably large portion of the movie. I got seriously angry watching it, and I love zombies and car chases. The violently over dramatic ending. This is comedy level shit, even if the rest of the movie was good, this would have destroyed it.
Leno2020-12-01
★ 7/10
Peninsula came amidst extremely high expectations for being the sequel of one of the best zombie movies ever. This movie is completely unrelated to its prequel, Train to Busan, so you can watch it even if haven't seen the first one. The plot follows another group who fled from Korea in a refugee boat to Hong Kong. Fast-forward 4 years, the surviving members of the group return to a deserted Korea to ransack the abandoned money. A task that should be easy, but Incheon is not as deserted as they thought it would be. With a lot of action scenes and good visual effects, Peninsula failed in the casting of the support roles. The main actors are pretty good, but the acting of the foreigner (that is, non-Korean) characters is laughable. Also, parts of the plot and some actions scenes are highly implausible, to say the least. However, Peninsula is still a very good movie, ranking high in the "Best Zombie Movies" list. It didn't live up to the expectations from Train to Busan, but perhaps the bar set by the prequel was just too high.