Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- frantic
- bleak
- visceral
- late night horror marathon
- action movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the sequel energetic and visually ambitious but more generic and less emotionally affecting than Train to Busan.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Jung Seok returns to the devastated Korean peninsula with a mission to recover abandoned money.
The Korean peninsula is presented four years after the outbreak as a devastated, largely abandoned territory.
The film devotes substantial action to vehicle pursuits and combat against zombies and human threats.
The follow-up shifts from the original film's confined train setting toward a larger post-apocalyptic peninsula and action-driven mission.
Films like Peninsula, and why
Train to Busan
shares high-intensity zombie horror, survival action, and emotionally charged group conflict in a devastated society
Mad Max: Fury Road
shares post apocalyptic survival, militarized enclaves, vehicle-based action, and bleak dystopian world-building
Dawn of the Dead
shares zombie horror, desperate scavenging, and kinetic survival combat amid societal collapse
#Alive
shares korean zombie horror, relentless action pacing, and a contained survival mission under societal breakdown
Movie Details
- Director
- Yeon Sang-ho
- Release Date
- 2020-07-15
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (2677)
Cast
- Gang Dong-won
- Lee Jung-hyun
- Lee Re
- Kwon Hae-hyo
- Kim Min-jae
- Koo Kyo-hwan
- Kim Do-yoon
- Lee Ye-won
- Kim Kyu-baek
- Jang So-yeon
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Philo, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Rakuten Viki
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Peninsula about?
- A guilt-haunted former soldier returns to zombie-ravaged Korea for a dangerous recovery mission that becomes a fight for survival alongside unexpected allies.
- What is Peninsula like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Peninsula as breakneck, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Peninsula violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Peninsula as graphic.
- What did critics think of Peninsula?
- Critics broadly found the sequel energetic and visually ambitious but more generic and less emotionally affecting than Train to Busan.
- Which films are like Peninsula?
- Films with a similar feel include Train to Busan, Mad Max: Fury Road, Dawn of the Dead, and #Alive.
- How long is Peninsula?
- Peninsula runs 116 minutes.
- Where can I watch Peninsula?
- In United States, Peninsula streams on Amazon Prime Video, Philo, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
